Over a decade. I thank them and all the other families, especially monica gabriel, kristin britwiser, patty casaza, for their tireless advocacy and patience. Of course, no compensation could ever repair the broken hearts of a family that lost a loved one to such mindless hate. But as jane bartels, a mother from Staten Island who lost her husband carlton on that sunny morning put it recently, we just want our day in court. We just want our day in court. The victims of 9 11 and other terrorist acts have suffered such pain and heartacres but they should not be denied their day in court. They should not be denied their pursuit of justice. Mr. President , theres always an excuse not to do something, but as senator cornyn and i have explained, the chief argument used by jastas detractors is not strong. In fact, its flimsy. When weighed against the moral imperative, we have to do right by the families of the 9 11 victims. The choice is clear. I urge my colleagues to override. Thank you. I yie
Trying to encroach into the market because they are apparently going to put out a generic and so they are trying to keep the market to themselves. They have their own at the pen epipen. Could you try to answer that s ugly as possible, how did we get here . Rex for most drugs once they lose their patent protection and mostey can have generics, rugs to get generics. But some drugs do not. Either they have large market, they have patents that say in pen has patents to go through 2025. Be aher cases, it might small market talking about for other patients in new mexico seeing price rises or a Single Source drug. Only one Company Sells it. And so in all these cases they do not have competition. In the u. S. , that is what keeps prices down is competition. There is some reason that competitors have not enter the market and broad prices down. Quick to have approved for these , why isnt someone stepping up and saying there is a lot of money to be made here, who do point to to say what is causin
Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 52, the nays are 43. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, montana he radio consideration, the upon reconsideration, the motion is not agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell send a cloture to the desk for the alexander substitute amendment number 3801. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on Senate Amendment number 3801 to calendar number 96, h. R. 2028, an act making appropriations for energy and Water Development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2016, and for other purposes, signed by 17 senators mr. Mcconnell i ask that the readin
Active weather for the midsection of the country. Under the yellow area which is slight risk for Severe Weather. It includes baltimore this morning and then expands to ask to include washington areas north and west. Threat of strong winds and small hail possible. Not everyone will see a strong storm and some might stay completely dry but the storms that develop this afternoon and evening have potential. We are tracking hour by hour and a lot of discrepancies in the models but ill show you two different ones coming up later. 81 degrees now and in the 70s north and west. Further south warming up fast in the upper 70s and lower 80s. We will go through this so you can pinpoint your neighborhood and im staying optimistic for the nationals game. Some storms will have good lightning. Thats coming up in just a bit. Breaking news from northwest washington where a student was stabbed on his way to school. This is the second time a student was attacked in this manner this week and this time it wa
Conversations off the floor, into the clock ream, please. Into the cloakroom, please. He house will come to order. The chair will now entertain requests for oneminute speeches. For what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to honor the memory of tony castillo, a longtime friend of mine from my hometown of aurora, colorado, who recently passed away. Mr. Coffman we had a friendship that started in our youth, we had so much in common. Tony and i both came from military families. Our late fathers had both married war brides in the aftermath of world war ii. They were career enlisted soldiers who were transferred to the Army Medical Center for their last assignment in 1964. When we were both just 9 years old, our military families both came from previous assignments in europe. While i followed in my fathers footsteps and joined the military, tony stayed in aurora and eventually ma