mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. i'm grateful to be able to join for a few moments with the cosponsors of this resolution, senator lee and senator sanders. it is important to pick up on what senator lee was just putting down, the notion that this is a limited resolution that speaks to our participation in an unauthorized, illegal partnership with the saudis to bomb the country of yemen. it does not affect our partnership with saudi arabia and others in the gulf region to continue to confront terror, to continue to confront al qaeda. a specific carve-out of this legislation allowing for 2001 aumf activities to go forward. but it is also important to note that if you care about that priority -- taking on caulks taking on isis in the region -- then you should support debating our resolution because all of the evidence suggests that the continuation of this civil war inside yemen is making aqap, the arm of al qaeda that has the clearest intentions to attack the homeland and isis, both more powerful. aqap controls much mo

mr. murphy: you thank you >> it's been 32 days since the tragedy that senator nelson may be coming to the floor very soon. but frankly every day since there has been a series of tragedies all across this country on average 90 people every single day lose their life to gunli violence and there has been over the course of the last year a mass shooting every single day most are not covered in the newspaper but there is an incident which for more people are shot on average more than once per day in this country and now more than five years since the devastating tragedy in my state where 21st graders lost their life. this is deeply personal to all of us here in this chamber and it became very personal to me last week when my six-year-old came home from school to tell me about his active shooter drill.l. he is six and is in kindergarten and in his kindergarten class he explained to me that for their active shooter drill all 25 kids in his classroom were shoved inside a bathroom to gather and crunched together shoulder to shoulder and the door locked and imagine how frightening that would be to

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mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. i'm grateful to be able to join for a few moments with the cosponsors of this resolution, senator lee and senator sanders. it is important to pick up on what senator lee was just putting down, the notion that this is a limited resolution that speaks to our participation in an unauthorized, illegal partnership with the saudis to bomb the country of yemen. it does not affect our partnership with saudi arabia and others in the gulf region to continue to confront terror, to continue to confront al qaeda. a specific carve-out of this legislation allowing for 2001 aumf activities to go forward. but it is also important to note that if you care about that priority -- taking on caulks taking on isis in the region -- then you should support debating our resolution because all of the evidence suggests that the continuation of this civil war inside yemen is making aqap, the arm of al qaeda that has the clearest intentions to attack the homeland and isis, both more powerful. aqap controls much mo

mr. murphy: mr. president, i'm joining my colleagues today to give the country a sense of the scope of this epidemic. we have tried every means to move our colleagues to action, but in remembering the names of people that have been lost, there is a reminder that there is a human face behind every single one of these numbers and behind that victim, there is a trail of trauma of family members, friends, classmates that is difficult to unwind. on december 14, 2012, a gunman armed with a tactical semiautomatic weapon with clips of 30 bullets walked into sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut, and killed 20 children, six adults and himself. among them were rachel devino, 29, a teacher's aide, dawn hocksprung, 47, a principal. anna murphy was a teacher's aide. lauren russo, 30 years old, a teacher. mary sherlock was 56 years old, the school psychologist. victoria soto, a 27-year-old teacher. the students -- charlotte bacon, 6 years old, daniel barden, 7 years old. olivia engel, 6 years old. d

murphy. we will see more of the same with rick. mr. saccone: this is the kind of nonsense the left puts out. lobbyists and legislators have dinner. they have been doing it for years. many did not think there is anything wrong with it. when i got to harrisburg, i said there is something wrong with this. we need to change the culture in harrisburg. i put legislation out to change that. support.partisan the only legislation that the government reform caucus actually endorsed, yet they try to demonize me for trying to change the culture in harrisburg. shannon: next question from elaine. do you support spending billions of dollars to build a wall along the u.s. border with mexico? is the how important border wall compared to spending on the opioid crisis, education and roads and bridges infrastructure? please rank them in order of your spending priority. mr. saccone: it is not an either or. budgets are large and there are many priorities in there. results of what they have done there. walls and other countries have worked. we need to secure

mr. murphy: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that senators coons, cardin, lee, sanders, and i be recognized for up to five minutes each and then senator corker be recognized for up to 15 minutes prior to the vote. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. murphy: thank you -- thank you very much, mr. president. mr. president, i'm just back from a trip to a major trans-atlantic conference in europe, and while the europeans have spent a lot of time over the course of the last 12 months handwringing about whether the united states is committed to europe, committed to nato, committed to our common defense, my feeling is that they're kind of over the handwringing. they are now just making plans to move on without us. they are making plant to protect themselves without us. they are making plans to try to set the rules of the road economically, politically, and cultural around the world without the united states. evidence of that was very clear. the europeans are setting up som

mr. murphy, you want to come work out this problem on the board?just trying to figure out how to be humans. and your body's changing and you're becoming aware of how it's changing and sex is just this crazy mysterious thing. >> well, we'll just tell your mother that we ate it all. >> let's face it, all these unpleasant subjects, one way of dealing with them is humor. >> i can't believe this, they [ bleep ] forgot my birthday. >> john hughes captured many different eras of life but he was one of the great storytellers about being a high school student. >> he took his teenage characters incredibly seriously. all of them. >> i loathe the bus. >> "sixteen candles" was a revelation as a kid because i thought oh, i'm anthony michael hall. that's who i am. ♪ >> all right. i knew you'd come around. >> epitomizes what it's like to be 15, 14, a freshman, anxious to be at the senior parties, anxious to be with this girl, you know. >> that guy who is normally made fun of in other movies is a hero in this movie. farmer ted is, you could argue, the leader of tha

murphy. we'll see more of the same with mr. ciccone and i don't think it's right. >> go ahead. >> thank you. i want to rebut that. this is the kind of nonsense the radical left puts out. a radical left reporter reported this. any night in harrisburg on any given night lobbyists and legislators have dinner. they've been doing it for years. many don't think there's anything wrong with it. when i got to harrisburg i saw this and i said there's something wrong with this and i said we need to change the culture in harrisburg. so i put in legislation to change to say these dinners would not be acceptable and it got bipartisan bicameral support. the only legislation that the government reform caucus actually endorsed. and yet they tried to demonize me for bringing up to try to change the culture in harrisburg. >> next question from elaine effort for representative ciccone. >> mr. ciccone, do you support spending billions of dollars to build a wall along the u.s. border with mexico? if yes, how important is the border wall compared to

mr. murphy, citing impossible demands, personal insults and even threats.f you win, what specific steps will you take to simply be a man of your word? how would you model behavior that you would want to see from your staffers and other americans? this is not a question of will you but how will you. mr. lamb, you are mr. lamb: i first. learned to be a man of my word from my father and grandfather. i had the privilege of growing up in a family that is very demanding. and when i became a little older, i had the honor of a lifetime of becoming an officer in the united states marine corps. i didn't become an officer to change for anybody. when i took the oath for the first time, i thought about the phrase semper fidelis. what the marines are known for. it means always. some things are nonnegotiable. telling the truth, having integrity and treating people right are basic things that we live by. you know, there is one thing that we say in the marines, officers eat last. we take it literally. when the group gets together for thanksgiving dinner or dinner out in the

mr. murphy: thank you very much, senator sanders. thank you, senator lee, for allowing me to step in and say a few words before we have a short colloquy about the resolution that we're bringing before the floor. i have brought this chart down to the floor before, and i hesitate to keep it -- excuse me floor before, and i hesitate to keep it up for more than a few moments. it's very, very disturbing to look at, but this is the reality of yemen today. this is the reality of a country in which thousands and thousands of civilians have been killed by a bombing campaign that the united states is facilitating, facilitating with intelligence sharing, facilitating with targeting assistance, facilitating with midair refueling, facilitating with the sale of munitions that end up being dropped on the homes of families like this. this is, as has been stated, perhaps the worst cholera outbreak in modern history. and let's talk about why that happens. why are over a million people in yemen today suffering from cholera, a disease that is entirely 1

mrs. murphy: thank you, madam speaker, and thank you to the gentleman from florida for yielding. america has always been a nation of problem solvers. when our country is confronted with a seemingly impossible challenge, we tackle it head-on. we conduct research. we examine evidence and we perform studies and we don't quit until we've made meaningful progress. from reducing automobile and aviation deaths to eradicating deadly diseases, we always rise to the challenge. in each case, a serious problem was claiming too many lives, and american determination based on rigorous research helped solve or mitigate that problem. however, there is one place where we have deviated from this proud american tradition and abandoned an evidence-based approach to addressing america's most pressing challenges and that is when it comes to the problem of gun violence. homicides in this country occur as part of the daily drumbeat of violence in our communities. they also take place in the context of mass shootings, like the recent tragedies at pulse and parkland where a single individual transformed a

murphy: in the end, mr. president, the reason nothing has gotten down here is because the gun lobby has a veto power over any legislation on guns before congress. i wish that wasn't the case, but that is. if all we end up doing is the stuff that the gun industry supports, this isn't worth it. we are not going to make a difference. i'm glad that you sat down with the nra, but we will get 60 votes on a bill that looks like the manchin compromise on background checks if you support it, if you come to congress, if you come to republicans and say we are going to do a manchin-toomey-like bill to get background checks it will pass. if this meeting ends up with vague notions of future compromise, then nothing will happen. president trump: we don't want that. sen. murphy: so i think we have a unique opportunity to get comprehensive background checks, make sure that nobody buys a gun in this country that's a criminal, that's seriously mentally ill, that's on the terrorist watch list. mr. president, it's going to have

i would like to yield the floor to senator murphy. >> thank you mr. president. grateful to drive for a few moments with the cosponsors for this resolution. it's important to pick up on what senator lee was putting down, the notion that this is a limited resolution that speaks to our participation in unauthorized, illegal partnership with the saudi's to bomb the country of yemen. it does not affect our partnership with saudi arabia and others to continue to confront terror or al qaeda this allows for other activities go forward. it's important to note that if you care about that priority taking on al qaeda and isis in the region, you should support to baiting our resolution. all the evidence suggests that the continuation of the civil war is making the arm of al qaeda that has the clearest intentions to attack the homeland and isis more powerful. it controls much more territory inside yemen than they did inside the beginning of the civil war. if you take the time to meet yemen americans, they will say this campaign is not perceived as a saudi bombing campaign it'

if you don't, support the resolution that senator lee, senator murphy and i have introduced. mr. president, let me give you at least two reasons why congress must reassert its constitutional authority over the issue of war and why we cannot continue to abdicate that responsibility to the president. and those is everything to do with the two most significant -- those have -- in the modern history of the united states, the war in iraq and the war in vietnam. and in both of these cases congress sat back and failed to ask the hard questions, as to administrations, one republican, one democrat, led us into conflicts disastrous consequences. interestingly, today is an historically significant day for us to debate this resolution. .. today -- on march 20, 2003, the war in iraq began and the bombs started falling in baghdad. 15 years ago today. i was one of those who opposed th to go today. i was one of those who opposed the iraqi war in the beginning and today it is probably acknowledged that the war was a foreign policy blunder of enormous magnitude. that war created a cascade of insta

murphy. >> think mr. president. i'm grateful to join for a few moments with the cosponsors of this resolution. it's important to pick up on what center daily was just putting down, the notion that this is a limited resolution that speaks to our participation in an on authorize an illegal partnership with the saudis to bond the country of yemen. it does not affect our partnership with saudi arabia and others in the gulf region to continue to confront share al qaeda. allowing for other activities go for. it's important to note that if you care about that priority taken on al qaeda and isis in the region then he should support debating our resolution. all the evidence suggests that the continuation of the civil war is making the arm of a qaeda that is the clearest intentions to attack the homeland and isis both more powerful. the controls much more territory inside yemen than they did at the beginning of the civil war. if you take the time to meet with the yemeni americans will say it's not a shouting bombing campaign.

mr. pres.. i want to thank senators lee, sanders, murphy and other cosponsors of the resolution we are debating for their commitment to elevating this debate in the united states senate. i agree with my colleagues that this is an important debate with significant implications and as elected representatives of the american people we must serve as effective check on the executive branch, fulfill our commitment to protect the national security interests of the united states and be responsive to our constituents. this is about how we best leverage the tools in our national security toolbox including military tools to protect us national security. although the resolution focuses on one particular element of us policy, limited military support, refueling, intelligence, advice to the saudi coalition i encourage my colleagues to expand the aperture of this debate so we may call on the administration to assert real leadership, and nonmilitary resources to move the conflict in yemen towards a political track. as a ranking member i remind my colleagues in this committee, the jurisdiction over the question

mr. carbajal, and the gun violence research act, congresswoman murphy, she's been a great leader on that. there's bipartisan consensus in the congress. there should be an opportunity for bipartisan action in the people's house. we just ask the speaker to give us a vote. instead, instead of that, and instead of creating good paying jobs, raising wages for hardworking men and women, republicans are giving wall street a free pass to drag us back to the catastrophic meltdown in 2008. the republican congress is more interested in holding voters -- holding votes to eliminate key safeguards to protect consumers, taxpayers and our economy from bad behavior on wall street. the g.o.p. is giving a break to many of the same banks that were bailed out by taxpayers. they're taking right back to unraveling the protections for consumers. for taxpayers. again, for our economy. they're eliminating protections against risky financial marketplace abuse and against the cruel practice of red lining, which denies many of our communities the american dream. it's a showcase of a republican congress that relentles

mr. chairman. we lived up democrats across the board. phil murphy is kicking butt. he is taking back those progressive values that chris christie took away. it's not just phil murphy. i remember going to new jersey with curry. we went downstair in the belly of the more conservative parts of that state. monmouth county i believe it was. the 11th district. a guy name d vingo paul who if e came here today you would say what you said to yourselves. after all these speakers, this guy's got game. he wasn't supposed to win because nobody wins in that district. well, they were wrong. a seven-point upset victory for vingo paul. that is real work. i was in washington state last week, my friends. and you know what, was in the d the legislature has been transformed in washington state and how is that so, you might ask, because he was just elected. well, they flipped the state. they took up and pass and signed a series of sweeping voting rights reforms that the republicans had been able to stymie for years. we believe that all eligible voters should be able to cast their right t

mr. chairman. we lift up democrats across the board. phil murphy is kicking butt. he is taking back the progressive values that chris christie took away. and it's not just phil murphy. i remember going to new jersey with chairman curry. we went down state in the belly of the more conservative parts of the state. mammoth county, i believe it was. a guy named vin paul, who if he came here today, he would say what you said to yourselves after all these speaksers, this guy's got game. he wasn't supposed to win. because nobody wins in that district. well they were wrong. seven-point upset victory for paul. that is real work. i was in washington state last week, my friends. and you know what? the election of dingra transformed the state legislate tour in washington state. how is it so, you might ask? she just got aelected. because they flipped the state they were able to finally take up and pass and sign a series of sweeping voting rights reforms that the republicans had been able to stimy for years. we believe that all eligible voters should be able to cast their right

ourry, but that doesn't mean i have to agree with them >> yang: democratic senator asris murphy of connecticut told mr. trump that psing legislation required esidential leadership. >> mr. president, it's going to have to be you who brings the republans to the table on this because right now the gun lobby would stop it in its tracks. >> yang:s the president and lawmakers seek common ground in hopes of trying totop the loss of life that the studentr in e pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: in a related development, police in dalton, georgia arrested a high schoolte teacher he barricaded himself in an empty classroom, and fired a handgun once. no one was hit, but one student sprained an ankle runns g. ther word on the teacher's attive. white house communns director hope hicks announcedy toe will be leaving the trump administration in the coming weeks. the 29-year-old is the fourth communications director in president trump's 13-months inne office andf the president's longest-serving advisers. hicks' announcement comes a day after she testified before the house intelligence committee as part of its

[video clip] murphy: mr. president, thank you for taking this seriously.ur hearts go out to parkland, you know, having gone through this in sandy hook, and that community will never be the same. i want to bring it back to this issue of background checks them if i could, because i think there is real opportunity. pres. trump: i agree. murphy: 97% of americans want universal background checks. in states that have universal that projects, there are 35% less gun murders than in states that don't have them, yet we cannot get it done. there is nothing else like that where it works, people want it, and we cannot do it. pres. trump: you have a different president now. you went through a lot of presidents, and you could not get it done. i think people have a different attitude, too. people want to get a it done. why itrphy: the reason has not gotten done is because the gun lobby has veto power. i wish that was not the way it is, but it is. it just is not worth it. we're not going to make a difference. so i'm glad that you sat down with the nra, but you will get 60

murphy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i wanted to add my thanks to senator baldwin sharing that story. i have a question pertaining to how we make sure -- senator baldwin for sharing that story. i wanted to come back to dr. patrick, i want to come back to for this conversation. a few years ago, the yale conducted a quality improvement study to look at the best care for these kids. what they attempted to do was build a comprehensive, nonpharmacological approach to doing this. that meant low stimulation rooms, feeding on demand, trying to enhance the bond between mother and child. the results were extraordinary. average length of stay, 28 days to just over 28 days. -- just over eight days. it increased from 98% to 44%. how important is it to prioritize non-chronological -- nonpharmacological treatment for nas, and are our hospitals ready for this? you have to have nurses, a dedicated space to do -- dedicated physical space to do this right. how important is this treatment, and are we ready to do more of it? >> my colleagues at yale built a wonderful program. it's vital. nonpharmacologica

mr. clyburn's, the gun violence restraining order, and the gun violence research act, congresswoman stephanie murphys been a leader, great leader on that. there is bipartisan consensus in the congress, there shiould be n opportunity for bipartisan action in the people's house. we just ask the speaker to give us a vote. but, instead, instead of that and instead of creating good-paying jobs or raising wages for hardworking men and women, republicans are giving wall street a free pass to drag us back to the catastrophic meltdown of 2008. republican congress is more interested in holding voters -- holding votes to eliminate key safeguards to protect consumers, taxpayers and our economy from bad behavior on wall street. the gop is giving a break to many of the same banks that were bailed out by taxpayers. they're taking us right back to unraveling the protections for consumers. for taxpayers. again, for our economy. they're eliminating protections against risky financial marketplace abuse and against the practice of red lining which denies many of our communities the american dream. it's a showcase of a

mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the determination of a hometown of m my murphys borough, illinois. robby has cerebral palsy and a nerve disorder. that hasn't hometown of murphys stopped him from trying out for the red devils basketball team year after year. while he hasn't made the official roster, he served as team manager. going to every game, all through his high school career, and every practice. rowdy had a constant presence with the team, coaches, and our community. last month, finally got -- rowdy finally got the chance to see game time. rowdy scored 10 points on the night, including a buzzer-beating three-point shot. in his own words, i got a whole lot of school behind my back and my family. i've got a lot of people that support me. so it is an awesome to know that they all came to the game to watch me play. rowdy, we're all proud of you. if i aker, i rise today could to take a moment, i'd like to read a particular proverb, part of a problem verb, 31:10 :316789 an excellent wife who confined she's more precious than jewels. -- the heart of her husband trusts in her and he w

senator bernie sanders joined mike lee and chris murphy to talk about the war powers legislation. this is one hour. >> mr. president, pursuant to section 1013 of the department of state authorization act fiscal year '19 84 and 1985, and in accordance with the provisions of section 601b of the international security

murphy enjoyed the support of labor. i don't thing that representative saccone does. mr.m a family that is well-known democrat family here in allegheny county in pittsburgh. hits grand father was a well-known state senator. won of his members is in the city-elected government. he's an attractive candidate. mr. saccone is attractive. but you have a district that is very broad geographically, very diverse. you go from the suburbs of pittsburgh to the coal patches of green and fayette county to the agricultural farms of washington county, a very diverse area. >> harris: sure. when you talk about coal and agriculture, those are areas where the president really resonated with voters there. he was just there over the weekend to support rick saccone. you say there's two areas to watch. which ones and why are they important? >> well, there's two townships that we watched all the time when i ran for office to see what the turnout is. one township is located in westmoreland county to the east of pittsburgh. that's hempfield township. one township south of pittsburgh in washington c

democratic senator chris murphy told the president previous moves to change the law have been thwarted because of the influence of the country's national rifle association. in the end, mrothing has gotten done here is because the gun lobby has had a veto power over any legislation that comes before congress. i wish that wasn't the case, but it is. if all we end up doing is the stuff that the gun industry supports, then this just isn't worth it. we are not going to make a difference. the discussions come two weeks to the day, since the florida shooting. students and teachers today returned to their school for the first time since 17 people were shot dead. dozens of officers and well wishers were on hand, offering support. one young student said it was incredibly sad to return to where herfriends had died. it was a tough day for all of us. i lost three friends. three great friends. one of them was a nicholas, who was in my anatomy class and i literally saw him at the exact same day at the beginning in the morning. i saw day at the beginning in the morning. isaw him. day at the beginning in the morning. i saw him. we hugged and said happy valentine's day and that was the

mr. nix. the guy does look like he's bs artist. there are people saying, it was a lot of nonsense. mike murphyrategist saying, it was more advanced than anything i had ever seen. they were just throwing jargon around. where do you come down on that? >> look, as a media consultant. i've been in any number pitches where i've had to compete against guys who say i invented the first video camera. i've created all the infrastructure of the internet. i've seen a lot of bs in my day. they overpromise, underperform. it's a common thing. they're in there rolling out the big secrets of the trump campaign and the big intimate secrets of using ukrainian hookers. and i want to see where that plays out. we know it is something the house intelligence has looked at. there's this fascinating little data anecdote. they met with a russian firm. they were interested in how data was used to target american voters. it really makes you go, huh? >> i can't imagine why they would want fong about american voters. that's shocking. i think we're seeing, steve bannon and the mercer money and how the tent cals reach into s

murphy. answer my own personal staff back in the rayburn building. mr. speaker, it is time we fully fund the federal government for the fiscal year 2018. our current resolution expires tomorrow. is in the best interest of the people that we get this work done this morning. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. thank you, mr. speaker. i'd yield myself as much time as i may consume. actomnibus appropriations repudiates the abysmal trump investing robustly and critical priorities like child care and transportation infrastructure, national security, election protection, medical research, opioid the treatment,ntion and veterans health services, and much more. these investments are key to strong families and communities, job creation, and economic growth. ofs bill rejects scores targetingiders women's health, clean air and , consumer financial protection's, and other critical priorities. addition, i am pleased the on the this includes language clarifying that the cdc has the authority to conduct research on the causes of gun violence. this omibus invest

mr. trump, and he said hello. we shook hands, and we talked for awhile. i sat down with chuck schumer, with chris murphy, with so many of these senators. i tried listening to all points of view, and i came to my own personal conclusion that banning assault rifles will not solve the problem. >> recent shooting victim steve scalise when-- >> people with guns who are well trained and know what they're doing are able to take down a guy who has ill intentions. >> the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> thank you, and good luck to you. and enjoy your high school years. >> like, marching is all fair and good, but at the end of the day, the march is going to be over, and what's going to be accomplished? people would stare. psoriasis does that. it was tough getting out there on stage. i wanted to be clear. i wanted it to last. so i kept on fighting. i found something that worked. and keeps on working. now? they see me. see me. see if cosentyx could make a difference for you- cosentyx is proven to help people with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...find clear skin that can la

goes to war and i'm very proud to be working with senators lee and murphy and others on this vitally important issue. thank you very much, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mrs. gillibrand: mr. president, i rise to speak about the mass murder in florida last month, and i rise to ask a simple question that millions of americans in every part of this country are asking at their kitchen tables right now. is congress finally going to do anything meaningful about gun violence? when will enough be enough? what will it take for this body to move beyond the same talking points that we hear after every mass shooting and actually do something to prevent more deaths? mr. president, will congress finally see what the vast majority of americans see? gun owners and nongun owners alike, that america's gun violence problem isn't going away unless congress musters up the courage to take it head-on. or will congress continue to give the lip service of thoughts and prayers and then do absolutely nothing? we have to act because once again, there was a massacre on american soil. once again it was inside a school.

murphy, coming in late, do you have a scintillating question that is just going to change the world? >> i'm not sure that my question will change the world, mr. chairman, but i do want to get it in for the record if that would be okay. >> gentlelady is recognized. >> thank you. first, i want to thank you for appearing before the committee today. i want to thank the chairman and ranking member for holding a hearing on such an important issue. given the li given -- secretary esper, i appreciated the opportunity to meet with you recently and i know that the army is currently evaluating potential locations for its new futures command. can you elaborate on the search process and highlight a few of the qualities that you feel are essential for this new headquarters? >> yes, congresswoman. the task force that is actually developing -- has developed courses of action for futures command that has completed that task. they are now developing a set of criteria upon which we would consider locations for the actual futures command. that will be coming to me some time in the next week or two for approval, beyond that point, we'll start putting locations t

mr. murphy: you thank you, madam president. madam president, it's been 32 days since the tragedy in parkland. i think that senator nelson may be coming to the floor very soon. but, frankly, every day since there has been a series of tragedies all across this country, on average 90 people every single day lose their lives to gun violence. there has been, over the course of the last year, a mass shooting on average every single day. most of them aren't covered in the newspaper, but there is an incident in which four more people are shot on average more than once per day in this country. of course, it is now more than five years since the devastating tragedy in my state where 20 first graders lost their life. this is personal, deeply personal to all of us here in this chamber. it became very personal to me last week when my six-year-old came home from school to tell me about his active shooter drill. he's six. he's in kindergarten. and in his kindergarten class, they have a small, little bathroom in the class that all the kids use

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mr. president, on another issue, i will continue to be focused on concerns a bill that i have cosponsored with the junior senator from connecticut, senator murphy, called fix nics. the president when we were over at the white house last week said maybe you need a better name for the bill. i had to explain that nics was the national instant background check, and we believed it was broken and it had to be fixed, hence the name fix nics. i take the president's point. maybe we ought to do a better job branding what we are selling here. what we are selling is something vitally important that will save lives. the fix nics bill will fix holes in the background check system that's utilized when firearms are purchased by individuals in the united states. as we know, when you go buy a gun at a gun store, there is a background check that has to be conducted. that's current law. when federally licensed firearm dealers like mcbride's gun shop in austin, texas, where -- that i patronize, when you go in and buy a new shotgun to go bird hunting or something like that, they will run a background check. of course they ask you to answer the questions, but the pro