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mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, at 11:30 p.m. this evening, the senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 1892, with a further amendment. further, that if cloture is invoked, all postcloture time be yielded back and the senate vote on the motion to concur. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. paul: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: reserving the right to object, it seems like a lot of work for a trillion-dollar deficit, doesn't it? i object. the presiding officer: regular order is called for. is there objection? mr. paul: i object. mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, at 12:00 p.m. this evening, the senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the house amendmen
mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, at 11:30 p.m. this evening, the senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 1892, with a further amendment. further, that if cloture is invoked, all postcloture time be yielded back and the senate vote on the motion to concur. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. paul:...
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mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call. the senate is in a quorum call. mr. cornyn: it is? i ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, yesterday we began floor debate on something we have literally been talking about for years. i remember the election of 2012, meeting at the white house with then president barack obama with speaker boehner and mccarthy and others and the president was prepared to do something that he threatened to do but we asked him not to do and that is to take unit latry action -- unilateral action with these children who were brought to the united states in violation of our immigration laws. we said, please, president obama, give us a chance to work with you to come up with a solution. and he listened and said no. i'm going to do -- i'm going to sign an executive order or action and i'm going to go this alone. well, unfortunately fo
mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call. the senate is in a quorum call. mr. cornyn: it is? i ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, yesterday we began floor debate on something we have literally been talking about for years. i remember the election of 2012, meeting at the...
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mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we, we are. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i'd ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i have 11 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they've been approved by both the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. cornyn: mr. president, today a group led by chairman of the senate judiciary committee, chairman grassley, formally introduced a bill to address the daca issue, the deferred action on childhood arrivals issue that we've heard so much about as well as border security. i think it's a good starting point. i'm proud to be a cosponsor of the legislation which is called the secure and succeed act. perhaps the most important thing about this bill is that it actually has a good chance of becoming law. that's be
mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we, we are. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i'd ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i have 11 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they've been approved by both the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly...
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mr. cornyn: well, madam mr. cornyn: well, madam >> madam president, here weth are again, the clock is ticking, the current funding bill expires on thursday and we've got to ask you to keep the lights on. to me it strikes me as a very modest goal because there'sea so much more we need to be doing. when our democratic colleagues shut down the government last time, we knew this was all we could get at the time which is a short-term continuing resolution. this is a miserable way to do business. continuing resolutions are really in evocation of responsibility on behalf of the spotty and for the benefit of the markham people. it doesn't have to be this way. what we are waiting on is an agreement between the leaders of the house and the senate for the rest of 2018 and 2019. we could add that agreement today but our colleagues across the aisle are dragging their feet, to put it mildly, for what? it's the same reason they shut down the government last week. it's over an unrelated immigration issue which i will get to in a
mr. cornyn: well, madam mr. cornyn: well, madam >> madam president, here weth are again, the clock is ticking, the current funding bill expires on thursday and we've got to ask you to keep the lights on. to me it strikes me as a very modest goal because there'sea so much more we need to be doing. when our democratic colleagues shut down the government last time, we knew this was all we could get at the time which is a short-term continuing resolution. this is a miserable way to do...
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mr. cornyn: mr. president, today a group led by chairman of the senate judiciary committee, chairman
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mr. cornyn: mr. president, today a group led by chairman of the senate judiciary committee, chairman grassley, formally introduced a bill to address the daca issue, the deferred action on childhood arrivals issue that we've heard so much about as well as border security. i think it's a good starting point. i'm proud to be a cosponsor of the legislation which is called the secure and succeed act. perhaps the most important thing about this bill is that it actually has a good chance of becoming law. that's because the president supports it. it encompasses the four pillars that the president's laid out for us in any solution to the daca challenge. the secure and succeed act provides legal status and a pathway to citizenship for an estimated 1.8 million people who meet the specific criteria of daca. this is far -- this is a far larger number than the number of individuals covered by president obama's executive order. i think the fact that this president would say to the 690,000 daca recipients not only a
mr. cornyn: mr. president, today a group led by chairman of the senate judiciary committee, chairman grassley, formally introduced a bill to address the daca issue, the deferred action on childhood arrivals issue that we've heard so much about as well as border security. i think it's a good starting point. i'm proud to be a cosponsor of the legislation which is called the secure and succeed act. perhaps the most important thing about this bill is that it actually has a good chance of becoming...
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mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i want to express my gratitude to my friend from vermont for his service on the appropriations committee and working with us specifically on this particular legislation as it relates to the disaster relief aspect of it. obviously my state was devastated by hurricane harvey, but i must tell my friend, i've got new empathy and understanding for how bound we are together as -- the multiple states, what happens in one part of the country should be of concern to those of us in other parts of the country because eventually sooner or later disasters are going to visit all of us. but it is good news that the majority leader was able to announce yesterday that we reached a compromise on government funding through not this year, but next year as well. this agreement ensures that our armed forces will have the resources they need. my colleague and friend, the chairman of the house armed services committee and senator mccain said it best. they said this budget agreement is indispensabl
mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i want to express my gratitude to my friend from vermont for his service on the appropriations committee and working with us specifically on this particular legislation as it relates to the disaster relief aspect of it. obviously my state was devastated by hurricane harvey, but i must tell my friend, i've got new empathy and understanding for how bound we are together as -- the multiple states, what...
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mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i understand there is a bill at the desk that is due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the senator is correct. the clerk will read the title of the bill for a second time. the clerk: s. 2464, a bill to improve border security and so forth. mr. cornyn: in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i would object to further proceeding. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. cornyn: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, as my colleague from connecticut is -- was here in the room and mentioned the bill we have been working on together, the fix nics bill, i want to remind all of us what the motivation was, at least on my part, what was the reason and i thank my colleague and the majority leader and those who cosponsored this legislation. it was just a few short months ago when someone murdered 26 people worshiping in a small church just outside san antonio in sutherland springs.
mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i understand there is a bill at the desk that is due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the senator is correct. the clerk will read the title of the bill for a second time. the clerk: s. 2464, a bill to improve border security and so forth. mr. cornyn: in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i would object to further proceeding. the presiding...
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mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, yesterday i spoke about the deadline we have coming up in two days. the question is, are we going to fund the federal government, are we going to keep the lights on, the parks open, the military protecting us, border patrol protecting our borders? or are we going to shut down the government again over an unrelated issue? now, i listened to my friend, the senator from illinois, talk at some length about daca, and i do want to respond to that. but there is no reason why we have to do daca first because we are engamed in good -- engaged in good-faith negotiations and, indeed, the majority leader has promised he would take up a bill on the floor of the senate failing an agreement. but the fact of the matter is our friends across the aisle have basically shut down the government and now threatening to hold hostage a number of very important measures that i'll talk about momentarily over this issue that's unrelated to the funding of the government or these other matters. and so w
mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, yesterday i spoke about the deadline we have coming up in two days. the question is, are we going to fund the federal government, are we going to keep the lights on, the parks open, the military protecting us, border patrol protecting our borders? or are we going to shut down the government again over an unrelated issue? now, i listened to my friend, the senator from illinois, talk at some length...
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mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator for texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, all week i've been speaking about the impending deadline of tomorrow when the continuing resolution that we passed following the shutdown of the government over the daca issue. i've been talking about the importance of that deadline and the importance of meeting that deadline. you can imagine my reaction, my pleasure at hearing the announcement this afternoon by the majority leader, his hard work leading to this critical funding negotiation has led to an agreement that both sides should be able to get behind. one of these reasons these negotiations were so significant and why the announcement was such good news is because of the military. i happened to be raised by someone who was in the military. my dad was in the air force and a b-72 air pilot in the old air corps. those who have
mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator for texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, all week i've been speaking about the impending deadline of tomorrow when the continuing resolution that we passed following the shutdown of the government over the daca issue. i've been talking about the importance of that deadline and the importance of meeting that...
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mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, as today we mourn the loss of
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mr. cornyn: mr. president, i have asked unanimous consent that the senate be allowed to vote on the pending matter, and there has been multiple objections, of course, by the senator from kentucky. i don't know why we are basically burning time here while the senator from kentucky and others are sitting in the cloakroom wasting everybody's time and inconveniencing the staff. we could easily move this matter forward and have a vote. the outcome will be exactly the same, and it's not inconsequential that the current continuing resolution, i believe, expires at midnight tonight. so the senator from kentucky, by objecting to the unanimous consent request, will effectively shut down the federal government for no real reason. i know he wants to make a point. he has that right. i agree with many of his concerns about deficits and debt, but we are in an emergency situation. we have our military that's not ready to fight and win our nation's wars the way it should be. we have military members who have died in
mr. cornyn: mr. president, i have asked unanimous consent that the senate be allowed to vote on the pending matter, and there has been multiple objections, of course, by the senator from kentucky. i don't know why we are basically burning time here while the senator from kentucky and others are sitting in the cloakroom wasting everybody's time and inconveniencing the staff. we could easily move this matter forward and have a vote. the outcome will be exactly the same, and it's not...
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mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, yesterday i spoke about the deadline we have coming up in two days. the question is, are we going to fund the federal government, are we going to keep the lights on, the parks open, the military protecting us, border patrol protecting our borders? or are we going to shut down the government again over an unrelated issue? now, i listened to my friend, the senator from illinois, talk at some length about daca, and i do want to respond to that. but there is no reason why we have to do daca first because we are engamed in good -- engaged in good-faith negotiations and, indeed, the majority leader has promised he would take up a bill on the floor of the senate failing an agreement. but the fact of the matter is our friends across the aisle have basically shut down the government and now threatening to hold hostage a number of very important measures that i'll talk about momentarily over this issue that's unrelated to the funding of the government or these other matters. and so w
mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, yesterday i spoke about the deadline we have coming up in two days. the question is, are we going to fund the federal government, are we going to keep the lights on, the parks open, the military protecting us, border patrol protecting our borders? or are we going to shut down the government again over an unrelated issue? now, i listened to my friend, the senator from illinois, talk at some length...
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x -- senatornyn, cornyn mr. president, the most : important thing you said at the outset is that we act. we don't go home empty handed. president trump: but it would really be nice to create something that is beautiful. that works. and you know the biggest thing, chris? the biggest surprise to me. i've only been doing this two years. three years now. time flies. but i've been here for a little more than a year. what surprises me more than anything else is that nothing has been done for all these years. because i really see a lot of common ground. whether it is democrats, republican -- i'm so surprised. i'm sitting here and i'm saying, there's a lot of commonality here. there is a lot of people who are agreeing with pretty much everything you're writing. i don't understand why this hasn't happened for the last 20 years, nothing has happened. so we're going to get it done. sen. murphy: i think we can add anything to fix nics that has 60 votes. background checks can be added to this if it has your support, mr. pres
x -- senatornyn, cornyn mr. president, the most : important thing you said at the outset is that we act. we don't go home empty handed. president trump: but it would really be nice to create something that is beautiful. that works. and you know the biggest thing, chris? the biggest surprise to me. i've only been doing this two years. three years now. time flies. but i've been here for a little more than a year. what surprises me more than anything else is that nothing has been done for all...
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mr. cornyn: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: madam president, i want to begin my remarks today by discussing a piece of bipartisan legislation that i've sponsored with our colleague, the senior senator from california, senator feinstein. this bill is not something you're going to see reported on in the evening news, in all likelihood. and it is rather obscure in its origins, but it is extraordinarily important, and i'll explain that in just a moment. it's called the foreign investment risk review pho -- modernization act and it concerns another acronym, the committee on foreign investment in the united states known as cfius. it's a committee on foreign investment in the united states. cfius is a multiagency panel headed by the treasury department, secretary mnuchin chairs that panel. and its job is to vet foreign investments to determine if they pose a threat to our national security. i'm an ardent supporter of free trade, and i strongly support more foreign direct investment in the united states. but unfortunately, some
mr. cornyn: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: madam president, i want to begin my remarks today by discussing a piece of bipartisan legislation that i've sponsored with our colleague, the senior senator from california, senator feinstein. this bill is not something you're going to see reported on in the evening news, in all likelihood. and it is rather obscure in its origins, but it is extraordinarily important, and i'll explain that in just a moment. it's...
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cornyn? >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thanks to ranking member blumenthal and the members of the committee. i'm honored to be here, as you've heard, to introduce an extremely well-qualified candidate, noah phillips, to be the federal trade commissioner. you've already said, mr. chairman, and others have acknowledged that noah served as my chief counsel, which is to his great credit. heaven knows i need all the help i can get. noah's helped guide me in my legislative portfolio through complex issues on the judiciary committee during his tenure. his intelect shines most when he's faced with technical topics that would intimidate even the most seasoned lawyers, intellectual property, privacy issues, antitrust and constitutional law, but he's also showed, as senator hatch has noted, a knack for building consensus with folks on the other side of the aisle when necessary to get things done. this is becoming increasingly rare these days, and it's one of the reasons he's been a very valued member of my staff. trading judicial
cornyn? >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thanks to ranking member blumenthal and the members of the committee. i'm honored to be here, as you've heard, to introduce an extremely well-qualified candidate, noah phillips, to be the federal trade commissioner. you've already said, mr. chairman, and others have acknowledged that noah served as my chief counsel, which is to his great credit. heaven knows i need all the help i can get. noah's helped guide me in my legislative portfolio through...
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he's urging lawmakers to add their best hard -- best ideas to the proposal pushed by john cornyn. mrmp members of congress that "you have a different president now," pointing to the failure of previous administrations to address gun violence. >> they have great power, i agree. they have great power over you people. they have less power over me. you, they are well-meaning. i said, fellas, we have to do something. the president, making reference to the nra. in florida, students returned to class at marjory stoneman douglas high school. they were greeted by police office -- officers, carrying military style rifles, with counselors and therapy dogs. two weeks ago today, 17 people were shot to death at the school. armed rebel groups in syria have agreed to implement a cease-fire . as per the government of president shar al-assad, there has been no similar -- but shar al-assad,- bashar there has been no similar overture. needless to say, is a complete violation. mark: russia has ordered a five hour daily humanitarian clause to allow civilians to exit the region. reports from the. say that
he's urging lawmakers to add their best hard -- best ideas to the proposal pushed by john cornyn. mrmp members of congress that "you have a different president now," pointing to the failure of previous administrations to address gun violence. >> they have great power, i agree. they have great power over you people. they have less power over me. you, they are well-meaning. i said, fellas, we have to do something. the president, making reference to the nra. in florida, students...
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mr. mccarthy and john cornyn and dick durbin. >> i do want to ask you about that. this plays into what the chief of staff john kelly said about daca recipients. it was quite eyebrow raising. listen to this moment. >> the difference between 690 and 1.8 million were the people that some would say were too afraid to sign up, others would say they were too lazy to get off their asses, but they didn't sign up. >> what did you think of those comments? >> i wasn't too happy. he said people would say. he didn't say he said it. >> but what's the difference, congressman? to insert that into the conversation that some of the recipients would be too lazy to get off their asses. what's the point of putting that in? >> you'd have to ask general kelly. what i want to focus on is the effort to come to an agreement on this asap. i think we have a lot of young people who are extraordinary young people, not lazy at all, very motivated. college students, high school students, people who are working, people who have served in the military, people making a difference in our communities.
mr. mccarthy and john cornyn and dick durbin. >> i do want to ask you about that. this plays into what the chief of staff john kelly said about daca recipients. it was quite eyebrow raising. listen to this moment. >> the difference between 690 and 1.8 million were the people that some would say were too afraid to sign up, others would say they were too lazy to get off their asses, but they didn't sign up. >> what did you think of those comments? >> i wasn't too happy. he...
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able to buy a gun or not, and we saw that tragically play out several times, but in 2017, john cornyn and mr. murphy, the senators introduced this legislation after 26 people were killed at that church in texas, and that was because a man was able to get a gun who had a prior military conviction and not reported to the nics system. liz: after what happens to congresswoman gabby giffords, that went nowhere. we'll see if things change now in washington in the wake of what happened in florida last week. adam, thank you very much for your coverage out of wvment once again, we wait to see ahuc ahucks -- sarah huckabee sanders, look at dow on the left of the screen. 292. we're at session lows, below 25,000 on the dow. another roller coaster for your markets. >>> also we've got one ceo that's going to be joining us. the white house's $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan is ready to pour. why the ceo of u.s. concrete says it's a win-win for american workers and the economy. "countdown" is coming right back. successful people have one thing in common. they read more. how do they find the time? ... with
able to buy a gun or not, and we saw that tragically play out several times, but in 2017, john cornyn and mr. murphy, the senators introduced this legislation after 26 people were killed at that church in texas, and that was because a man was able to get a gun who had a prior military conviction and not reported to the nics system. liz: after what happens to congresswoman gabby giffords, that went nowhere. we'll see if things change now in washington in the wake of what happened in florida last...
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senator cornyn. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thanks to ranking member but with all and members of the committee. i'm honored to be here and as you have heard to introduce and actually well qualified candidate, noah phillips to be federal trade commission or. you have already said, mr. chairman and others have acknowledged that he served as my chief counsel which is to his great credit having knows i need all the help i can get. noah has helped guide me and my legislative portfolio through complex issues on the judiciary committee during his tenure. his intellect shines most when he is faced with technical topics that would intimidate even the most seasoned lawyers. intellectual property, privacy issues, antitrust in constitutional law. he is also showed as senator hatch has noted an knack for building consensus with focus on other side of the aisle when necessary to get things done. ... >> found his way back to texas and onto my staff. his legal resume is remarkable with the work is done with a judiciary committee behind the sce
senator cornyn. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thanks to ranking member but with all and members of the committee. i'm honored to be here and as you have heard to introduce and actually well qualified candidate, noah phillips to be federal trade commission or. you have already said, mr. chairman and others have acknowledged that he served as my chief counsel which is to his great credit having knows i need all the help i can get. noah has helped guide me and my legislative portfolio through...
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cornyn. sorry to see you leave us, mr. simon ms. wilson, we're all together at the ftc and it was a wonderful team. it was a pleasure working with the both of you each and every day for those two years, you both did an extraordinary job during your tenure there. we are blessed to serve under the chairman who is extraordinary. i don't think there has been another chairman before sense but had the vision that tim brought to the job every day. the question i wanted task because he worked with tim every day, what positive lessons did you learn from your tenure working under the chairman and how did you expect to implement those lessons going forward. >> thank you. i look very fondly pack on those days and i was by far the best job i've ever had for all the reasons you just described. one of the most important things i learned from the chairman was it's important to have your priorities, to communicate them will so the staff knows what's expected, what matters will turn into enforcement actions so the staff is busy and doing productive t
cornyn. sorry to see you leave us, mr. simon ms. wilson, we're all together at the ftc and it was a wonderful team. it was a pleasure working with the both of you each and every day for those two years, you both did an extraordinary job during your tenure there. we are blessed to serve under the chairman who is extraordinary. i don't think there has been another chairman before sense but had the vision that tim brought to the job every day. the question i wanted task because he worked with tim...
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also today democratic senator dick durbin and republican senator john cornyn came to the floor to speak about gun policy. >> mr. president a few years ago malcolm gladwell wrote a book calledpe the tipping point and e really spelled out in the course of history the course of history with changes people's thinking actions and it's a precipitous moment where it stops and is reevaluated. the clear question we have in america today is whether we have we have reached a tipping point when it comes to gun violences. it's only been 13 days, 13 days since the tragedy of hard when florida and look what has happened since. of course outrage, sadness, morning for the families that lost these wonderful students, teachers and administrators but beyond that these high school students 17, 18-year-olds old and some even younger have really become a national voice, a powerful voice on the issue of gun safety in schools. i often wonder when this moment might occur or whether it would occur. litany of mass shootings, massacres. sad to say there's a mountainous setting in where terrible things occurred in places like las vegas and
also today democratic senator dick durbin and republican senator john cornyn came to the floor to speak about gun policy. >> mr. president a few years ago malcolm gladwell wrote a book calledpe the tipping point and e really spelled out in the course of history the course of history with changes people's thinking actions and it's a precipitous moment where it stops and is reevaluated. the clear question we have in america today is whether we have we have reached a tipping point when it...
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cornyn and rhode island senator jack reed. >> the senator fromhi washingto. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. president, as people around the nation listen to this floor debate i unsure they can or the division about immigration without an clear. i know i can can. immigration policy is hard. it is emotional and it has vexed this congress from decades. while the floor debate where can be tryingow and can actually be thrown offkilter by one more real-time tweets from the president, we have to keep our eye on the ball. because as tough it may seem right here, the stakes are so much higher for millions of people who live every day in this country. they're trapped inn a a broken immigration system. they face the constant fear of deportation and they suffer the threat of being ripped apart fromie their families, their friends, and the communities that they love. so just like the deep divisions we saw on this issue across the country, i think a path forward in the senate, in the house and all the way to the white house is not going to be easy. tackling the tough issues and engaging in a fair and hon
cornyn and rhode island senator jack reed. >> the senator fromhi washingto. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. president, as people around the nation listen to this floor debate i unsure they can or the division about immigration without an clear. i know i can can. immigration policy is hard. it is emotional and it has vexed this congress from decades. while the floor debate where can be tryingow and can actually be thrown offkilter by one more real-time tweets from the president, we...
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mr. president you convening everybody. thank you, senator cornyn. my whip counterpart. the house did pass a bill dealing with fixing problems with our background checks system. we also combined with it a bill that advanced concealed carry reciproci reciprocity. people having conceal carry in one state and having to same ability in another state with conceal carry laws that are on the books. before that's discounted because i know when we passed our bill, number 1, i did have to whip that bill. it didn't just automatically passed. there were a lot of members that said look, we want to close these problems and fix these problems with the background check system. we came together and passed a bill. but we also felt if you look at the conceal carry population, these are people by and large that are helping us stop crimes. these are people well-trainand actually help prevent crimes. i would hope it's not immediately dismissed. there's a lot of talk of putting that on the side -- >> i do think like this. you know i'm you're biggest fan in the whole world. i think that maybe t
mr. president you convening everybody. thank you, senator cornyn. my whip counterpart. the house did pass a bill dealing with fixing problems with our background checks system. we also combined with it a bill that advanced concealed carry reciproci reciprocity. people having conceal carry in one state and having to same ability in another state with conceal carry laws that are on the books. before that's discounted because i know when we passed our bill, number 1, i did have to whip that bill....
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mr. president i appreciate you convening everybody. thank you, senator cornyn, my whip counterpart. the house did pass a bill dealing with fixing problems with our background check system. we also combined with it a bill that advanced concealed carry reciprocity people having concealed carry in one state having the ability to have that in another state. before that's immediately discounted because i know when we passed our bill, number one, i did have the bill. it wasn't a bill that automatically passed. there were a lot of our members who said look, we want to close these problems and fix these problems with the background check system and we came together and actually passed a bill. these are people by and large helping us top crimes, go out there and help prevent crimes. i would hope that's not immediately dismissed because there is a lot of talk of putting that on the side. >> i think that maybe that bill will some day pass but it should pass as a separate. if you're going to put concealed carry between states into this bill, we're talking about a whole new ball game. and, you k
mr. president i appreciate you convening everybody. thank you, senator cornyn, my whip counterpart. the house did pass a bill dealing with fixing problems with our background check system. we also combined with it a bill that advanced concealed carry reciprocity people having concealed carry in one state having the ability to have that in another state. before that's immediately discounted because i know when we passed our bill, number one, i did have the bill. it wasn't a bill that...
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mr. chairman, please let's take some action. we cannot see this continue on. >> senator cornyn brought this up to me and the three of us are going to sit down and talk about this. >> president obama, who saw 12 mass shootings during his tenure speaking out and he doesn't weigh in on the day to day policies, but he's calling for common sense gun safety laws, he says we are not powerless, we have to change. broward county is hosting a candle light vigil for the people in the community reeling from another school shooting. if you watch the news, you watch these debates, you know the discussion always comes back to the nra, a very powerful gun lobby in washington. we begin with a look back, because it is so relevant to today, you may recall in 2002, it was senator russ feingold who had bipartisan legislation with john mccain to cut back on the type of money that would pour in from groups like the nra. the law was later narrowed by the supreme court. a recent audit shows that the nra spending surged to hundreds of millions of dollars in the last election cycle. to dig into this serious debate, we turn now to former wisconsin u.s. sen
mr. chairman, please let's take some action. we cannot see this continue on. >> senator cornyn brought this up to me and the three of us are going to sit down and talk about this. >> president obama, who saw 12 mass shootings during his tenure speaking out and he doesn't weigh in on the day to day policies, but he's calling for common sense gun safety laws, he says we are not powerless, we have to change. broward county is hosting a candle light vigil for the people in the community...
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also today democratic senator dick durbin and republican senator john cornyn came to the floor to speak about gun policy. >> mr. president a few years ago malcolm gladwell wrote a book calledpe the tipping point and e really spelled out in the course of history the course of history with changes people's thinking actions and it's a precipitous moment where it stops and is reevaluated. the clear question we have in america today is whether we have we have reached a tipping point when it comes to gun violences. it's only been 13 days, 13 days since the tragedy of hard when
also today democratic senator dick durbin and republican senator john cornyn came to the floor to speak about gun policy. >> mr. president a few years ago malcolm gladwell wrote a book calledpe the tipping point and e really spelled out in the course of history the course of history with changes people's thinking actions and it's a precipitous moment where it stops and is reevaluated. the clear question we have in america today is whether we have we have reached a tipping point when it...
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mr. president and our best chance is the bill, we got 54 votes. the first title is a title very similar to what cornyn and chris murphy's bill does. it strengthens the reporting of information into the background checks. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> absolutely. one bill is nicer than having seven bills. >> the second part has a provision that would require background checks on all commercial sales. one of the big gaps in our background checks is sales at gun shows an over the internet are not necessarily subject to a background checks. and we think they should be. these are essentially commercial in nature and they are on a scale that really matters. so our bill would require those background checks. we also have a number of provisions which we'll -- >> you have support for that? >> for -- >> bipartisan support for what you are saying? >> we have 54 votes in 2013. and most of those 54 are still in the senate. >> and you didn't have a lost presidential back-up. >> mr. president -- >> the president did support it. >> but that was your problem. >> but there was a worry that he wanted to go further and t
mr. president and our best chance is the bill, we got 54 votes. the first title is a title very similar to what cornyn and chris murphy's bill does. it strengthens the reporting of information into the background checks. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> absolutely. one bill is nicer than having seven bills. >> the second part has a provision that would require background checks on all commercial sales. one of the big gaps in our background checks is sales at gun shows an over the...
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mr. president? >> reporter: white house officials later said he is reviewing a bill sponsored by republican senator john cornyn of texas. aims to make the federal background check system more effective by improving how federal and state governments report offenses, including criminal records, that could prohibit people from buying a gun. >> the scourge of school shooting after school shooting. >> reporter: senator chris murphy co-sponsored the bill. but he also cautioned that no one should pretend this bill alone is an adequate response to this epidemic. >> keep your gun. >> reporter: one gun control law the president did enact was to overturn obama era regulation aimed at preventing mentally ill persons from buying a gun. >> we're restoring the rule of law and protecting our cherished second amendment. >> reporter: florida republican senator marco rubio argued further gun control is pointless since there are already so many guns on american streets. >> that genie's out of the bottle. the same argument is get rid of all nuclear weapons. we could but china's not, russia's not. >> reporter: now, the nra does sup
mr. president? >> reporter: white house officials later said he is reviewing a bill sponsored by republican senator john cornyn of texas. aims to make the federal background check system more effective by improving how federal and state governments report offenses, including criminal records, that could prohibit people from buying a gun. >> the scourge of school shooting after school shooting. >> reporter: senator chris murphy co-sponsored the bill. but he also cautioned that...
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cornyn-murphy bill. >> none of us want to look these families in the face in the wake of another mass shooting is that we failed to do everything within our power. >> mr. president, it is going to have to be you that brings the republicans to the table because right now the gun lobby would stop it in its tracks. >> president trump will ask congress to raise the minimum age to buy arrival from 18 to 21. >> you're going to decide. the people in this room are going to decide. i would give serious thought to it. i can say that the nra is opposed. >> the president chided some republican colleagues, including pat toomey for being afraid of the nra. tomorrow the president will also announce a series of administered of actions to expand a dhs test program to stop school violence. fix the fbi tipster program, encourage states to adopt extreme risk protection orders to weapons could be taken away from people who threaten to harm themselves or others, and encourage arming school faculty and staff through federal grants or training. the president said he will eliminate so-called bump stocks with his executive pen. he warned steve scalise did not attach concealed
cornyn-murphy bill. >> none of us want to look these families in the face in the wake of another mass shooting is that we failed to do everything within our power. >> mr. president, it is going to have to be you that brings the republicans to the table because right now the gun lobby would stop it in its tracks. >> president trump will ask congress to raise the minimum age to buy arrival from 18 to 21. >> you're going to decide. the people in this room are going to...
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cornyn, the number two senator for the republicans, they've got legislation to threnten background checks. it's not going to make massacres go away. >> w tdruff: i'm told byhe producer that president trump and mrsump arright now visiting survivors of the shooting in the hospital in parkland, florida. but come back. >> there is a consensus, if you take polling data, on -- and they're not always far reaching gun safety measures proposed whether background checks or limiting high capacity magazines or even ar-15s which seem to be the mass killing weapon of choice here -- you get more than 50%, sometimes up to 70, 80% where there is not consensus -- and people like to say washington is broken -- is t republicans have steadfastly locked arms with theto n.r.a block almost anything. goes back to when they were preventing theale of cop-killing bullets in the '90s. it's great john carlin is working with chris murphy on this one thing but there have been a fe bipartisan efforts in the past, and the republicans again and again say no and trbep han with them, that's what he campaigned on. completes just a few months after the -- >> just a few months after the sandy hook massacre there was an effortn the de
cornyn, the number two senator for the republicans, they've got legislation to threnten background checks. it's not going to make massacres go away. >> w tdruff: i'm told byhe producer that president trump and mrsump arright now visiting survivors of the shooting in the hospital in parkland, florida. but come back. >> there is a consensus, if you take polling data, on -- and they're not always far reaching gun safety measures proposed whether background checks or limiting high...
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mr. cornyn: well, madam mr. cornyn: well, madam >> madam president, here weth are again, the clock is ticking, the current funding bill expires on thursday and we've got to ask you to keep the lights on. to me it strikes me as a very modest goal because there'sea so much more we need to be doing. when our democratic colleagues shut down the government
mr. cornyn: well, madam mr. cornyn: well, madam >> madam president, here weth are again, the clock is ticking, the current funding bill expires on thursday and we've got to ask you to keep the lights on. to me it strikes me as a very modest goal because there'sea so much more we need to be doing. when our democratic colleagues shut down the government
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mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, as today we mourn the loss of the life of at least 17 people at the marjory stoneman douglas high school in fort lauderdale, florida, we're reminded that -- when we're asked to do something, that there are some things we can do to help lessen the likelihood of such terrible tragedies, recognizing that each of these circumstances are unique and we don't yet know everything there is to know or we should know about this particular shooter. but suffice it to say that he telegraphed on social media, according to reports, his intention to do what he ultimately did. and we here in congress, the policy-makers, need to come up with tools available to law enforcement and for the social media platforms to be able to monitor these sort of terroristic threats much in the same way that we monitor social media for al qaeda and isis and other terrorists abroad who try to recruit people here in the united states to kill our fellow citizens in place. so we need to not only think about and pr
mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, as today we mourn the loss of the life of at least 17 people at the marjory stoneman douglas high school in fort lauderdale, florida, we're reminded that -- when we're asked to do something, that there are some things we can do to help lessen the likelihood of such terrible tragedies, recognizing that each of these circumstances are unique and we don't yet know everything there is to know or we should...
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mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call. the senate is in a quorum call. mr. cornyn: it is? i ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, yesterday we began floor debate on something we have literally been talking about for years. i remember the election of 2012, meeting at the white house with then president barack obama with speaker boehner and mccarthy and others and the president was prepared to do something that he threatened to do but we asked him not to do and that is to take unit latry action -- unilateral action with these children who were brought to the united states in violation of our immigration laws. we said, please, president obama, give us a chance to work with you to come up with a solution. and he listened and said no. i'm going to do -- i'm going to sign an executive order or action and i'm going to go this alone. well, unfortunately fo
mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call. the senate is in a quorum call. mr. cornyn: it is? i ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, yesterday we began floor debate on something we have literally been talking about for years. i remember the election of 2012, meeting at the...
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mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i heard the remarks of our colleague from illinois, and i, too, hope we can get past the rhetoric and the talking points of the past and actually do something meaningful when it comes to public safety and address these terrible tragedies like the one that occurred at stoneman douglas high school in florida just two weeks ago. but we're not going to do it by trotting out all of our laundry lists of requests and say it has to be all of this or nothing. because when you say here in washington and particularly in congress i want everything on my list or i want nothing, one thing is for sure. you'll end up with nothing. and that simply is an unacceptable outcome, particularly when it comes to the public safety crisis manifested here most recently at stoneman douglas high school in florida. we know that there were many, many failures. you might even call this a systemic failure when it comes to the children at stoneman douglas high school. first and foremost, why didn't federal a
mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i heard the remarks of our colleague from illinois, and i, too, hope we can get past the rhetoric and the talking points of the past and actually do something meaningful when it comes to public safety and address these terrible tragedies like the one that occurred at stoneman douglas high school in florida just two weeks ago. but we're not going to do it by trotting out all of our laundry lists of...
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cornyn and rhode island senator jack reed. >> the senator fromhi washingto. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. president, as people around the nation listen to this floor debate i unsure they can or the division about immigration without an clear. i know i can can. immigration policy is hard. it is
cornyn and rhode island senator jack reed. >> the senator fromhi washingto. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. president, as people around the nation listen to this floor debate i unsure they can or the division about immigration without an clear. i know i can can. immigration policy is hard. it is