Colleague, Speaker Pelosi, mayor nan whaley from dayton. Good to have you here. And i want to thank my colleagues senators brown and stabenow and representative escobar from el paso, texas and representative thompson, for which shares a gun Violence Convention task force. We are here today for one simple reason, too Many Americans are losing their lives to gun violence. Too many families are just weeping because they have lost loved ones. I was at the airport today. A gentleman came over to me and i didnt know who he was. He said, thank you for what you are doing. I lost my nephew to gun violence last year. Americans are suffering from the abundance of gun violence in america. Last month, Mass Shootings claimed 51 lives in el paso, dayton and odessa, to say nothing of the hundreds of lives lost my daily gun violence throughout america had enough is enough. Congress is returning to session. Our first order of business in the senate should be to pass the housepassed legislation backgroun
[indiscernible conversations] thank you. Ok . Thank you. Thank you. [ all talking at once] ok, thank you. So Democratic Leaders discussed the midterm results and the agenda moving forward including their intention to pass a bill this week that protect same sex marriage. Chuck schumer also commented on florida senator rick scotts move to challenge Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell for his leadership post. I dont think you are waiting for me. But the person youre waiting for is going to take a while, i think. Ok. Good afternoon. Glad to be joined by our Leadership Team of senators durbin, murray, stepan now and senator baldwin. We had a great and spirited discussion in our caucus. Democrats are ready and eager and united to finish this congress on a very strong note. We are excited for the future with a new and hopefully a little larger majority than we had in the last congress. This senate, the longest 5050 senate in history, has been extraordinarily productive. Nearly two years into the
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