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

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

it doesn't stop there, bill. people are fed up with all of the leftist policies that are being shoved down our throats here in nevada and they just don't feel like washington represents us. they don't feel like senator masto has done anything for our state. when we could have had a former a.g. stand up for law enforcement and stand up for a secure border, she has been nowhere to be found. that's why all the law enforcement in the state had to switch from her and endorsing me. they know we need

what does this bill -- what is this bill really about? it's creating a new federal job at the biden d.o.j. to encourage state and local governments to issue alerts any time a firearm is used to threaten anyone, anywhere. don't take my word for it. during the markup, congressman jones admitted that quote, this bill would be most effective at reminding us that the threat of gun violence exists around us but does little to protect us from it. this bill would be most effective in reminding us that the threat of gun violence exists all around us but it does little to actually protect us from it. that's right. this bill is about democrat fear mongering that guns are ever-present threat and we cannot be safe until big government, big government rounds up every last gun. in fact, congressman jones went further and called on the committee to consider another bill that would ban assault weapons. the democrat chair of the committee followed up by voicing his support far very concept. no wonder the democrats want to push forward a bill that will crea

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 is going to save lives. this bill is going to save thousands of lives. it's going to be something that every single member of the senate votes for can be proud of. i want to tell you a little bit about it. some of the sincerity been covered by my friend senator cornyn. first let me talk about the provisions in this bill that change our nation firearm laws. first we are going to invest in the development of crisis intervention orders. were to get money w out to stats that they will be able to use to implement what are commonly called red flag laws that allow local authorities and courts to take weapons and firearms temporarily away from individuals who are threatening to hurt themselves or others. we just saw connecticut's red fog bobby used just in the last month or so to take weapons away from a young man who was making threats to shoot up schools, potentially saving dozens of lies. under this bill every state will be able to use significant new federal dollars to be able to expand their programs to try to stop dangerous people, people contemplating mas

we're doing it now in this bill. that's what we are doing in this bill is completing what was promised in a national bill signed in 1963. so we know, again, that one out of five people in our country -- and this is before covid -- will have a mental illness in their lifetime. so many leading cause of death -- again, prior to covid for people under age 50 is a drug overdose, opioid overdose, and the most likely cause of suicide is -- are guns. in this bill, if a family member, if those around someone feel that they are a danger to themselves and someone else and should not have access to a gun, they can go through a legal process to have that happen so that that person is not using a gun to commit suicide or suicide-homicide through a mass shooting. but what is so significant about this is that we know that across this country, certainly across michigan, i know in missouri, we have so many people -- i mean there are millions of people today that want to be able to get help for mental health or addiction as part of the

i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning. that brings it home. >> dana: it might have good that griff was good cardiofitness. >> bill: the harsh and dangerous conditions officers face every day. day two for nearly 10,000 migrants marching through southern mexico in a caravan heading yet again for the u.s. border. all this as president biden hosts leaders from the western hemisphere, some of them, anyway, seeking cooperation on immigration. >> dana: fox team coverage. gillian turner at the state department as the summit of the americas gets off to a rocky start. griff jenkins. you showed us what it's like to be on the ground there. >> the shrubs we were in with the texas dps and border patrol. they're working an active group. we're with the lieutenant. what are we looking for? >> [inaudible] >> dana: griff is in a helicopter trying to show us -- let's see if we can listen here. >> also drugs. we'll try to keep some of that from happening. we are trying to keep it from happening. >> dana: this is difficult for everyone to be ab

bill. >> bill: thank you, casey stiegel in texas. dana. >> dana: far left district attorney gascon appears to brush off concern from the mother of a slain officer down playing the arrest record of the alleged killer of two california officers. watch. >> there was nothing about the history of this individual before he was convicted of a double murder to show that he was not eligible for the resolution back in 2009. >> dana: the mother blames his soft on crime policies for allowing her son's killer to be on probation despite being charged with felon in possession of a gun. the funerals for the officers will be held next thursday. >> we had a version of what was called single patrol. i did it as a police officer. one thing you know about me, i would not have anyone do a job i'm not willing to do myself. >> bill: we have problems in manhattan. the mayor pledging to keep cops safe but is it putting them in the line of danger? a cop assaulted on a new york city subway platform the same day that adams solo subway patrol plan was announced.

obviously i support my original bill. c but the fact are making progress to close the loophole in these states is incredibly positive. it did not pass last time we passed the violence against women act in the senate but sadly didn't make it in there. got a public about in the house that shows growing momentum s we have i would think about my uncle dick and his deer stand and i always ask my look at these proposals and close in the boyfriend loophole doing better checking is that hurt my uncle >> and the deer stand? and of course it does not. this is our moment to act. it's not just one killing. we all know that.le every senator in this a chamber knows in a moment how can this happen in my community? wherever the case involving police officer out of lake city, minnesota. people don't often know for police officers, these domestic violence calls can be some of the most dangerous because you have someone who's very angry pretty do not know what you're walking into. it is in the moment. gets there to the door, he has his bull

but if you're pro-second amendment, you should be for this bill. we can protect second-amendment rights, we can make an impact on teen suicide, upon domestic abuse, upon straw purchases landing guns in the hands of criminals and rampage shooting and we can do that while protecting the second amendment. that's what i'm hearing from the mr. murphy: madam president, four weeks ago i was sitting where you were 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 in their texas elementary school. and as i scrolled through the early reports of the carnage, all i could think of was these two simple questions. what are we doing? why are we here? i sat up there obsessing over our willful decision as a body to ignore the slaughter that has become to regular that the news only seems to pay attention now when over a dozen die, our collective decision year after year to do nothing. what's point of this job that we fought so hard to get? if we just decide that

you and i have done so many bills together, including the historic save our stages bill, which made such a difference. and i am very pleased that we are finally advancing gun safety legislation, and a lot of these provisions are things that we have been working across the aisle on for many years. the boyfriend loophole, something that i introduced in 2013, mr. president, ten years ago, to close the boyfriend loophole. that is a part of this negotiation, part of the framework. we have so many women killed, one every 14 hours from domestic partners. one every 14 hours from domestic partners with guns in this country. and sadly, half of those involve dating partners, people who aren't married to someone but they're in a romantic relationship with them in some way. and the way the law works in all but 19 states where it is fully closed, in many of these states, you get convicted -- convicted of domestic abuse, and you can still go out and buy a gun the next day. so i am pleased that we are moving forward on this provision. this isn't the first time we heard the call to action from america wh

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

of a bill, the signing of a bill but whether or not it works remains the most important aspects of our work. a lot of work remains and the va has significant challenges as it moves forward to help these veterans. the real work is still ahead of us. i stand ready to do all i can to make certain we are able to deliver intended results contemplated by this legislation. a long list of thank youse to my colleagues, certainly my colleagues on the committee, my colleagues in the senate but olespecially folks in the va community, the bso community, lederman, montrÉal, sheriff with the american legion, vfw, cory titus mo aa, alex murawski, wheeler taft, bob carry independent, tom porter ia ba. jennifer birch ia ba. john stuart and john feel and i think the kansas leaders who over a long period of time, i don't know what year it was but the vietnam veterans of america hold conference in wichita kansas which i attended, the topic was toxic exposure and it has to be at least ten, 12 years ago and i think them for that at that time sticking in my mind that there is work to be done and i appreciate

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

perfect bills, bills exist only in our imagination. and we have to be realistic about what can pass both chambers of congress and get the president's signature. and we know it's not easy by design. the founding fathers had this idea that if they made it hard to pass legislation, if they forced us to build consensus that we wouldn't pass a lot of laws that would limit individual freedom and liberty, that it would only be whether it was a true national consensus that we could get those laws passed. over the last week and a half, i've been talking particularly with senator murphy, senator tillison or cinema, but literally about everybody i could reach on the phone or get through text message to see if there's some package of mental health and safety legislation that addresses some of the factors that might have prevented the recent shooting in uvalde and elsewhere. i want to be clear though, we're not talking about restricting the rights of current law abiding gun owners tore citizens. this is a constitutional right, as much as that may g

we can change that with this bill. there is every reason in the world to get the packed act done quickly. both parties won it, our veterans deserve it. the time is long past for us to make a change at the va.er and on shipping, last night finally the house overwhelmingly approve the senate ocean shipping reform act. the most significant maritime reform law passed by congress in years. the inflation fighting shipping bill now goes to the president's desk for signature. finally providing relief to american exporters and consumers alike. shipping reform is exactly the kind a of bill that can make a difference to the american people. it fights inflation, it relieves our supply chain comment help small businesses and consumers alike. not too much has been written about this bill because sadly the way our world immediate work if there's not a big conflicts they don't write much about it. but this is very important. it is high prices are our number one nemesis one of the main reasons is the ships piled up at our ports per we'

we've passed a bill like that already in colorado. make a historic investment in mental health and school security. i said a minute ago that sometimes you just hear people talk about how we have mental health, and i pointed out that we probably have about the same mental health as other countries in the world have. but that doesn't mean it's not an issue, and it is an issue. we're having an pandemic of mental health on the -- an epidemic of mental health on the back end of this pandemic, especially among adolescents, in this country and in the state of colorado. there's $15 billion in this bill for mental health, and i'm proud that that is in there. that is a historic investment, and it's both sides making it. we're going to close the boyfriend loophole, which allows abuse becausive partners to buy a gun, and we're going to crack down on straw purchases where people illegally buy guns on behalf of someone else. that's a big problem that we're going to address in this bill. frankly, i don't know how anybody on this floor could object t

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

that's what this bill does. that's perhaps why they're afraid of this bill. but we must pass this bill to save our police officers, to save our communities, to save our children. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 1153, the previous question is ordered. pursuant section to 3-a of house resolution 1153 the chair will put the question on retaining each title of the bill as amend the chair will put the question on retaining title 1 of the bill and the question will be shall title 1 be retained. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, this 15-minute vote on retaining title 1 of h.r. 7910 will be followed by five-minute votes on retaining title 2, retaining title 3, retaining title 4, retaining title 5, retaining title 6, retaining title 7, the motion to recommit if offered, passage of the bill if ordered, and motions to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 7352, h.r. 7334, h.r. 5879, h.r. 7622, h.r. 7664, h.r. 7670, h.r. 7694, h.r. 7776, and h.r. 7667. pursuant to section 3-b of house resolution 1153, the yeas and nays are ordered. members wi

this will on -- this bill on the floor, the democrat bill, does neither. so i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pass cruz-barrasso and abandon the democrat legislation that doesn't stop violent crime but that does infringe on the second amendment. i yield the floor. >> tragic in so many ways, but i think moving forward in others. last month 19 kids were killed in air own school rooms -- in their open school rooms, two teachers were killed in uvalde, texas. it was a horrific act, agonizing thing for family and community. i think along with the buffalo, new york, event an agonizing thing for our country. one thing that almost all these mass shootings have in common is a perpetrator who had a mental health issue that wasn't dealt with properly. let me say before senator stabinau and i talk. people with mental health conditions are not dangerous. mental health is a health issue. we ought to treat it as a mental health issue. in rare and tragic occasions people with a mental health issue undealt with can become dangerous. that's what we have seen

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

only two significant gun safety bills have passed congress. the house democrats mantra -- the american people want us to do something. house republicans have said we want to do something that matters. that is why i introduced legislation this week that will secure every school. this bill would put a billion dollars to hire school resource officers. to hire guidance counselors. and $5 billion to provide training on active shooter scenarios and to help school officials and students learn to better engage, identify and students who are in trouble before they reach a breaking point. pay for with unused covid funds. we have 12 pieces of legislation we have introduced that would address this issue. house democrats have shown no interest in coming to the table and talking to us about the solutions. they are exploiting these tragedies. the bills on the floor this week would do nothing to stop these tragedies and they will never become law. i look at although it is papers today -- i look at all the newspapers today, every single one of them say they wi

the note says, vote yes to my dad's bill or vote yes for my dad's bill. well, briell will -- brielle, if you're watching us today, i will let you know i have taken your advice and i hope one day to meet you and your mom and thank you for being involved on a good cause and for sharing your dad with all of us. please know that your dad's service was a gift to our country, and the bill, the piece of legislation that bears your father's name is going to make a positive difference, not for a few people, not for a few military families, but literally for millions of military families. mr. president, my own generation of vietnam veterans had a similar experience to toxic exposures as the post-9/11 generation of veterans. i have been privileged to serve our country in my state in many different roles. there's been no greater privilege than serving the united states navy and later the naval reserve for a total of 23 years of active and reserve duty. during the vietnam war in 1968, on a naif rotc -- navy rotc scholarship, i would have two tours. my squadron flew a

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

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

as we wrote our bill, we viewed our conversations as collaborations, not negotiations. we refused to frame our work as giving something up to giving something in return and we stayed laser focused on our shared goals of reducing violence and saving lives across american communities. we acknowledge that the root of violence plaguing our communities is complex. it can be partly attributed to criminals with dangerous weapons and attributed to a mental health crisis affecting young people in cities and towns across america. we spent hours carefully considering policy provisions, ensuring that we got the language right, and that every policy included in our bill could help save lives, help children, learn and grow in healthy and supportive environments and make our communities safer, more vibrant places. it was hard work. and it was worth it. together we put aside our differences, focused on our shared values, and crafted a bill that expands resources and schools to help kids grow and learn where they feel connected to their communities, and where they know they can seek hel

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

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

what my bill says or my amendment, it in then's the underlying bill. the underlying bill raises the age to purchase a semi automatic long gun or shotgun from 18 to 21, but it says if you are a member of the armed forces, you are exempt from this. my amendment says, if you are a spouse of the member -- of a member of the armed forces, you are exempt. if my colleagues say, the young mom could never use a firearm to defend her family, i've got a story of an oklahoma woman who killed an intruder, called 911. she would not let the intruder into her home. her husband wasn't in the military, but in a similar situation, he had died of cancer, and the community knew it. when members of the community are deployed, it is a point of pride. there are people who would take advantage of that knowledge knowing that there is a single mom at home, like this person did in oklahoma when the husband died of cancer in the community knew it, but this mother was able to defend herself and her baby with a firearm, and we should not deprive anybody of that right. that is what m

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

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

i urge a yes vote on this bill, for goodness sake. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. lieu: thank you. s.4160 is a straightforward bill that will protect the families of the justices and democrats also tried to protect the families of court employees and republicans objected and this is the b

no, this small gang came together, materialized, it put together a bill, it released the bill, and all of a sudden we were expected to vote on it, up or down, yes or no, no changes, no questions asked. now, those of us who are not members of this particular gang were told essentially, too bad. we don't want your input. your only option is to support this entire bill, warts and all, ambiguities and all, sakeness and all -- vagueness and all without any changes. or, on the other hand, you can oppose it and you'll be accused of savagely not wanting to protect chirp from school -- children from school shootings. that's not what our founding fathers envisioned for the united states senate. i.t. not how they imagined it work. it's also not how it worked for hundreds of years. for more than two centuries the united states senate functioned in a way that had as its distinguishing characteristic those procedures that earned it the title of being the world's greatest deliberative body. chief among those features was the willingness and the ability of each member to offer up improvements in the f

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

i'm dana perino. >> bill: and i'm bill hemmer. thanks for joining us here in new york. >> dana: we want to bring back our panel. martha maccallum, jonathan turley, marie harf, and andy mccarthy. really great they were all here with us to witness this hearing today. thank you so much. my thought, as they wrapped up they said one of the things they were looking at was a fund-raising effort taking place in the know of all of this. $250 million is what the inspector at the justice department said was raised during this effort. i will also be something you hear about on wednesday. >> no doubt. there was an enormous fund-raising effort that was built off the back of this. i think anybody pays attention to politics knows that is really not that surprising. there was also an enormous fund-raising campaign that went off the back of the russian collusion, as well. that's the way politics works now. it is not a great state of affairs. i think there's a reason why people have limited trust in government and in elections, because we have seen

the clerk will call the next bill on the k58d. the clerk: private calendar number 5, h.r. 785, a bill for the relief of maria isabelle perara, and carla maria duesso. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? the chair hears none. without objection, the bill is engrossed, read a third time, passed, and the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. this concludes the call of the private calendar. the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, today i rise to honor anaheim high school gillian alvariti, the young athlete making history for women in men's high school baseball. gillian became the first girl to pitch in a cif southern section men's baseball final. allowing one run on eight hits in nine innings in a division 6 baseball championship game for the anaheim high school colonists. she c

weekend senate negotiators announced they have reached a deal on what to include in the new gun safety bill. majority leader chuck schumer gave his approval of the proposal and promised to bring the legislation up for a vote as soon as possible. we heard more about the agreement from texas senator john cornyn who led negotiations on the republican side. >> madam president, tomorrow will mark three weeks since the devastating school shooting in you baldly texas. over those last three weeks managers murphy from kinetic, senator sinema from arizona, senator tillis of north carolina and others have been working to identify steps that congress should take to prevent similar tragedies from occurring in the future. this is not an easy debate. it's emotional. they can be divisive but it's also very important that we act. most often you hear people say do something. well, they don't give a lot of guidance on whaton that somethig looks like. and when you begin to dig down into the details you find out that there's not a lot of consensus about what that something should lookns like. the good news is a

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

unfortunately after senate passage, the bill ran into a procedural hurdle, as bills often do around here. but tonight we have a chance to get it back on track. we have a chance to get it to the house without further delay. and i might add what this bill does is takes care of a decadeslong issue with toxic exposure. the ranking member, senator moran, talked about this bill a week or two ago at length. this bill will help save veterans' lives that have been exposed to toxins and help support their families after they passed. i would hope my colleagues keep in mind that as they decide whether this is an appropriate time to play political games to delay this bill's ability to become law and obstruct for the sake of obstruction. everyone in this body knows that our veterans deserve more than that. they have waited long enough for the care and the benefits that are provided by this bill and they shouldn't have to wait any longer. because it did receive 84 votes in this body a week or so ago. so with that, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the secretary of the senate be authorized to

so i want to talk to a few moments 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 of 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. and in fact, i could 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 and so, if you want to focus what's not in this legislation, you can, it's your prerogative, but i want to spend a few minutes talking about the difference this legislation will make in people's lives. senator cinema and senator cornyn focused and i put it right at the top, the major historic investment in mental health access. >> you can't solve america's gun violence simply through mental healt system, but our mental health system is broken,

bill carter is a cnn media analyst. he is with me now. bill, good to see you. let's start here with ivanka being used in the presentation, giuliani as well. what we heard from ivanka chs yes, i was there that night. i did not have an opinion on what the president should say. they weren't necessarily material to the case they were making. was this just a needle, the former president? >> well, it's hard to say they were just needling him. i think they're trying to say, look, we have this testimony from even his daughter, and obviously part of what they're doing is setting up the future, and i think they even are telling you that they're laying the groundwork. we don't know exactly where they're going with eivanka, but obviously they already had her saying they believed what bill barr told her, and they know it's under trump's skin, and i think there's part of this that you can see they're going after him with absolutely guns blazing. there's no question about that now. they're even going after about gifting his supporters with money. part of it is i think strateg

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you have bill stepien, a.g. barr, you have jared kushner, and then the committee showed one by one that those people started to fade away, that the only person left was rudy giuliani and his false outlandish claims. you had bill stepien saying, look, i wanted to make sure my rep take was intact and the things i saw were not honest and professional. you saw a.g. barr saying that he told former president trump directly, the doj does not take sides in elections. there is no evidence of fraud. and by the way, we are not your personal legal team. and then you saw jared kushner lay out that he told president trump directly, this is not the approach that you should be taking. and former president trump saying that he had confidence in rudy giuliani. so really, the lawmakers today, the committee today, was really showing how this inner circle of president trump, it just shrunk and shrunk and shrunk, and we now have the people that are here, but there is another point to be made, which is that while this lie grew and gre

this bill to move forward -- to move forward on this bill. that bill was 86 senators in favor. we're now focused on an amendment process and we'll continue working as quickly as the senate will allow to get this bill to the house and back on its way to the president's desk. whether democratic or republican, every member of this chamber represents veterans at home, and i firmly believe everyone member in this chamber cares about those veterans. issues related to veterans often have a way of bringing us together and find consensus and that's what we continue to do and will continue to do as we sort out what amendments to be considered. we were able to deliver veterans choice through the mission act, landmark mental health legislation through the john scott hannon mental health improvement act, and i believe we can do that again on this legislation to deliver care to automatic veterans exposed to toxic benefits. this country is good at recognizing the physical wounds of war and we're getting better at recognizing the mental wounds of war. no longer can we ignore the wounds of war