And his wife, until the day he died, he died in his sleep, almost at the age of 80, two days before my wife and i were supposed to have dinner with him and his wife here in washington with his other friends to celebrate his impending 80th birthday. But he had the courage to keep out of step when everybody was marching to the wrong tune. He how do i say this . He would face wad dilemma, like maybe voting with his caucus or voting with the president , and something that he just thought was wrong, he was amazingly he would, like, say, what is the right thing to do . Ive heard him say this moreen this a few times. As governor, chairman of the National Governors association, here, he would say, what is the right thing to do . He wouldnt say, what is the easy thing to do, what is the expedient thing to do, but what is the right thing to do . He was a person of deep faith. We have a Bible Study Group that meets here every thursday, just upstairs not far from this floor, about seven or eight o
Minority leader harry reid congratulated chris murphy for leading the 15hour debate against gun violence on wednesday in the senate. His remarks were followed by Mitch Mcconnell criticizing senate crast democrats for the debate calling it a talkathon. This is 20 minutes. Mr. President . For 14 hours and 50 minutes, beginning Late Wednesday morning and ending early thursday morning, the entire nation watched the senator from connecticut teach our republican colleagues a lesson and another things not the least of which is courage. It is easy to say we stood for 14 hours. We talk a lot about filibusters in the senate. They dont happen very often. I have been in congress for 34 heres and i have probably led two more than anyone else. They dont happen much. There are a lot of fake filibusters but this was real. I admire and appreciate the junior senator from connecticut very much. Four days after 49 innocent americans were gunned down in a nightclub, senator murphy stood here as indicated f
, he, want to highlight brought the Indian Health care improvement act up and the need services. S we have been coming to the federal government since before i was born, long before, many years and we have asked for increased amount of dollars to protect and help our families become well. Listen to the tribes in the state of washington, the amount of money we received for patient was 1111 per person per year. 1111, that was a horrific reality and that has been a concern for us for a very long time. I wanted to ask you, what does that look like . What does Health Care Improvement look like . What can we do to improve that, because coming to congress for so many years has helped a little bit, and we have taken small steps that many of our reservations dont have Adequate Health care facilities, dental, the issues are worth than three third world countries. It is a great concern and i would love to see the Platform Committee take a big, bold step to correct the injustices. Can you add to t
Insurers. It cost 75 a year for medical and dental coverage. I can now afford to see a doctor, paper my medicine, and get my required lab work and tests at 1 5 of what i would pain the United States. While they are not up to u. S. Standards of care, something is better than nothing and right now, it is keeping me alive. In america, we have access to Health Insurance but not access to health care. I believe it is a broken system it cannot between. It is broken because of our inability to pay. It is broken because when you marry across an insurance system with health care, you get a system based on the nine and help any acess to access to health care. Paying an average of 2. 5 times as much as other major countries, 29 Million People and 31 Health Insurance Million People are like me, underinsured. We talked today about what that and lifespanses and how many years it takes up the lifespan, but really, medicine is dictating how medicine is practiced today. I have hundreds of stories i cou
Lawmakers taking part, representative alan grayson, who represents orlando, appointed,nd representative barbara lee as well as a woman whose father died in the Virginia Tech massacre. But are flawed laws the way to regulate guns . We will also speak with vince warren, head of the center for Constitutional Rights. Then in a stork ceasefire is reached in colombia. The National Government and farc delegation informed the public we have successfully agree to a definitive and bilateral ceasefire and the laying down of arms. Amy we will go to bogota, colombia, to speak with the countrys former high commissioner for peace about what could be the end of a decades long conflict that killed over 200000 and displaced millions. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today on capitol hill, democratic lawmakers are continuing an historic sitin on the floor of the house to demand a vote on gun control after the orlando mas