bill: so he was murdered. >> mm-hmm. bill: six years old. wow. so here you are, a guy who's trying to become a man. and you got nobody to show you the way. let's talk about clifford. clifford is going back to be at a party to celebrate the release of his father from prison. for how many years? clifford: eight. bill: so eight years of his life has had no dad. his mother struggled to raise four children. are you excited to see your dad? clifford: yeah. bill: you probably miss him. clifford: yeah. bill: do you look like him? clifford: people say i do. bill: is it difficult? clifford: watching my mother tryi to raise us is, without a father. >> what time is it? y'all better hurry up. it stink in this room. when y'all gonna clean the room up? like, when? clean this stuff up. you're not going to clean this mess up. clifford: i didn't see a good neighborhood till i was, maybe, seventh grade, eighth grade. and it was just like a lot fighting, gun violence, robbery, drug trafficking. and you know you don't want to be there. but that's all you ever seen. m

we vote on good bills. bills that we feel will move our country forward. this is that kind of bill. a step forward but not enough. many of us feel we need to do more. we need to do comprehensive background checks. we need to close the charleston loophole. we sent those bills to the senate. we can and must do more. yesterday the supreme court issued a ruling that will weaken commonsense gun safety laws all over the country. yes, we could return to the ok corral and everybody having a six-shooter on their hip. and anybody who thinks that would make us a safer, more civil community, i think is sadly mistaken. that fact ought to disturb all of us very deeply. the court's decision to make it even easier for bad actors to carry dangerous concealed guns without restrictions should serve as a reminder that we need to take additional active steps to protect our communities and our kids. actions that are supported by the overwhelming majority of the american people. if we fail to do that, if we allow this legislation to be the end instead of the beginning, parents will continue to receive tha

speaker, has held that bill. a bill that every single senator, republican and democrat, and independent passed in the senate. it simply states that we will protect the supreme court. mr. speaker, you probably noticed as you came on to the capitol of the intensity of force you see in front of the capitol. is that because something is happening here today? no. of an anticipation of a decision by the supreme court. everybody in the country knows that there could be a decision not knowing which way it would go, but the anticipation that people need t protect in the capitol. but at the same time that's happening, that you are protecting the capitol, you are holding a bill to deny protection to those justices. it makes me wonder why. why? why if 100 senators approve it would it hold here for an entire month? why even after holding it for a month somebody travels all the way across the country with one thing in mind, to kill a supreme court justice. gets arrested. and still the speaker of the house will not move that bi

this bill is misplaced. this bill moves us in the direction that we should be instead be focusing on actually controlling on costs. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman from north carolina reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. green: i yield myself 30 seconds. mr. speaker, people of color are clobbered every day by higher interest rates, clobbered every day by loans that have fees that are higher than loans for people of a different hue. these are the things that are being perpetrated when they tolerate this kind of behavior. for centuries they have tolerated it. now we have the opportunity to les eliminate these costs for some people so we can deal with the costs for everybody. but until that's done, we have to have this bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. mr. mchenry: i yield to my friend and colleague from florida. the sp

this is the way it works bill. first a proposed law is introduced into one branch of the legislature as a bill. it has always been a number and is printed like this one. the bill is then turned over to one of the legislative committees for consideration the committee holds hearings where the public and common speak for or against the proposed legislation. this gives our citizens a chance to make their wishes on each law known to congress. sometimes these these hearings go on for months. unless it is killed by the committee the bill then goes to the floor of the house or senate wherever it originated to be discussed and voted on. suppose for example that this bill started in the house of representatives if it is passed it then goes on to the senate. if the senate votes against the bill it dies but of its past in the senate the bill must be sent on to the president. the president may either sign it in which case it becomes a law or he may veto it if he vetoes the bill. it may still become a law if the senate and hous

lawmakers will consider two bills. and to establishment advanced research projects agency for health focused on accelerating biomedical innovation. live coverage of the house here on c-span. warfare, the ukrainians whose cities are a heap of rubble, whose towns are now ruined, but not because of your vengeance. the breath of the ruth lts has been lining -- ruthless has been like a storm driving against a wall. holy god, silence the uproar. give relief from the intensity of this battle. still the song of the avenger. once again, prove yourself the refuge for the poor in spirit, a refuge for the needy in distress. provide the people of ukraine shelter from the storm of war raged against them. give them shade from the oppressor's heat of wrath. then, sovereign lord, wipe away the tears from all faces, removing the disgrace of your people, may they rise to proclaim surely this is our god, we trusted in him and god saved us. this is the lord, we trusted in god. let us rejoice and be glad in god'salvation -- god's salvation.

bill and dana. >> bill: jeff paul. it does not get better. the campaign to recall gascon says it has enough signatures to trigger a vote this fall. talked to the co-chair about that later this hour. >> dana: fox news alert. soaring inflation prompting the federal reserve to announce its biggest rate hike in 30 years as the central bank tries to avert a recession. edward lawrence has more from the white house and all of the analysis and fallout from this decision. how do you see it today, edward? >> what you will see is the credit card interest rates and adjustable rate mortgages with a big jump. 3/4s of a percentage point to deal with inflation. federal reserve chairman said he had to make the bigger jump because of last minute inflation data and consumer sentiment at the lowest level ever which was eye-popping. he has never been more optimistic. >> you see some things -- sales going down but overall spending is strong, consumer is in good shape financially. they're spending. there is no sign of a broader slowdown that i can see in the econom

i look approval to this bill. thank you for all the staff and leadership of the ranking member for allowing this. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. f mr. defazio: i'd yield one lady -- one minute to the gentlelady from florida, who's done some extraordinary work for her district in florida in this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida is recognized. dr. walensky: i thank the gentleman -- ms. wasserman schultz: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i thank him for this incredible work product and incredible bipartisan. i rise in support of h.r. 7776, the water resources development act. this bill will advance the economic interests of south florida. after more than 20 years of work, the port everglades deepening and widening project will allow safe passage of next generation cruise and cargo ships and estimated to create 1,500 good permanent jobs when it's finished and additional $200 million in federal funding

>> good morning, bill. good morning, dana. boy, this is heartbreaking. this is why leadership matters. we find ourselves in this terrible place. ukrainians find themselves in this terrible place because the united states lost deterens and the capacity for the president and secretary of state to discuss with russia and have real cost and protecting american interests. the death sentences on these two folks who served in the united states military are just another example of the incapacity of this administration to do that. we have leverage and have tools that we can use, bill. not convinced that this administration is prepared to use them in a serious way to restore the deterrence to prevent them from making the statements let alone carrying out these murders. >> dana: president putin thinks time is on his side. do you think that's right? >> it all depends, dana. it depends on the response from europe and the response from the united states. if we get it right and continue to support the ukrainians efforts t

bill. while the supreme court police force is currently authorized to provide protection to the justices of the supreme court, this bill would unequivocally extend their authority to provide protection to family members of justices if there is reason to believe they are at risk. it is imperative that the justices's here of violence and intimidation to make decisions based on the constitution and law as applied to the facts in cases before them. this is essentially the rule of law. assailants, like the man arrested for plotting against the life of one of our justices, are a threat to democracy, but with the right security, they can also be stopped before they inflict harm. i think the senators for their work on this issue in the senate, and the leadership in the house. likewise introducing bills to extend protection to the families of justices. i also think congresswoman sheila jackson lee as well. i further note that this bill would also have extended protection to the families of court emp

the passage of a bill, the signing of a bill, but whether or not it works still remains the most important aspect of our work. a lot of work remains, and the v.a. has significant challenges as it moves forward to help these veterans. the real work is still ahead of us. and i stand ready to do all i can to make certain that we're able to deliver the intended results contemplated by this legislation. a long list of thank yous to my colleagues, certainly to my colleagues in the committee, my colleagues in the senate, but especially to folks in the v.a. community, the v.s. o'community, shane leerman, lawrence montreal pat murray of the v.f.w., alex moraski, bob kerry, independence fund, tom porter, caitlin hendrick, jennifer birch, burn pit 360, jon stewart and john feel and i thank the kansas leaders who over a long period of time -- i don't know what year it was but the vietnam veterans of america held a conference in wichita, kansas, in which i attended in which the topic was toxic exposure and it that is to be at least 10-12 years ago and i thank them for in that part of time -- point in t

they can work together on common sense bills like the daniel an derl bill. a common sense bill. a bill that is narrowly tailored to address this compelling government interest. let's stop the blame game and start working together, all of us. because you know what? we're all americans and you know what? we want the best for this country. and you know what? the world is looking at us right now and seeing us fractured and unable to work together to really help our judiciary. i would say this, we need to stop arming public with our addresses because that's what they are doing. they are using our addresss to kill us. let's work together on the things we can agree on. i know in the end we're all citizens of the united states of america. >> dana: here, here, all right. we'll stay in touch with you and follow the story. thank you for coming on. >> thank you very much for having me. >> dana: the january 6th committee primary hearings begin tonight. democrat-led house committee hoping the time slot will catch attention and distract from other issues. what do you hear about tonight's heari

>> bill: it's unbelievable, bill. how much money we have spent for 20 years to make sure that they do not pass through our airports and get on our airplanes and this could be happening every week. very interesting reporting there. stay on it. i know you will. bill melugin in texas. >> dana: great point. also elon musk addressing twitter employees for the first time since launching his effort to take over thetech giant in a town hall. he emphasized free speech principles saying for the public to have trust in twitter it is extremely important there be transparency. let's bring in cheryl casone host of american dream home on fox business. we would have loved to have been a fly on the wall yesterday. what did you learn? >> get out the popcorn. we know what he said and it is interesting. besides the discussion on aliens that i thought was fascinating, there is this black message board that twitter employees jumped on after the call was over trying to figure out how can we be exceptional. he said if you want to continue wo

>> yes. >> bill: well what? thank you, james, nice to see you. >> sandra: the supreme court's investigation into the leaked draft opinion on abortion is heating up. reports say court officials are requiring law clerks now to turn over their personal cell phone records and sign affidavits. rich edson has the latest for us. >> an unprecedented request. source familiar tells fox news supreme court officials started this process in recent days having law clerks turn over their personal cell phone records and sign affidavits. cnn first reported that. marshal of the supreme court is leasing the investigation and unclear what specifics officials are requesting, what the court can do to compel the clerks to cooperate and whether some are hiring attorneys and resisting. >> you have no ability to stop looking at the phone. if there is personal phones there is a good chance they could fight it until there is sufficient evidence. >> the focus is largely on the three dozen or so law clerks who work in the chambers of the cou

the overall bill is good. but i don't want us to be inadvertently creating more problems down the road. delaying the implementation of the new language until 2024 will allow states to analyze what they think is a good cap for their population if they choose to do so at all. but they need the time in order to make that decision. accordingly, madam speaker, i would ask that we vote yes on this important amendment, and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: i claim the time in opposition to the amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized mr. pallone: i yield myself two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized mr. pallone: i thank the gentleman from virginia expressing his concerns but i disagree with his proposal. i take his. it is not available to all americans. one in 10 individuals with opioid use disorder receive medications. over half of rural

bill. the clerk: senate 2089, an act to amend title 38 united states code to ensure that grants provided by the secretary of veterans affairs state veterans cemeteries do not restrict states from the interment of certain components of the armed forces in such cemeteries and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: purr -- the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott, and the gentlewoman from california, ms. steele, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on s. 2089. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scott: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the chairman is recognized. mr. scott: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, s. 2089 was amended to replace the language of that bill with the language

we are simply the conduit utilizing to get this bill put into law. there areop way too many peopleo thank on the legislation and i'm going to get to that and i apologize right now, but the truth is that we, the senate today have the opportunity to make history by passing the sergeant first classs honoring our promise to address the. it is way too long. it's about the sergeant first class, it's about every american who is lost their lives to toxic exposures. sadly it is too late but today this body has the chance to do thehe right thing by the familis bypassing the sergeant first class. the days from toxic exposure wounds not seen until years after the days are gone, conditions like hypertension with veterans like the proud montana and that served in the army as an engineering officer. he is one of those that would become eligible for relief under the bill. not to mention every post 9/11 veteran with automatically receiving va healthcare that includesll more than 3.5 billion combat veterans exposed to burn pits in iraq and afghanistan. the bill would

. >> bill: good morning. friday we begin with america's money and the new monthly job numbers beating expectations. what it says about the nationwide labor shortage and inflation that pummeling your pocketbook. nice day to be in london, would it not? >> it looks like they're having a good time. >> welcome to friday. dana has time off and julie is back with us today. >> i'm julie banderas. good morning on a friday. this is "america's newsroom." the u.s. has added 390,000 jobs last month. better than expected but the lowest growth since april of last year. unemployment staying at 3.6 pers percent. >> bill: there are at the moment 11.4 million jobs open and 6 million unemployed americans which means the math says two jobs for every person that's looking for work today. >> gas is soaring. another record high today. $4.76 a gallon now. that's nearly twice as high as when president biden took office. >> bill: here is the good news. wages rising slightly up 5.2%. not enough to keep up with inflation is the bad news.

i'm bill hemmer. nice to have you with us. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." that happened last night. the committee will hold the first of several hearings on thursday night, last night. they tried to paint the picture of president trump at the center of the con spir tee to flip the election despite no evidence of voter fraud. republicans as you can expect are firing back saying the hearings are a circus to take attention off the biden administration's failings. >> all they're doing is try to paint a new political narrative in november. >> it's inflation, sky high gas prices. border crisis. democrats created the crisis. the hearings are no more than an attempt to change the narrative. they are desperate. >> we all know it's a sham committee process. they want to put donald trump in jail. if they don't get that they want to keep his name off the ballot. >> dana: chad pergram is live on capitol hill for us this morning. hi, chad. >> good morning. the committee aimed to tie the

i'm bill hemmer. dana has a few days off and back on monday. >> sandra: i think back to the royal wedding. the country was so enthusiastic about this couple and it was a happy time and i watched will's and harry, it was one of my happiest moments, windsor. you wish they could get back to that again. >> bill: some day. today is not the day. take some time. harry is still in the chicken coop out in california as we saw. >> sandra: he is at buckingham palace today. this is "america's newsroom." a new report showing last year was one of the most dangerous ever for law enforcement in this country. we're watching the data. the f.b.i. has revealed 73 officers were killed in the line of duty. an average of one every five days. 24 of them murdered in cold blood, ambushed without warning. a fear officers must live with every single day when they put on that uniform putting themselves in harm's way to keep us all safe. >> police officers that are strictly targeted because of the uniform they're wearing, that's i

>> bill, good morning. this all happened here at the shooting scene right behind me over my shoulder you can see there is police car parked and investigators say several people were shot at the celebration in east harlem. look at the screen. exactly where it unfolded early this morning here in east harlem in new york city. that happened just before 1:00 this morning. at least nine people were shot, one person killed. the man killed was 21 years old and died at a local hospital. police tell us they found five people injured on the foot path under a bridge. some people in the area say they are bracing for more violence this summer. >> i worry about my safety. at the end of the day if you be out here long enough you will be that. and you will be a victim, you know what i'm saying? this is a problem. >> the morning the nypd released this photo of a handgun found at the crime scene. investigators say the gun was in the grass nearby where the shooting started. police working to track down the shooter. >> the indi

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that's what this bill does. and with that, madam president, i yield the floor. >> madam president, four weeks ago i i was sitting where youe sitting, presiding over the senate on a quiet tuesday afternoon when news broke that 19 children, all the same age as my youngest son, had been gunned down inl. their texas elementary school. and as i scrolled through the early reports of the carnage, all i could think of was these two some questions -- what are we doing? why are we here? i sat up there obsessing over ourul willful decision as a body to ignore the slaughter that have become so regular that the news only seems to pay attention now went over a dozen die, a collective decision year after year to do nothing. what's the point of this job that we fought so hard to get? if we just decide that saving children's lives is too hard, or involves two inconvenient and amount of political risk? shooting after shooting, murder after murder, suicide after suicide,or for 30 years congress stood in its political corners and d

>> hello there, bill. vladimir putin made those threats a day after he struck here in the capital city. five missiles launched. four of them hit warehouses used to repair rail cars. british intelligence the strikes were intended to disrupt a weapons delivery and they said it was a shipment of tanks. i was part of a media tour of that target. no evidence of tanks or any other military equipment. meantime ukraine is turning to the public for help prosecuting war crimes. >> indiscriminate artillery in residential areas, mass graves where civilians are found hand tides and executed. a few examples of why ukraine is called the world's largest crime scene. using technology like it has never been used before, ukraine is turning to the public. crowdsourcing part of the evidence gathering. ukrainians are uploading photos and videos, documenting war crimes through a government website and a chat bot, telegram app on their cell phone. >> we have seen unprecedented volume of crimes. that is why people want to help. >>

we do this with the farm bill. we do it with other bills. i'm not sure why we can't do it with recovering america's wildlife. because it is a very important subject. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from michigan is recognized. mrs. dingell: mr. speaker, i have no further requests for time. i do want to say to my colleague, we have worked in good faith. we will continue to work in good faith. you know, the senate, which doesn't work as closely at times the way that we do together, has negotiated a legacy fund that's a bipartisan negotiated provision by the chairman and the senate ranking member of the senate e.p.w. committee. actually more republicans voted for that than democrats did. this bill has been supported by a broad cross-section of senate republicans and senate democrats and, quite frankly, there's some of your republican senate colleagues that will only support it the way that this is now. i've talked to many republicans who want to see this

this bill has that capability. lastly, there is the information regarding the rampage shooting, uvalde. somebody told me, i searched on the internet, i didn't see this guy was troubled. that's precisely the point. this man's troubled, but he's less than 18. those records are seefeld. you can't get -- are sealed. you can't get to them. even though every indication was this young, troubled man would have had a reason not to be able to purchase a weapon, it's sealed. he turns 18, he's a clean guy. he goes out and buys two assault weapons and starts planning his assault. if you're pro-second amendment, by golly, you was the to stop that -- you want to stop that. what this bill does is allows the court to look into that and say oh, he's clean, that's okay, or no, he's troubled, and we need a little extra time to look at this. by the way, that's a provision that has been distorted and twisted to imply that law-abiding 18-year-olds to 21-year-olds would not be able to purchase a weapon. if you're a law-abiding, you can st

we vote on good bills. bills that we feel will move our country forward. this is that kind of bill. a step forward but not enough. many of us feel we need to do more. we need to do comprehensive background checks. we need to close the charleston loophole. we sent those bills to the senate. we can and must do more. yesterday the supreme court issued a ruling that will weaken commonsense gun safety laws all over the country. yes, we could return to the ok corral and everybody having a six-shooter on their hip. and anybody who thinks that would make us a safer, more civil community, i think is sadly mistaken. that fact ought to disturb all of us very deeply. the court's decision to make it even easier for bad actors to carry dangerous concealed guns without restrictions should serve as a reminder that we need to take additional active steps to protect our communities and our kids. actions that are supported by the overwhelming majority of the american people. if we fail to do that, if we allow this legislation to be the end instead of the beginning, parents will continue to receive tha

this bill recognizes the cost of the war.un it is the bill our veterans and families deserve and are counting on. and cannot wait any longer for print veterans and veterans service organizations and advocates of understood this for a long time. they have been incredible partners since the beginning. i look forward to thanking each and every one d of them in the days and weeks to come. i want to speak directly to them now. i am grateful for your efforts g but i'm grateful for your voices. for never take your foot off the gas and pushing members of congress to simply do the right thing. i also want to acknowledge the countless hours put in by the staff from both sides of the aisle. senator moran is exactly correct. we take credit for their good work. and they do good work.ic staff from my office like staff directorcl tony mclean as well s a star to my left is simon kuhn. and others. also folks across the aisle like lindsey dearing jon towers. asha allman, tom brandt, regan, michelle dominguez i wish they had names like tester and moran, and mike jones. [laughter] by sitting down in a b

bill and dana. >> bill: hold your hat. griff jenkins from the white house. >> dana: let's bring in david asman anchor for fox business network. the cost of wishful thinking on inflation is going up, too, first not real, transitory and now the fed will cure it with a few rate hikes. do you think it's possible? >> you are asking me from jerry's mouth to mine? i would say no. and the expectations have less to do than the reality. you can finish the sentence. inflation is too much money chasing too few goods. we aren't producing enough. that simple. that's why we have stagflation. not just inflation it's a slowdown in the economy. we had a deficit, a decree of 1.5% in the first quarter. if we have another one it's a recession. we're close. a lot of people think we're actually in it. the answer to both stagnation and inflation is the same, produce more goods. they are taking care of the money part and hopefully the fed takes care of that but we have to take care of the second equation in inflation. we have to produce more goods

from a poison bill. included in h.r. 76 06 is a provision that could create a politically charged special investigator office of the u.s. department of agriculture to investigate and prosecute food producers in america. the original h.r. 7606 and provision in today's so-called lower fuel and food costs act would create an office to prosecute the people who feed us. i work for the people of the disdisfirst district of kansas. we see the entire beef supply chain from cattle feeders and packers. under the packers and stockyard division at usda all those players, all of them, are already subject to strict inspection. under h.r. 7606, they would be subject to a type of plitly charged scrutiny we expect of no other related business. do you think a democrat controlled congress would stop there? no. h.r. 7606 would set the horrible precedent for political administrations to inspect and prosecute anything and anyone they disagree with. today it's packing if a sis tomorrow it's corn fields. wheat growers. mr. thom

of these bills. even debate on either of these bills. that are overwhelmingly supported by the american people. i know that my republican colleagues are as disturbed by the murder of children as democrats are. i believe that. i hope that's the case. but i believe it. but i am confounded by the unwillingness to respond in an effective way, even on asking that everybody get checked so they're not criminally insane or a felon or an abuser or on the terrorist list. but no. comprehensive background checks, just to see if somebody is a danger to themselves or others. i know that our colleagues across the aisle shed tears when their constituents die from gun violence. as we do. this sured not be -- this should not be a democratic or a republican issue, but an issue of our common humanity and our common sense. if we work together, we can achieve a safer america. we've seen promising signs from the senate that a bipartisan agreement may be possible. i surely hope it is. but this house will not, should not wai

i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. the head of texas public safety yesterday offering the clearest picture yet of the sickening slaughter inside that room. calling the police response a, quote, abject failure. his testimony outlining a series of missed opportunities and communication breakdowns and terrible decisions all while children inside were begging for help. >> three minutes after the subject entered the building there were sufficient number of armed officers wearing body armor to isolate, distract and neutralize the subject. the only thing stopping the hallway of dedicated officers from entering room 111 and 112 was the on scene commander who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children. >> dana: we've been following the story and we have more. hi, garrett. >> this timeline of the shooting is filled with gut wrenching failures. none of the police radios worked inside the school. the doors of the school, they were not able to be locked from the inside. and two of the doors at the school an

that is in this bill. by the way, the legislation, there is money for the stop schoolra violence safety program including the resource officers and school hardening. there is additional funding for mental health resources, drug and violence prevention, mentoring, crisis intervention, high quality training for school personnel and suicide prevention and human trafficking. how can someone be against that? this is a solution. by the way, we had a serious problem in mental health. in my career, i have been privileged to work with senator murphy and others on solutions for mental health. there is increased dollars for medicaid including telehealth services for schools that might be in a rural area. it expands mental health services under medicaid. school-based mental health services all expanded. it re- authorizes the pediatric mental health care access program. it gives providers extra training in mental health. and i could go on. there's still a lot of misinformation out there. but i would say if you don't kn

this bill does that. the second thing we desperately need is to deal with counseling and i know there's a traditional political argument for republicans saying guns are not the problem, it's mental health or other issues and democrats say it's guns and if you don't include guns in the package you're not going to get the job done. my view is it includes both you have to believe that half of the gun deaths in america each day our suicides but the people who are the victims of those suicides needed at least some point in their life mental counseling.this bill provides counseling and i hope it comes in the neck of time for people to turn their lives around and restore hope for their future so they don't resort to the desperate decision to commit suicide but mental counseling for them is important. secondly we read about the mast shooters in theaters and supermarkets and schools and we realize that they too should have been counseled in some form in the hopes that we could try to diver them from this path that

in the parts of the bill for probably get the most attention, the changes in our gun laws. these crisis intervention orders come they do work not not every state has of it is important to senator cornyn for money to go to every say regard us of if they have read like laws but if you have a red flag warning the past, you will be able to get funding through this bill to allow you to implement the red flag law better and there season have them with they don't work well because they don't know how to access them, police officers first responders come they don't know what towh do when they seasonably in crisis and they seasonably threatening violence to themselves and now, will have funding to help hisl people to implement these laws that will allow the authorities with court orders to be able to temporarily take deadly weapons away from people are threatening to kill themselves and threatening mouse violence. and we keep guns away from domestic abusers and we know that it states that make sure that ever domestic abusers not allowedse to purchase guns and there's a significant i

so i want to talk about what this bill does. because there will be a lot of folks that focus on what it doesn't do, certainly doesn't do all the things i think are necessary to end the epidemic of gun violence in this nation. but it will save thousands of lives. there's no doubt about that in my mind. in fact, i can make the argument that every single one of the provisions in this bill, in and of themselves, will save thousands of lives. we don't get to do that very often in this place. we don't get the chance very often to pass pieces of legislation that have this kind of impact. so if you want to focus on what's not in this legislation, you can. that's your prerogative. but i want to spend a few minutes talking about the difference this legislation will make in people's lives. senator sinema, senator cornyn rightfully focused, i put it right at the top, this major, historic investment in mental health access. i made no secret in my belief that you can't solve america's gun violence epidemic simply through mental health funding

but they haven't even voted 0en that bill yet -- on that bill yet. again, this is a transparent attempt to stall the legislation that passed here 100-0. if they actually believe that -- if house democrats actually believed in the snake oil they're trying to sell, they would have passed their own bill a month ago, but they didn't, and they haven't. they've wasted pre-schuss time -- precious time and left justices' families july to grave danger. if house democrats want to vote on bill that extends protection to other people, including the leaker of the supreme court opinion, they're welcome to try to do so. but first they need to pass the bipartisan bill senator coons and i introduced. the line between legitimate public discourse and acts of violence has been crossed, and how democrats -- and house democrats cannot continue to turn a blind eye. we don't have time to spare when it comes to protecting the members of the court and their families. if, heaven forbid, something were to happen because of a lack of authority that would be conferred by the supr

again, this bill is a compromise. there are provisions i'd rather change and some i'd rather do without, but overall it marks the most significant gun violence reduction legislation in nearly three decades. i commend the bipartisan effort that led us to this point, and we should pass this bill without delay. i want to call particular attention to two sections of this bill that i mentioned. one is to stop straw purchases. straw purchases are when a person with a clean criminal record or no criminal record goes to buy a gun for the sole purpose of giving it to another individual who has a criminal record and couldn't legally purchase a gun himself. that happens. it happened last year in chicago. there was a straw purchase of a gun, and the gun was handed to a felon who turned around and used it to kill a chicago policewoman named ella french. ella french was 29 years old. she was a remarkable young woman. she had a great future ahead of her, and she was unfortunately shot and gunned down with a straw-purchased gun. the

bill or additional bill they would consider that. will that be underway? >> i hope it's the case. rand paul in the senate blocked action from us putting in provisions to protect judges -- federal judges at the lower court levels including as you mentioned dr. salas from new jersey. her son was killed and he posed as a fedex driver came to her house and killed her son and shot her husband. what we feel strongly in new jersey we stood up and said you have to include protections for judges, federal judges at every level because what happened in new jersey is just horrific and there were 4500 threats to federal judges last year. i feel strongly that we have to protect the justices of the supreme court and also judges in our state. >> dana: in addition we've seen since the leak of the possible decision on roe v. wade from the supreme court that protestors that are in the neighborhoods protesting outside the home of justices like kavanaugh, barrett and alito. it is in federal law that it is illegal to protest outside a justice's home and y

now, it's a very important bill. it's named after after sergeant first class heath robinson, a national guard who died in 2020, as a result of service-connected toxic exposure. that bill that we're going to be voting on for final passage tomorrow, would give immediate access to health care for toxic exposure for veterans, give the v.a. -- and streamline the process for toxic exposed veterans seeking disability compensation for their illness that they gained while serving overseas defending our nation. mr. president, i have supported the intent of this bill for years, and i intend to vote in favor of this bill tomorrow when it comes up for final passage. there is nothing in my mind that is more important than taking care of our veterans, but i do want to raise some concerns about how we got to this point, the process of this bill, which in my view undermined the likelihood of this massive new program being implemented in a way that benefits all american veterans so we can take care of all american veterans. let me exp

in our bill will help do that. it expands high quality mental health and addiction servicesal nationwide through the expansion of certified community behavioral health clinics. many of these providers already operated in communities across the country. better legislation expands the networks of clinics to deliver even stronger and more close some support to our communities. we also include provisions to expand supportive care in our schools. because it is at school that many of our young people will be identified as needing support. teachers actually spend more time than parents typically with their school-age children and the supportive services that will be part of this bill that will help identify students that need that help so intervention can become as early as possible. mr. president as 60% of gun deaths in america are suicides. we want to try our best to do things that will stop salvador ramos in the future of hurting people. working to try to help them and keep them from hurting themselves as well. i belie

we first passed it in december as a stand had been alone bill -- stand-alone bill. strong bipartisan vote totals. then in january it was attached to a larger bill. a few weeks later it was attached to yet another larger package of legislation. but now we have before us the senate bill. i do think that we are well positioned to get this across the finish line. and i want to thank the chairman for his kind words earlier. he mentioned the word tireless. when it comes to talking to mr. garamendi, i would also use the word tenacious. he was a wonderful partner to try to actually get something done. there are so many members of congress that are more interested in complaining about problems or about having the hot tweet of the day. but in john garamendi, there is a member that actually wants to get things done. what a delightful characteristic to have in a member of congress. and so our version, h.r. 4996, of course, i thought it was a perfect piece of legislation, but, you know, the senate is entitled to their own opinions. and so we'll bring up their version. but i thin

over 400 bills that are not taken up. host: we have 20 minutes until the house comes in and the house taking up that red flag bill today. we would like the viewers to take out the conversation. guest: that house will take it up today but will it be taken up in the senate? host: (202) 748-8000 for republicans, (202) 748-8001 for democrats and (202) 748-8002 four independents. host: will be focusing on the hearing for the january six committee. how many people are left out there that don't have a formed opinion one way or the other on what did or did not happen on january 6. he was left to convince? guest: i think that is a great question and i wish i had a great answer for that. i do think there is widespread interest. as you pointed out, this will not be carried out on fox news which will be holding an alternative concept of what actually transpired and they are convinced that nothing really transpired other than over enthusiastic tourists that got out of hand. of course that was the fault of congress and not anything tha

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and what's not in the bill. one of the things that were very important to our democratic colleagues is the definition of the boyfriend loophole. just by way of explanation, under current law, before we pass this bill, if you're married to someone, if you are co-habitating with someone, if you have a child with someone and are not married or co-habitating or if you're in a relationship which is, for all practical purposes, similar to a marriage but not official, if you commit a domestic violence offense in your state and are convicted, you are forever barred from purchasing or possessing a firearm. one of the things we negotiated, because i think it makes a lot of sense, is that for this category of boyfriends, so called, roughly defined as recent or current serious relationship of a romantic or intimate nature, if you find our -- find yourself in one of those relationships and you commit an act of domestic violence, one of the things we negotiated is five years later, with a clean record, then you can have your

and the bill just, for a little bit of legislative update, the bill just did pass the senate yesterday by a vote of 30-3, so it is getting strong support. it has a lot of bay area coauthors, and m.t.c. does have an official support position on it. we sought a number of amendments in march, and those were incorporated into the bill. we understand that senator becker is very committed to working with the transit operators, as well, on a bill that, ultimately, they are comfortable with, too, so we do anticipate further amendments in the assembly. so there really are four key components of the bill that stem directly from the transit transformation action plan that melanie just walked through. there are some provisions related to integrated fares, although it's quite limited in scope, and i will provide more details on that. there's a requirement with some dates and specificity as to the scope of a connected network plan, which was also one of the action items in the transit transformation action plan. there's a requirement with, again, some specificity and dates related to the regional tr