Times to talk about the lives and the identities and the legacies of the people who have lost their lives to gun violence and the families that are there to remember them, and, you know, i remember so profoundly the massacre at newtown. Senator murphy brought photographs of all of the victims, their families, told their stories at length on this senate floor. As weeks and months persisted here in the United States senate, and no action was taken to do commonsense things to make access to these weapons more difficult, the senator from connecticut started coming to the floor and talking about some of the people that we dont read about because the media doesnt rush to the scene when somebody dies in a driveby shooting or in a place that doesnt garner the attention, the spotlight like the massacre and tragedy in orlando has garnered by the national media. So i i thank the gentleman from connecticut for his perseverance, and i am just so proud to join him this afternoon in this insistence f
Mr. Jolly i will tell you this is clear this is an individual who sought to be a terrorist and he achieved that. It is unfortunate. Law enforcement has done human work. Yeoman work. They were well aware of this individual. They had worked the case very hard, but obviously this is one that turned out with consequences that the nation will forever regret. Sought to anne who act to an act terror on the homeland. Reporter did they explain why . Mr. Jolly you have to ask Law Enforcement. [inaudible] the first question was about gun control and we will arrive as to what the right policies. We have lived through this for 20 years. The partisan solutions arent working. This is a week one nation mourning together and if we cant arrive at a consensus and reject this democratrepublican divide, we all lose, and we dishonor those who were lost. Shame on members of congress who use a tragedy in orlando to play politics. And thats on both sides of the aisle and shame on president ial candidates who d
Call 202 7488000. Members of the Lgbt Community, others,2 7488001, all call 202 7488002. Killer, theto the motivation, and the weapons. But first, the victims of the tragedy of the pulse nightclub. 21 have been named so far, 50 dead. , as family orlando members have been notified, has been posting the names of those killed at the pulse nightclub strategy. Your the 21 who have been named so far. [reading names] Edward Sotomayor jr. , 34 years old. Stanley almodovar iii, 23 years old. Luis omar ocasiocapo, 20 years old. Juan ramon guerrero, 22 years old. Eric ivan ortizrivera, 36 years old. Peter o. Gonzalezcruz, 22 years old. Luis s. Vielma, 22 years old. Kimberly morris, 37 years old. Eddie jamoldroy justice, 30 years old. Darryl roman burt ii, 29 years Jean Carlos Mendez perez, 35 years old. Amanda alvear, 25 years old. Martin benitez torres, 33 years old. Luis daniel wilsonleon, 37 years old. Mercedez marisol flores, 26 years old. Xavier Emmanuel Serrano rosado, 35 years old. Gilbert
They were addment and they were une adamant and they were unequivocal. We cant have moments of silence when we see americans perish. As robin kelly, republican from illinois, said we cant just think about americans lives that are lost when its Mass Shootings. Every day there is an american that is killed 30 people, 30 americans killed every day as a result of the use of weapons. And we need to stand up and the message was very clear in todays caurks. Members will stand todays caucus. Members will stand. We understand its important to express to the people of this country this moment of silence to let the families of the victims know we are thinking of them. By god, this is the peoples house, and if we cant stand up and then do something, then were in trouble. There are any number of things that could be done. Must do a better job identifying and checking the background of those who seek to buy weapons, especially assault weapons. We could ask people to pass the legislation that Mike Th
For example, should everyone who ever gets questioned by the fbi be on some sort of watchlist . We dont want to go that far. But we have to ask those sorts of questions. For me, you have to Pay Attention to the authorities that Law Enforcement and thelligence folsks have, resources they have. Part of the reason they close investigations is because they have to use those resources for a higher priority. Back to my daily week, and is important to tarnish isiss by defeating them there. And combating their ideology. Thoset it is harder for people who may have grievances, or anger, to plug into this ideology and think they are accomplishing something great. All of that has to be on our radar screen. With regard to the fbi investigation, d do you feel mr. Thornberry obviously, the fbi will go back and see if it could of been improved. My point is, there are a number of people who traveled back and forth to iraq and syria. That, there are those were radicalizing on the internet. There are onl