mr. crowley, our vice chair. mr. crowley: thank you for your efforts in terms of reminding us of the tragedy of just one year ago. but quite frankly it's about every week we have had a moment silence over this last year, and we also think about the times when there are individuals who were killed by gun violence that are not criminally related, or there is no moment of silence. there is no recognition of their loss as well. in fact, these major tragic events where we have moments of silence. we just came from a conference, or caucus meeting where the level of frustration within our caucus is rising. the caucus is frustrated because the republican caucus continues to do nothing while there are mass slaughter going on weekly n the united states. will the no fly, no buy bill be a panacea? no. will it solve all the problems? no. it will be a start. that's what the american people are looking for from the congress. they want the republicans in the congress who are in the majority to understand they will not tolerate any lo

mr. crowley, our vice chair. mr. crowley: thank you for your efforts in terms of reminding us of the tragedy of just one year ago, but quite frankly it's about every week we have had a moment of silence over this last year, and we also think about the times when there are individuals who were killed by gun violence that are not criminally related where there is no moment of silence, no recognition of their loss as well. unlike these major tragic events where we have moments of silence. we just came from a conference or caucus meeting where the level of frustration within our caucus is rising. the democratic caucus is frustrated because the republican caucus continues to do nothing while there are mass slaughters going on weekly in the united states. will the no fly, no buy bill be a panacea? no. will it solve all the problems? no. but it is a start. that's what the american people are looking for from congress. they want the republicans in the congress who are in the majority to understand they will not tolerate any l

mr. crowley. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. crowley: i thank the gentlelady from michigan for yielding me this time. before i begin, i want to thank my colleagues, ranking member lawrence, for her support of the interior subcommittee as well as the full committee, ranking member cummings and chairman chaffetz. of the oversight and government committee for working to bring this bill to the floor. i'm so pleased to have this chance to honor jeanne and jules manford and their history of community engagement by naming the jackson heights post office which is situated in which is w york squarely in the middle of my district. i want to thank jeanne and jules manford for collaborating ith me on this effort as well. mr. speaker, the timing of this bill, as my colleague from michigan said, could not be a more on tune moment. it comes in the wake of last sunday's terrible attack on the lgbtq community in orlando, an attack that was motivated by hate. and we stand here today to honor two individuals who, when faced with a hateful act of vi

mr. crowley: i hope that's the case. at the end, as abraham lincoln said, the public matters. the public sentiment i think is not only there, it's rapidly changing. as bob dylan says, don't stand in the hallways, don't stand in the doorways, don't block the halls. for he who gets moved, -- [inaudible] -- there's a battle outside and it's raging. it will soon shake these windows to the times that are changing. i killed on that. dropped the mike. reporter: just the larger strategy that democrats have been employing, not just this issue, you have spoken out on the floor on the maloney amendment, you've been more vocal in general. is this a shift in the minority party's strategy for being heard? mr. crowley: i think it's a hift, i think, in the -- our perception of where the american public are at. they're frustrated with politics as usual. when they look at washington and see what's not working, we try to make washington work again for the american people. it's not about the politics. quite frankly, for me personally, i'll be here next year. i'll be here in a couple years ago aft

mr. crowley: they should give due notice so they can -- mr. perlmutter: we want people to come to colorado. we want them to have due process. we want them to -- mr. crowley: thank you. mr. perlmutter: so i just want to finish, steve, if that's ok. i'll read the names if that's real quick. jonathan block, 26, navy. a.j. voight, 18. jessie childress, staff sergeant, 29. gordon, 51, father of three. jessica, 24, sports reporter. john, 27, petty officer. matt, 27, died protecting his girlfriend. mikayla, 23. veronica, 6 years old. alex, 27. was his birthday. alex, 24, a psychologist. rebecca, 32. that's aurora. at columbine, rachel scott, daniel roar bach, david anders, kyle velasquez, steve, thy, isiah, matthew, lauren, john, kelly, daniel mowser and corey. these people are entitled to see us address sensible gun legislation. i thank my friend, mr. israel, for yielding the floor to me, to whom am i to yield? i can keep going for a long ime, mr. israel. [inaudible] mr. israel: i'd advise members in approximately 40 minutes we will have reached the

mr. crowley: comment to convince the n.r.a. to move forward on this, god bless him. but again, it just goes to show the power of the n.r.a. that their presidential nominee will go on hand and knee begging for them to give them a pass on this issue. so it can trickle down to all the other republican members of the house. it is ludicrous. it is crazy but that's what we're at right now with this residential candidate. mr. becerra: i say we're watching the party of lincoln become the party of trump. we'll see how far they will go to become the party of trump. thank you for being part of this. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> house democrats from this morning. meanwhile in the senate, christopher murphy, senator, has been speaking with along with other senators for the past 2 1/2 hours or so about gun violence. in particular drawing attention to this no fly, no buy idea democrats talked about in their briefing.

mr. crowley, the gentleman from california, mr. bera, the gentleman from washington, mr.e gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, the gentlewoman from hawaii, ms. gabbard, the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. lowey, the gentleman from maryland, ms. edwards, the gentleman from maryland, mr. van hollen, and the gentlewoman from california, ms. eshoo. vivekananda the senate at the direction -- vice president biden: the senate very direction of the body appoints the members on the part of the senate to escort his excellency, narendra modi, into the house chamber. the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell. the senator from utah mr. hatch. the senator from missouri, mr. blunt. the senator from wyoming, mr. barassy. the senator from mississippi, mr. wicker. the senator from tennessee, mr. corker. the senator from ohio, mr. portman. the senator from illinois, mr. durbin, the senator from washington, miss murry. the senator from michigan, ms. stabenow, the senator from minnesota, miss klobuchar. the senator from maryland, mr. ardin. the speaker: the members of the escort committee w

mr. crowley: big joke, isn't it? >> a lot of people dying. a lot of people dying. mr. crowley: keep laughing, people are dying. people are dying. >> stay on the floor! stay on the floor. >> no bill, no break. no bill, no break. mr. sherman: if i can continue, this is not a great moment for the house of representatives. this is not regular order. the order has broken down because we have a speaker who will not allow us to vote. we saw the first responders in orlando. they had courage to charge in when you had an assailant with an assault rifle. shadow d show some pale of that courage by showing the american people where we stand. those who don't want a vote, what are you afraid of? how much courage does it take to push a green button or a red button and tell your constituents on where you stand on whether terrorists should be able to buy weapons? [applause] mr. sherman: finally, the legislation that should be before us, we should be concerned about the civil liberties aspect. there is a right to travel. the courts have found in our constitution. there is a second amendme

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mr. crowley: thank you. first and foremost, i just want to respect those lives that were lost and the families and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of this horrific act. secondly, i just want to make comment about last night. the reaction i think that my colleagues and myself included expressed on the floor was one of outrage, of frustration, of a desire to want to see something happen, not out of disrespect to everyone. even those of my colleagues that chose to not stand or to leave the chamber, again, not out of disrespect to the victims but out of respect to them because to simply stand for a moment of silence and then do nothing is really the ultimate case of disrespect. and that is what the republican leadership has continued to do. i would suspect that chairman ryan -- that speaker ryan could not wait to get out of the rostrum last night because he was uncomfortable as well when he heard us yelling for a bill. where is a bill? where is the no-fly, no buy bill? where is the thompson legisl

mr. crowley: but every one of those hasn't just come from con man don. they have been embraced, confirmed and even inspired by this republican congress. you can be forgiven for being confused because they're one in the same. we're used to hateful rhetoric from the other side of the aisle,, sometimes it's masked in legislation and sometimes not so much. but when the lead over their party makes racist and discriminatory remarks as easily as reciting the alphabet, it begs the question -- what do republicans stand for? you only have to look at all they have in common with con man dan. a candidate they have even -- con man don. a candidate they even admitted made racist statements. it's clear they stand with con man don. tu best also clear who they don't stand with, the american people. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair reminds members to engage from -- -- to refrain from engaging in personalities with presumptive candidates for president. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? without objection the gentleman i

mr. crowley was with us , he lost a cousin that day. we were standing on the steps of the capitol, democrats and republicans, pledges to do what needed to be done to protect the lives of the american people. we did it. we employed resources and assets, we created the department of homeland security. we sent young men and women into battle in afghanistan. the bush administration sent them into iraq. and whether you agree or disagree with some of those decisions, we stood on the steps and agreed that our fundamental job was to protect the lives of our constituents. and when tens of thousands of americans have been slaughtered, murdered, to gun violence, what does the republican leadership tell us to do? stand for a moment of silence. it ain't working, mr. speaker. it ain't working. we're tired of silence. we want action. now i was just outside the chamber as many of my colleagues have been before coming back and reporters are saying, why are you doing this? what's the point? what's the point? the point is 20 children at sandy hook who los

mr. crowley: thank you. first and foremost, i just want to respect those lives that were lost and the families and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of this horrific act. secondly, i just want to make comment about last night. the reaction i think that my colleagues and myself included expressed on the floor was one outrage, of frustration, of a desire to want to see something happen, not out of disrespect to everyone. even those of my colleagues that chose to not stand or to leave the chamber, again, not out of disrespect to the victims but out of respect to them because to simply stand for a moment of silence and then do nothing is really the ultimate case of disrespect. and that is what the republican leadership has continued to do. i would suspect that chairman ryan -- that speaker ryan could not wait to get out of the rostrum last night because he was uncomfortable as well when he heard us yelling for a bill. where is a bill? where is the no-fly, no buy bill? where is the thompson legislati

mr. crowley: first and foremost, i want to respect those lives that were lost and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of this horrific act. and secondly, i want to make a comment about last night. the reaction that my colleagues and myself included expressed on the floor was one of outrage, of frustration of our desire to want to see something happen, not out of disrespect to anyone, even those of my colleagues who chose not to stand or leave the chamber, again not out of disrespect to the victims but out of respect to them because to stand for a moment of silence and then do nothing is really the ultimate case of disrespect. and that is what the republican leadership has continued to do. i would suspect that speaker ryan could not wait to get out the rostrum last night when he heard us yelling for a bill. where's the bill? where's the bill. where was the thompson legislation? is it the end all? is it a pana seea? no. but it's a start to help prevent events from happening again. we in the democratic caucus have no disrespect to any of these families. we love these families. we a

crowley? no bill -- >> no break! mr. larson: let's give it up for mr. aguilar. mr. aguilar: thank you, mr. larson. thank you, mr. lewis, catherine clark, colleagues. to our friends in the gallery and watching this on tv, thank you for being part of this democracy. thank you for joining in our efforts. thank you for allowing us the venue to have this discussion. but let's be very simple about what we're talking about here. closing loopholes that allow suspected terrorists and , iminals to purchase firearms closing loopholes to prevent suspected terrorists and criminals from purchasing firearms, what part of that is offensive? what part of that doesn't have the support of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle? who disagrees that a background check shouldn't be universal? for every purchase. what part is unreasonable? my community fell victim to gun violence and many of you know i stood in this very spot with many of you behind me. i was one of those 30 moments of silence since newton that we've talked about -- newtown that we've talked about. i stood with my colleagues and i asked fo

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mr. becerra: good morning. javier becerra, chairman of the house democratic caucus. pleased to be joined by the vice chair of the caucus, joe crowley me as well are colleagues who actually worked quite sometime on matters that are important to us today. mike thompson from california, who has been our leader on the issues of gun safety, addressing gun violence in the house democratic caucus. corrine brown, our colleague from florida and our colleague who is the representative of the location where the unfortunate incident in orlando, florida, took place that took the lives of 49 people and injured 53 others. and we thank her for being with us. and david cicilline, who has been a fighter for the rights of all americans, including the lgbtq community, and is one of the quality caucus co-chairs. we're going to ask each of them to speak. we'll all try to be brief. it's kind of tough because i think the reason we had a very long caucus meeting is because members were very vocal.