Joined the lawmakers. Good morning. Thank you for being here this morning. This congress has failed the American People. After charleston and orlando, now las vegas, how many more must die . 100 . 1,000 . 10,000 . A million . What is your blood price . How many more must die . How many mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives . Tell me what, tell me, and tell us. What is the number . How many more dead bodies will it take to wake up this congress . But theres no number, is there . Theres no amount of blood, of pain, of death, of suffering. What would move this congress to act . We hold moments of silence and vigils. We offer our thoughts and prayers, but its all a show, a place holder, until people forget and congress can move on, rolling back restrictions on silencers, making it easier for the mentally ill to purchase weapons. Dont tell me otherwise. Ive been around too long. I lost colleagues in mississippi and alabama to gun violence. We lost
Giffords who herself was shot during a constituent event back in 2011. [ applause ] hi, gaby. How are you . Good morning. Good morning. Thank you for being here this morning. This has failed the American People. As newton, charleston, orlando, now las vegas, how many more must die . 100 . 1,000 . 10,000 . 1 million . What is your blood price . How many more must die . How many mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives . Tell me what, tell me and tell us, what is the number . How many more dead bodies will it take to wake up this congress . But there is no number, is there . There is no amount of blood, of pain, of death, of suffer iing what will move this congress to act. We hold moments of silence, a vimg i will, we offer our thoughts and prayers, but its all a show, a place holder, until people forget and this congress can move on to rolling back restrictions on silencers and may go it easier for the mentally ill to purchase weapons. Dont tell
Also today, House Democrats gathered on the steps of the capital to prevent gun violence. Joined by former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was injured in a 2011 shooting. [applause] [applause] senator lewis good morning. Crowd good morning senator lewis thank you for being here this morning. This congress has failed the American People. After aurora, trolls 10, now las must i. 100, a thousand, 10,000, one million . What is your blood price . How many more must die . How many mothers, fathers, brothers, sons, daughters, husbands, and wives, tell me what, tell me and tell us . What is the number . How many more dead bodies will it take to wake up this congress . There is no number is there . ,here is no amount of blood that death, or suffering will move this congress to act. We hold moments of silence and vigils. We offer our thoughts and prayers, but it is all a show, a placeholder until people forget and Congress Moves on rolling back restrictions to making it easier for mentally
To prevent gun violence. They were joined by former congresswoman gabrielle giffords, who was injured in a 2011 shooting. [applause] good morning. Good morning. Mr. Cummings thank you for being here this morning. This congress has failed the American People. After newtown, aurora, charleston, orlando, now las vegas, how many more must die . 100 . 1000 . 10,000 . One million . What is your blood price . How many more must die . How many mothers and fathers, sisters and daughters, husbands and wives, tell me, and tell us. What is the number . How many more dead bodies will it take to wake up this congress . There is no number, no amount of pain or death or suffering that will move this congress to act . Well hold moments of silence and vigils. We hold prayers to show a placeholder until people forget. This Congress Moves on, rolling back restrictions, making it easier for the mentally ill to purchase weapons. Dont tell me otherwise i have been around too long. I lost colleagues in missis
Decertify the deal. Continue to watch this hearing online at cspan. Org. Here on cspan taking you live to the u. S. House. They gavel in for legislative work, beginning work on debate rules for fridays bill dealing with whistleblower protections. Live coverage here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend molly fraser, fwig harbor United Methodist church, gig harbor, washington. The chaplain god of many names we give thanks for many opportunities to serve and remind us we are servants of our country, our people, and the land. Let us not forget the blessings you have given us so we might use our power and influence to oorder the country in ways that allow each and every person to find life and liberty and to pursue happiness. Become, perhaps we come, perhaps already weary from an onslaught of emails, texts, fen calls, and meetings where people make demands on how we vote and assumptions on every decision we put forward.