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with a let s begin this prayer. we cannot remain silent. for us to honor the responsibilities that we have to protect and defend the american havee we must not only moments of silence, we must have days of action. , am grateful to mike thompson the chair on the gun violence robintion task force and kelly for bringing us together this morning. many of our members are here this morning to bear witness. it is not just the high profile cases that challenge our cases. it is the everyday violence that must be addressed. i think our colleagues were hosting this forum and for the relentless efforts and determined leadership in confronting the gun violence crisis. we are grateful to our expert panelists for sharing their insights, experiences, and solutions. they will be introduced by our cochairs here today, but i wanted to personally welcome them and thank them. i am here to say, no more silence. we must take action to prevent gun violence. to start, we can t and must to closethe bi
course of far too long. shoulda, coulda been done last year. but here we are. thank the senate. i guess i should be a little more kind to the other house. several months of negotiation with meshes of the senate finally conclude members of the senate finally concluded and this bill is deserving of robust supporter from from members on both sides of the aisle and urge its quick passage by the house today. so it can be enrolled and sent to the president for his signature. chairman hunter, i thank you for your leadership and cooperative spirit in working with me and the other democrats to address our interests and concerns. the willingness of chairman hunter and his outstanding staff on the subcommittee to collaborate and work with the minority is very, very much appreciated. the bill s not perfect. in, i haven t seen one in the years i ve been here, that s been a few years now. but that s the case with virtually every piece of bipartisan legislation that s been passed by congr
engel. mr. engel: i yield three minutes to the the gentleman from north carolina, mr. price. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. price. mr. price: i rise in support of this historic nuclear agreement with the united states and iran. for the sake of our national security and that of our allies, we must seize this unique opportunity. in the midst of these wild charges, let s try to get some perspective. in fact this agreement goes far beyond any negotiated nuclear deal in history. it will reduce iran s stockpile uranium by more than 98%. it will permanently prevent the and plutonium pathway dismantle its centrifuges including more advanced models and terminate enrichment at fordo. a s an unprecedented massive degrading of iran s nuclear program. no military strike or strikes could achieve as much. i challenge anyone to find an agreement that will do as much. they won t, they haven t, because they can t. there simply isn t a v
you have bound us together with noble ideals of liberty, justice, equality and yet we struggle to be one people, a unified nation. we pray for all the members of this house asking you to bless them with wisdom and discernment, to lead our people to rebling silliation, to rebuild our nation s confidence in justice, to restore our sense of equality, free them from the divisive distractions of any lesser ideals, that they the ore powerfully serve house. keep the unity of people through the bond of peace. bless, also, our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines deployed overseas as they continue to bring peace to this troubled world. we pray in your holy name. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day s proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from california, mrs. napolitano. mrs. napolitano: i pledge allegi