Connecticut, new york and vermont. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal father, the source of light and life, we praise your holy name. Because of you we live, and move, and have our being. Remind us that we are not adequate for our daily tasks without your strength and abiding presence. Lord, empower our senators this day to think clearly, speak wisely, and live faithfully. May they strive to do their best and then leave the results to you. Eternal god, we are trusting you to fulfill your purposes for our nation and world. We pray in your powerful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. M
For their tremendous leadership that we are here on the floor today to speak about. I come today not just as a member of the senate representing my home state of washington, but as a former educator, as a mother, and as a grandmother, devastated by how the gun violence epidemic is tearing apart our families and ravaging our communities in every state. And i am furious at Republican Leaders who continue to stand by and do nothing while more and more lives are lost. Just as i was after newtown, parkland, Sutherland Springs and marysville in my home state of washington, i could go on. Mr. President , we dont have to continue this cycle of violence, heartbreak, and inaction, and we are here today to emphasize that there is action that we can take right now because earlier this year the house passed h. R. 8, meaningful, bipartisan gun safety legislation to address this terrible crisis through universal background checks and other popular rarms, but in the 260 days since h. R. 8 passed the h
Yesterday on the floor of the Senate Democratic senators chris murphy, patty murray and Richard Blumenthal called on Senate Lawmakers to agree to half past gun background check legislations. Republican senator Cindy Hyde Smith objected. Heres a look. I think senator murphy and blumenthal for their tremendous leadership we are on the floor to speak about. I come today not just as a member of the senate representing my home state of washington, but as a former educator as a mother and a grandmother devastated by how the gun violence epidemic is tearing apart our families and ravaging our communities in every state and i am serious, Republican Leaders continue to stand by and do nothing while more lives are lost, just as i was after newtown, Sutherland Springs and marysville in my home state of washington. I could go on. We dont have to continue the cycle of violence, heartbreak and inaction, there was action we could take right now because earlier this year the house passed hr a, meaning
Gun violence. The Democracy Alliance Senior Advisor discusses her recent piece in the nation magazine, the Republican Partys white women problem. Roblem o. Host good morning. It is friday, september 6, 2019. Welcome to washington journal. There has been a notable update in a mission and outlook of a Major Business group, one representing some 200 Bluechip Companies that perhaps reflects the changing views in america over who corporations should be responsible to. This first hour, we will talk about that. Who should corporations be responsible to . 2027488000 is the number to call for democrats. 2027488001. E and for all others, 2027488002. You can send us a tweet at cspanwj or post comments to facebook. Com cspan. In addition to the change of the Business Roundtable outlook, perhaps the increasing crossroads between Public Policy in corporations like Johnson Johnson and Purdue Pharma over the Opioid Crisis or walmart and the gun violence privacy concerns over corporations like facebook
Was, quote, treated like a rock star. Specifically jackson maine when he pissed himself at the grammys. [ laughter ] a local television station released video today showing President Trump bragging about the crowd size at his rallies while talking to medical staff treating victims of the el paso shooting said one doctor, thats very interesting, have i shown you our psych ward . [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause former Vice President joe biden said during a speech today that, quote, half of winning is showing up. The other half is obama. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause after sparking outrage by claiming on his show that the rise of White Supremacy is a hoax, fox news host Tucker Carlson announced last night that he will be taking a vacation and man, is he going to be upset when he finds out whos sitting in for him [ laughter ] president ial hopeful andrew yang has qualified for the next two democratic primary debates while john delaney has qualified to save 15 on his Car Insurance .