About republican messaging, that was all about talking points to distract through messaging through terrorist talking points, glossing over the hate crime nature against lgbt people. One thing that the president said that stuck with me is that those of us that have felt the sting of discrimination cannot use that, cannot used to not fight against discrimination of all. And then using that discrimination to then discriminate against a whole class of people, the muslims. I want to wrap this up because i want to yield the floor to my leader. Thank you that the time i have this morning. I repeat i appreciate his remarks. I started wearing this bracelet and sundayption, when we heard this terrible news of orlando, people said to me but i was wearing it before orlando. The juxtaposition inc. Was so high as well. It is the dawn of a new day in terms of how america looks at this issue. This morning brings again a new for gun safety. Our members are inspired by john with the instruction of clark, and katherine plotting and planning and then orchestrated by john weston, this whole city in started and made it a success. It is a success s because of the leadership and the determination of our colleagues to make a change, with just having one when we had another example of carnage. But not a substitute for action. Not a suits to for action. That is really what i think drove our members to a place where we will not stop until our job is done. And that job will not be done we honor our old of office that we take to protect the American People. That means until we have a for sensible gun legislation. Not ifus has been on left to fly on a plane you shouldnt be able to buy a gun. On sensibles been background checks. Both of these have the support of 8590 of the American People, democrats and republicans. ,un owners, independents everybody supports this. It isbipartisan, nonpartisan. The legislation that we have here in the house is i partisan in authorship and in sponsorship. Yet the speaker will not give us the vote. Thatis really something has changed in the last 24 hours. It has changed, i have so much hope. Some of that hope springs from the upeggs i have been reading our beds i have been reading during the night. We have this new thought of interest and you have an technology which enables us to reach out. Lewises ise john and all of our members, the outside mobilization has been part of this success. Electrifybeen able to because there that are in touct are many people who want to do something about this, but they have no path. And now they do. The visibility has increased that people know all they have to do is call their congressman. Nothing is more eloquent than of his or her constituents. As lincoln said, public sentiment is everything. Public sentiment is there. But people have to convey to their member of congress their thoughts on the subject. Technology [indiscernible] , whole other generations of congress. Off theger turn microphone, we raise our voice. And the public could see what has happened here. They wanted to shut down the have a and continue to discussion that has been heard around the world. While they want to leave in the dark of night, ignoring the Public Safety issues that we sensible guns, legislation, no flight know by no buy. They may leave in the dark of night, but we will continue to shed a light on what our possibilities are. Jerseyleagues from new no republican action. But heres another reason why i am hopeful. Anduse of all this sadness parents have been turning their grief into action for such a while now. Now we have expanded the universe of people who are interested. This is my poster from my office. We have beautiful pictures of the shunt people at one time or victims of have been gun violence, and most recently in orlando. John, and evan, leader of freedom to marry, they came together, this coalition and this is what they said. First, there was an africanamerican church in early a year ago. Then it was a Womens Health clinic last fall. Inn it was a gay nightclub the middle of pride month. Each is a symbol of americas long march to freedom and now tragically, it is a place where americans can be targeted, shot and killed. The American People are united , andurning and in anger the First Responders who rushed in to save lives. That thoseviction First Responders and the people they served, we the people all deserve better. Violence inondemns all its forms together we are calling for action from those policymakers for too long have as the terror, bloodshed cost of freedom. Another source of hope for me is d, his was titled, home should not be a war zone. Like so his reaction many of my fellow americans, to learn about the horrors that unfolded early sunday morning on in orlando. Us who were in the military were trained in the effective firearms. We were taught about the responsibility, as special thousands we receive of hours of firearms training. Today, some of our politicians in some who back them seem to remote a culture of gun ownership that does not conform to what i learned in the military. Us are home, many of saddened by the abused. Then a known or suspected terrorists can go to a federally licensed Firearms Dealer and pass a background check legally purchase a firearm and walk away. Why i am hopeful. Now, veterans are speaking up. Last friday, two days before the orlando tragedy, the veterans ledition for common sense by captain mike kelly and his come frome who served every branch of the military. He says as a soldier and citizen i have seen time again that in action has dire consequences. In this case, one consequence of felons,ers in action as Domestic Abuse and suspected terrorists, purchased of firearms. Thatwill continue to argue dangerous people will obtain guns in our country no matter what. That is poor logic and leadership. Deaths high rates of gun that make us stand out in the worst way. We should not feel like a war zone and we can start by doing more to keep guns out of the hands of those who cannot be trusted to handle them responsibly. That must be stopped. We have to recognize what the realities are. Prayerfule freer we have to be passionate about what to care about. From them and from our country. But we must be dispassionate and ourfeel about colleagues were willing to walk away in the dark of night, shut down the congress by passing a terrible visa bill where they neglected their responsibility to Public Health and Public Safety. To shed antinue bright light on the urgency of stopping these crimes. These will add a spark and a thrust to the advocacy. We cant really get anything great accomplished without some outside mobilization. Out in the rain and have been out there all night. Doing that we are will be outside urging you on. Echo chamber back and forth across america through the magic of technology. What are we saying . Gun shape nk our nofly,ty task force, no buy. If you are in the nofly list, you cannot buy a gun. Bipartisan 85 to 95 . We will not stop unless we pass that legislation. Bill, noy we say no quit. We are not taking a break from this effort. We will carry on throughout the break. Breakl not break until we bring gun safety legislation to the floor and for the American People. Again john lewis, katherine clark, john larson, to all of ,he colleagues thank you all and of course, our technicians. To all of our colleagues north and south, thank you. Applause] i want to thank goal of you for working the night shift. Waters, thank you. When the republicans cut and run in the dead of night, ive say we should stay here until sunrise. I dont know if you have noticed but ever since the republicans left, all of the hot hair has left. Left. Hair has we all receive emails and tweets, constituents and activists, talking about staying out all night. I dont think there is anything extraordinary about it all, to work all night. We get to take a nap, and wake up. America, there will be too many people who will not make it until tomorrow, who dont make it until tonight. That is what this is about. I want to share with you words that are more eloquent than any of us can ever speak, because the people who understand the impact of this are those who have lost someone to gun violence. Weiss, whof bob wrote this article in 2016 entitled using my voice to make a change. I made 23rd, 2014 i had one of those reflective moments in which i thought to myself, my life is really good. I am not the kind of person who has those kind of thoughts for a often. I dont sit back and contemplate how good everything is. But it was a friday afternoon heading into a threeday weekend. I had a good week at work. It was a Beautiful Day and the Office Manager closed the office down early. My wife and i spent the afternoon together. We had plans for the long weekend. We were going to pick up our daughter Veronica Brown a couple following day. We had a quiet evening at home. We fell asleep watching baseball in the living room. At 9 45 a girl from veronicas were to call. There had been an incident at school and the campus was on lockdown. They were checking on every member of the sorority. They have not been able to get in touch with veronica, which is why they call us at home. Eventually she revealed there was a shooter on campus and that some people might have been shot. I didnt think it was a big deal at first he and i figured everything would be ok, that veronica had probably just broken her phone. We tried calling her but could not reach her. Eventually, we went online and saw some stories about the shootings. We sat in our living room for about a half hour trying to decide what we should do. Around 11 of 11 00 p. M. We decide to drive to the campus. My wife admitted she knew something bad had happened but i was in complete denial the whole time. Hospital, butto a they had no information. We went to another hospital, and then to the Sheriffs Office. We met dead and at both places. We went to the original hospital and they said they would make calls for us. Thes watching her out of corner of her i when she started crying on the phone. Thats when i realize that this may be bad. She got a touch with the Sheriffs Office who wanted us to wait at the hospital. After 30 minutes of waiting we decided to drive where the had taken place. When i asked for more information about our daughter, he said he did not have any yet and wanted us to wait in a parking lot nearby to avoid the media. We pulled into the parking lot around 1 a. M. A deputy came along and stewed by our car. My wife was still trying to find using a tracking application. At first the phone appeared to be in the middle of a crime scene but all of a sudden it started moving. We now believe this was her body being moved to the more. More. Veronica was dead. Later we were back at home, still trying to process the events. That afternoon the media had started gathering and ring our doorbell. I refused to speak with anybody at first but then something changed. I spoke with one woman from the New York Post and from that moment i spoke to everyone i could. I decided that by using my voice i could do something, i could help. Over time, the media he came my way of honoring veronica, as well as a way to fight back. And screamingng in agony over my child who was taken from me. I have met a lot of incredible people through this work, who like me, have had their lives jolted by senseless gun violence. We are truly a community. Not only do we understand the pain, anger and loneliness caused by gun violence, we are doing something about it. We are fighting every day, using our voices to make change. I still accept any media that comes my way. I will keep doing it until gun violence has been eradicated. This is the voice of a father who lost his daughter. This is a voice of the republican majority in this house of representatives turned a deaf in to this week. We will continue to speak out for those whose voices have not been listened to by the majority until we pass a bill. Until we pass a bill, there should be no bright. I think my colleagues. [applause] good morning everybody. At 7 25, we are into the 19th or 20th hour if my math is correct. Steve shared a story of a family loved one. I was reminded of a newswire , it reads likes this. The it was all over and first of the responders made ,heir way to the nightclub sweeping over the bloody bodies sprawled all around, they called out, if you are alive, raise your hand. The victim cell phones chirped incessantly. For three hours as the gunmen took hostages, they crouched in a dressing room or in the air conditioning vents. One person hid in the bathroom and said she survived by covering herself with bodies. Helpless, trapped, shocked and scared they texted their loved ones pleading for help. Accountant sought shelter in the bathroom when he tested his mother. Mom, i love you. Bathroom, called police, i am going to die. Himmother tried to reassure that she called 911 and help was coming. Are you still there . Answer your phone. Call me, call me. , call themlied mommy, now. I am still in the bathroom. He is coming. I am going to die. He then went silent. He was among the 49 that did not make it. Thats why we are here today. Tot is why we are here break. Bill, no for time in make a voice the voiceless. Assure the American People we will be here day in and day out. The reason we are here today and that this is streaming is ause thousand publicans republicans have those cameras turned off and shut down the microphones. Thats why we are asking you to ,all the numbers and follow us call Speaker Paul Ryan and tell him to read the bill of for a vote. No bill, no break. I yield back. [applause] good morning. A special thank you to all of you for bringing coffee. An incredible several hours. I have learned so much about in the past 22 hours about all of us. That john lewis does not say no. He has such a generous heart. All i had to do was ask and he helped. And all of you came with him. Helping us out. Two who sat for hours to make sure his presence was heard. Your incredible talent and passing passion and resolve in this issue. Ive learned so much. Some of it has been heartbreaking. Me that of mine wrote her brother had been killed by a gunshot when she was young. And her family has never been the same. I also at the emd, the cameraman came forward with said i amis eyes and a grieving parent. Son james have been killed by gun violence. Sample. Ust a small there are some estimates that five people are killed in this country while he was here. Eight more have been injured by gunshots. We also see an incredible outpouring of support. I know that all of you have had the experience i have had that our twitter feeds, our ace book and our texts. It is amazing. Especially the crowds outside the capital they came here spontaneously. Are they still there . Giving voice that this is something americans crave and we need to stand up and continue the fight. As the republicans were laying departure,for their on their way out, they took all of them, the power, the emotion, the stories that we have seen and called a political stunt. You can look how t at these pictures or share the howies, and i dont know you can watch john lewis, is watch himching ist sit on the floor on the house, m ake the decision to double down on cynicism. That is what they did, by not having this debate, not having this vote. This should be the beginning of action. A continuation on inaction. Pain, tospeak to this finding solutions. We know there is not one easy way to curb gun violence in this country, but we have to try. Weve been able to cull our collective energy, that we can children and our our neighborhood, that we can do better for ourselves. I know that we are going to get there. Congressought this to gather and showed that we can stand up, we will ssttand up. We are going to keep going, demanding to have these debates. It is our moral responsiblilty. Thank you for everything you have done. Make these stories of our situations come to life our constituents come to life. Thank you all and i yield back. [applause] [cheers] good morning, brothers and sisters. Good morning. Emotionalin an n night for me in many ways. Listening to the personal storie s. Signrday i was handed this by somebody. I didnt know who steven was. To look upa chance who steve was. Atve was the youngest active columbine youngest victim. They believe he was probably the second person killed, shot in the neck. Larry. Her is named his mother is named nancy. I couldnt help but think of them all night. Tears. A lot of will happen if it was my rosa, my helen . If you have children, if you substitute the name for your own is hard not to get emotional. You, i with all of ghts of theall the ni parents that did not sleep. I thought of all of the uncles, the aunts, the grandparents. To the name substitute the name of the victim. We have a chance to do something. Is something that virtually all americans agree with, excel for some of my colleague. Professionalsce in Law Enforcement say this person is too dangerous to get on a plane because we think he will try to bloiw it up. Our professionals make that decision. You cannot get on a plane but he can get a machine gun. He can buy a machine gun. The law allows in to do that. That is wrong. Why we cannot have a bill have the courage to defend that position. Come down and tell us why it person is so dangerous he is not allowed to get on a plane, but it is ok to buy a machine gun. So many of us have heard about the nightclub pulse. If you heard the sound, the bullets, so quickly. It is amazing. How can you a person that wants to kill americans has sworn allegiance to isis. That person deserves a gun like that . Doesnt make sense to me. On ally about 9 30 thursday morning pray with my colleagues. We have rectors at 8 00 we have breakfast at 8 00. I love my brothers and sisters on the republican side. Very good people. Wonderful people. I would hope they wouldnt to be their hearts parents and all the other parents, and especially for those parents that have children and willalive today not be tomorrow or the next day. We can make a difference bypassing some bills, by studying gun violence. They do not allow was to do that. Allow our professionals to find out this epidemic of gun violence. I ask my brothers and sisters, my republican brothers and sisters, do not harden your he nancy. Larry and think about your own children. Stitute the names steve name for steves one of your own child. Pray about that. Many of us do find prayer meaningful. I do. Have the courage to allow a vote. I think it would pass. I really do. I thank you for allowing me to be her