With a lets begin this prayer. We cannot remain silent. For us to honor the responsibilities that we have to protect and defend the american havee we must not only moments of silence, we must have days of action. , am grateful to Mike Thompson the chair on the gun violence robintion task force and kelly for bringing us together this morning. Many of our members are here this morning to bear witness. It is not just the high profile cases that challenge our cases. It is the everyday violence that must be addressed. I think our colleagues were hosting this forum and for the relentless efforts and determined leadership in confronting the gun violence crisis. We are grateful to our expert panelists for sharing their insights, experiences, and solutions. They will be introduced by our cochairs here today, but i wanted to personally welcome them and thank them. I am here to say, no more silence. We must take action to prevent gun violence. To start, we cant and must to closethe bipartisan the
King of new york, a republican, that his bill could be brought to the interior and all of us ce the responsibility of selecting whose side do we stand on . We stand for the safety of americans and prevent people that are too dangerous to fly being able to buy a gun or do we stand with those on the nofly list and say, you ought to be able to buy a gun even though you can fly. All of you, voters and non voters, dont you think it is time for your representatives to stand before you in this house and say we agree that if you are too dangerous to fly and too dangerous to buy a gun, or stand here before all the American Public and say, no. No. No. Go ahead and buy a gun. Thats what a discharge petition will do. It will take mr. King to bring it to the floor and put it before the house of representatives, the representatives of the American People, and cause us to make a choice for your safety or for the presumed right of a person who is too dangerous to fly, to buy a gun. Well see what happe
American interests around the world. So, is it beyond the possibility to think that the president did or will reach out to some of these leaders for discussion and or apology . Well, if he does, i dont anticipate that it will be the kind of conve a okay. Lastly, on detroit, this week, its expected to come out the city is expected to come out of bankruptcy. What do you say about that, particularly as they are coming out of bankruptcy and still they have a debt into the billions of dollars . Well, the city of the Obama Administration has worked closely with officials in the state of michigan and the city of detroit, as they have worked through the significant financial problems plaguing that city. We certainly are pleased that they appear to be nearing the end of their this bankruptcy period, but there is significant the administration will continue to work closely with offings in michigan and officials in the state of detroit city of detroit as they continue to recover from the signific
Hes a members member, always available for counsel, always with an encouraging word. How many of us have benefited from hisess tute advice. This chamber his astute advice. This chamber says thank you to a man who knows how to negotiate, who knows how to legislate and who knows how to foster great change. Hes a master of the art of compromise. His service has been honorable for over half a century. Hes been indefat kabul. Hes walked forth rightly in the shoes of his father before him and he served his nation nobly in this house and the people of michigan who reelected him 30 times. His service has established an historical record 59 years long of consistent dedication to liberty and to the people of our country. His torecally hes assumed historically hes assumed his place as a strong timber, a mast of the rules and decorum that should attend to our Privileged Service here. Hes a champion of the dignity of the house. Generations to come would be welladvised to emulate his service. He und
Thank you for taking my call. This is an example of conservatives saying they will thing, and that is not presented. Bill at the end of the session. An omnibus bill is being debated, and the government will be shut down at midnight. The president wants the bill passed because he does not want to the reached at christmas time, where federal employees will not receive checks before christmas. You can understand the white position, but i understand the democrats position. You are two main rider. Shame on conservatives who just elected a brandnew conservative party to take over the next congress, and this conservative party that is going out will not same one coming in. Thank you, american voters. You have shown the world again how to pick a winner. Tweet here we go to pennsylvania, pat, who also opposes the measure. Are you there . Yes, i do. Yes. Yes. Make sure you meet your television and go ahead with your comment. We are going to have to move on, pat. We go to lexington, kentucky. Hel