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the reason why is because the n.r.a. and gun manufacturers they have the ability to move voters so they are terrified of the n.r.a. and if the congress is to push for c.d.c. research for gun control. well i'm going to go and lawrence i'm going to just one thing in so research it's not a partisan issue right so we have successfully decrease deaths from car crashes without taking cars off the road we actually have no one cares on the road now than we had in the one nine hundred fifty s. and so good i mean by the way and find us ways don't let people who. don't want this right used with the idea that we should be doing research the problem is that when you go into research with the idea that guns are bad and we need to ban guns within your research is obviously going to be when was the last leg with michael research where we would all like to research what we would all like to see is research that is. does not advocate but is actually unbiased research and unfortunately for the groups that do do it it's anything but i sugge

the reason why is because the n.r.a. and gun manufacturers they have the ability to move voters so they are terrified of the n.r.a. and if the congress is to push for c.d.c. research for gun control. well i'm going to go and lawrence i'm going to just one thing in so research it's not a partisan issue right so we have successfully decreased deaths from car crashes without taking cars off the road we actually have no one cars on the road now than we had in the one nine hundred fifty s. and so good i mean by the way and find us ways don't let people who. don't want this right use with the idea that we should be doing research the problem is that when you go into research with the idea that guns are bad and we need to ban guns within your research is obviously going to be when was the last leg with michael research where we would all like research what we would all like to see is research that is. does not advocate but is actually unbiased research and unfortunately for the groups that do do it it's anything but i suggest l

blueprints are out in the wider world now the n.r.a. the argument there that you can't start banning means that well you know we did bad things before the audience that you can't download charge pornography so i didn't i don't see a fundamental problem in say that the ownership of three d. printed blueprints for guns in the united kingdom where handguns are legal could be seen as the cause for prosecution so nobody's talking about this just yet because the technology is not there but if the technology does get there then why i can't really predict it a blueprint the thing with as much why would you need one if you weren't wanting to print one out in other words coming to you just in terms of the internet i want to knock a hole in time to richard feldman in washington richard in was talking there he used the word universalize ation if you universalizing to create a new adverb if you universalizing access to guns two bullets that leave a chamber and rip through bone tissue and flesh you are therefore universalizing the ability for people

the reason why is because the n.r.a. and gun manufacturers they have the ability to move voters so they are terrified of the n.r.a. and if the congress is to push for c.d.c. research for gun control. well i'm going to go and lawrence i'm going to just one thing in so research it's not a partisan issue right so we have successfully decrease deaths from car crashes without taking cars off the road we actually have no one cars on the road now than we had in the one nine hundred fifty s. and so good i mean by the way and find us ways don't let people who. don't want this right use with the idea that we should be doing research the problem is that when you go into research with the idea that guns are bad and we need to ban guns within your research is obviously going to be one with a level head with michael research that we would all like to research what we would all like to see is research that is. does not advocate but is actually unbiased research and unfortunately for the groups that do do it it's anything but i suggest

blueprints are out in the wider world now the n.r.a. the argument there that you can't start banning means that well you know we did bad things before the iranians that you can't download chart pornography so i didn't i don't see a fundamental problem it's that the ownership of three d. printed blueprints for guns in the united kingdom where handguns are legal could be seen as the cause for prosecution so nobody's talking about this just yet because the technology is not there but if the technology does get there then why i can't really predict it a blueprint be seen with as much why would you need one if you won't want to print one out in other words coming to you just in terms of the internet i want to knock a hole in time to richard feldman in washington richard in was talking there he used the word universalize ation if you universalizing to create a new adverb if you universalizing access to guns two bullets that leave a chamber and rip through bone tissue and flesh you're there for universalizing the ability for people to have a n

wants to buy a gun and a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines but supporters of the n.r.a. also turned out to defend their right to carry such weapons claire richardson reports from fairfax virginia. in a polarized national debate a rare display of the two sides talking to each other but both are holding their ground. property over life which is a crime. i'm sure i can thank you for everything necessary to work. for my home. it's a heated discussion as protesters and counter protesters clashed over the role of guns in the united states this is a stop on the margin of our lives national road trip that's been aimed at raising awareness about gun violence and registering people to vote as you can see it's a smaller protest than some of the ones we've seen earlier this year but the location is important we're here right in front of the national rifle association which they blame for buying off politicians. across a police barricade and are a supporters say it's people not guns that are the problem they don't want any restrictions on their ability to carry such weapons. if some

already spoke to n.r.a, doesn't seem to make much sense!" we asked josh blacan, the attorney for defense tistributed, to join us for a longer segment, e was unable to join us tonight because of court proceedings. and the second amendment foundation, which has supported posting 3d-printed gun information online, declined our invitation. a short time ago, i spoke withan pennsy attorney josh shapiro, just before a hearing in this case began in seattle. i began by asking him what his argument was against what defense distributed is doing. >> these undedeckable guns can get in the hands of cls and terrorist. they can get in the hands of children and others who aren't legally permitted to buy a gun in the commonwealth of pennsylvania or in states all across our country. you know, we have gun laws on the books. it's my job as the chief law enforcement officer of the commonwealth of pennsylvania to enforce those laws on the books. so cf a criminn't go to a store and buy a gun, he sure ase heck shouldn'tble to go home and print one. that's why we've

journey forward and that all thist have to do by themselves, that they don't feel like they have to push n.r.a. as a group of small high schoolers, right? that they have the country beind them and that this can one example of every stop that soy take, that there are many americans who are with them in their journey and want to fight right alongside them.

control advocates will have to make good on their promise to vote out politicians who support the n.r.a. . strike america gomez has retired from the german national team australia leavening international career say he wants to make his way a for a new generation of players while in january the thirty three year old moved back to his boyhood club still got scoring eight goals in sixteen games netting a surprise for two germany's world cup squad often missing out on germany's triumph in twenty four to go into a spanish father and german mother he chose to play for the country of his best making his debut in two thousand and seven and finishes his germany career with thirty one goals and seventy eight. well in the windows league last season surprise packages they finished runners up the climb has many of their fans excited for the season to come the royal blues will have their hands full with champions league and domestic football expectations are high so much so that fans of prefer to travel in numbers just to watch them train. this is how child has stopped the training camp every morning

you can see behind me here have been here for a while there i think maybe fifty to one hundred pro n.r.a. demonstrators who came to have kind of a counter protest they brought a lot of bull horns and shouted a lot of slogans at the march for our lives folks and as you can see the police officers have kept the two sides very separated so this is been a completely peaceful event as far as we've seen the march for lives demonstrators are calling for a ban on assault weapons they're calling for universal background checks including . for guns that are sold between private parties and at so-called gun shows they're also asking for an end to the tax exempt status of the national rifle association which they blame for killing much of the gun legislation restriction legislation that has died in car in the republican congress over the past several years they're also. mounting in full out on a campaign to register people to vote particularly young people you know in the united states eighteen year olds can vote in federal elections as an election here in the state of virginia for senate trying to

control advocates will have to make good on their promise to vote out politicians who support the n.r.a. . and in the bundesliga shall go were last season surprise package as they finished runners up their ascendancy has many of their fans pumped for the season to come the royal blues will have their hands full with champion's league and dometic soccer expectations are high so much so that fans are prepared to travel in numbers just to watch them train. this is how shall coast stop a training camp every morning to the lounge she has obtained last season success hasn't reached a new high fifteen hundred fans flop the sharpest training camp in austria one of those fans is paid to hen's a he traveled eight hundred kilometers just to watch his favorite team train the mentality of deference the mentality of the fans is something unique he would give everything for the club and you can see it here fifteen hundred fans came to the training camp we're mad i'd say. only three years ago the training camp attracted to me a two hundred pounds the dramatic increase has come as a surprise even to the

control advocates will have to make good on their promise to vote out politicians who support the n.r.a. . well fifty one years ago donald campbell's attempt to break his own water speed record and it in tragedy is hydroplane bluebird lifted from canister water in england and somersaulted crashing back into the lake and killing campbell now his daughter gina has breathed new life into the boat and her father's legend. an emotional moment for gina campbell. more than fifty years after her father perished in an attempt to set a new world to speed record his hydroplane bluebird return to the water. bottle campbell was forty five at the time of his death determines a beach is on record of two hundred seventy six point three miles per hour plunged into like coniston in england's like district with devastating effect it's. now salvaged and restored bluebird has been given a new lease of life for gina it's as if it never left the water. for me walking in here this morning is like a complete deja vu you could turn back the clock fifty five years and this is how i remember bluebird with my fathe

control advocates will have to make good on their promise to vote out politicians who support the n.r.a. . struggle striker mario gomez has retired from the german national team after an eleven year international career saying he wants to make way for a new generation of players in january the thirty three year olds moved back to his boyhood club stoke art school rink eight goals in sixteen games and earning a surprise call up to germany's world cup squad after missing out on a triumph in a twenty four team respond his father and german mother he chose to play for his country of birth making his debut in two thousand and seven he finishes his germany career with thirty one goals in seventy eight appearance. toni kroos has been named germany's player of the year by the sports journalists association beating five books newspapers and into second place with almost five times as many votes the rail madrid matilda was rewarded for another excellent pub season which show him claim the third straight champions league title other winners imputed jennifer merritt who was named the best female pl

control advocates will have to make good on their promise to vote out politicians who support the n.r.a. . so will now and attorney cruz has been named jameis player of the year by the sports journalists association beating sly fox news pages and into second place with almost five times more votes while the rail whether it meant a sailor was rewarded for another excellent club season which saw him claim a third straight champions league title of the win is included jenison marianne who was named best female player on your pine cones in the coaching category he retired also leading by munich to the titles. fifty one years ago donald campbell's attempt to break his own water speed record ended in tragedy his hydroplane bluebird took off from coniston water in england and then some assaulted crashing back into the lake and killing campbell now his daughter gina as phrase new life into the boats and her father's legend. an emotional moment for gina campbell. more than fifty years after her father perished in an attempt to set a new water speed record his hydroplane bluebird returns to the w

they don't have to do all this by themselves, that they don't feel like they have to push against the n.r.a a group of small high schoolers, right? that they have the country behind them and that this can be one example of every stop that they take, that there are so many americans who are with them in their journey and want to fight right alongside them. announcer: this weekend on book tv, author interviews from the freedom fest conference in las vegas, starting today at 3:20 p.m. vicki alder, discussing her book "failure." and at 6:30 p.m., robert poole with rethinking america's highways, 21st century vision. and on sunday at one ago p.m. eastern, park with her book "in order to live." and at 5:00 p.m., walter block with "space capitalism, how humans will capitalize planets, moons and asteroids." then "life after google." charles sauer.m., discusses his book, "profit motive." watch this weekend on book tv on c-span2. ♪ -- a c-span'snd's washington journal, live every day, with news and policy issues that impact you. sunday morning come on the one-year anniversary of the deadly you not to

they don't have to do all this by themselves, that they don't feel like they have to push against the n.r.aas a group of small high schoolers, right? that they have the country behind them and that this can be one example of every stop that they take, that there are so many americans who are with them in their journey and want to fight right alongside them. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. on c-span, a conversation with justice stephen breyer at the aspen institute in colorado. >> the pre-civil war days. the civil war days. or let's go through reconstruction or let's go through 80 years just about of legal segregation. do you think those were days that were pragmatic, adaptive? they were adaptive, i did not see it. throughe have lived lots of history in the united states. in some of it has turned out pretty well and some of it has not. >> tuesday at 8:00 p.m., mother jones reporter and author ari berman talking about voting rights. >> a month after the supreme carolinaecision, north for one of the most progressive states in the south, passed a sweeping rewrite of its election most. it required stric

they don't have to do all this by themselves, that they don't feel like they have to push against the n.r.a. as a group of small high schoolers, right? that they have the country behind them and that this can be one example of every stop that they take, that there are so many americans who are with them in their journey and want to fight right alongside them. >> next, a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the bombings of the u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania. deputy secretary of state john sullivan was among the officials from the state department who spoke at the ceremony. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. distinguished guests. could everybody please find a place? we're delighted with the turnout. >> good morning. i am honored and humbled to be with all of you today, as we remember those who lost -- who were lost in the 1998 bombings in nairobi and dar es salaam. it is now my privilege to introduce deputy secretary of state, john j. sullivan. sullivan was confirmed by the united states senate, sworn in as the deputy secretary of state on may 24, 2017. and he later served as ac

thousand and thirteen released a video featuring john bolton who at the time served as the head of the n.r.a. subcommittee he was asked to record a video to promote gun rights in russia where the russian national government to grant a broader right to bear arms to its people it would be creating a partnership with its citizens that would better allow for the protection of mothers children and families without in any way compromising the integrity of the russian state. to discuss this further we are now joined live by political cartoonist and columnist ted rall welcome to the program now this video is five years old why is no one paid any attention to it previously. well there's no telling you know why things get ignored like that it's not unprecedented we often see cases where documentation that video's information that's often in plain sight available to a simple you tube or google search goes unnoticed for a very long time ward churchill a controversial figure here in the united states after nine eleven wrote an essay that went unnoticed for years and then finally it drew the attention of

there was an n.r.a. instructor there. these guys were awesome with the kids. spent hours and hours and hours with them. the kids walked away -- the kids had never ever been that close to a gun and they were really just so impressed with how people put safety into it. why people have a gun. and they had spent the day, just three days earlier with david. these kids were really willing to open up their minds to do something different. >> salena thank you so much for coming. we will write our first book. it will be glorious. thank you so much. [applause] salena: thank you guys. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policies that impact you. coming up tuesday night, bill allison, members of congress on stock holding and trading. part of our campaign 2018 verpbl, reporters talk about pry four states, connecticut, minnesota, minnesota public radio political reporter and wisconsin with craig gilbert, milwaukee jourm sent fell in, washington bureau chief. join the discussion. >> after washington jourm, jim kenny, the mayor of philadelphia joins

russian state the us government has alleged that maria boots are now formed relationships with leading n.r.a. members in an attempt to alter the republican party's attitude towards russia she has been accused of failing to register as a foreign agent with the attorney general. as pleaded not guilty to the charges against her and she is currently being held in jail moscow says her treatment almost amounts to torture and that the whole case against her is politically motivated. i suspect that what happened here is that. someone probably sort of had an accidental finding someone was searching for something else and just blundered across it and thought hey we can use this now i don't think that there's a lot of chance that this is going to go anywhere and i'll tell you why the rush to get well has been so polluted by two years of telling the public we've got to prove you've got the proof no really we have the proof and then they don't come up with solid evidence or even not even solid evidence or any much evidence at all the democrats have really messed up they they've been talking out of turn t

>> reporter: hundreds rallied in the shadow of the n.r.a.'s-paneled headquarter promoting midterm voter turnout and gun reform. >> regardless of where you stand, this is a health crisis in which our response is long overdue. >> reporter: this is the road to ehange. a two month tour stretching from california to south carolina put on by student activists from parkland, florida, and cities plagued by gun violence. iney're calling for reforms like universal background checks and a ban on high capacity hgazines. it why is it easier to find a gun than it is to find a ( bleep ) parking spot? ( cheers ) >> reporter: alphonso calderon survived the parkland shooting. >> i get the strength just trenking about the people i lost that day, every single name ertivates me to do something. >> reporter: one name is his parkland classmate, joaquin oliver, the rally was held on what would have been his 18th birthday, his father painted a mural for his son and saying bppy birthday with the crowd. >> ♪ happy birthday dear joaquin >> reporter: also in the crowd cr

there was an n.r.a. instructor there. these guys were awesome with the kids. spent hours and hours and hours with them. the kids walked away -- the kids had never ever been that close to a gun and they were really just so impressed with how people put safety into it. why people have a gun. and they had spent the day, just three days earlier with david. these kids were really willing to open up their minds to do something different. >> salena thank you so much for coming. we will write our first book. it will be glorious. thank you so much. announcer: tonight at 8:00 p.m., a mother jones reporter at the brooklyn historical society talking about voting rights. >> a month after the supreme court decision, john roberts said racial discrimination was a thing of the past, north carolina was one of the most progressive states, they passed a sweeping rewrite of election laws. and required voter id, cut early voting, eliminated same-day registration, eliminated citizens awareness month, which the state ran to encourage people to register. all of this a month after the

get into the hands of felons they get hands is anybody that is not regulated whatsoever i know the n.r.a. is very concerned about going to regulation but my concern is that if we allow the dissemination of these type of guns with no restrictions whatsoever they are going to get in the hands of people who will do very bad things with them and we're going to have to deal with it so my suggestion is we deal with it preemptively let guns only be sold with registration numbers on them by legitimate gun sellers to legitimate gun purchases thank you attorney mark o'mara of the amero law group. joining us now from minneapolis is attorney professor activist minister and former minneapolis n.w. c p president nick kimmel levy pones mckim a welcome back to the big picture thanks for having me in july thirty one year old thurman blevins of black man was fatally shot by white police officers after a foot chase through a residential neighborhood on the city's north side five weeks later police released the body cam video police are seen chasing blevins whom the video appears to show with a gun in his h

there was an n.r.a. instructor there. these guys were awesome with the kids. spent hours and hours and hours with them. the kids walked away -- the kids had never ever been that close to a gun and they were really just so impressed with how people put safety into it. why people have a gun. and they had spent the day, just three days earlier with david. these kids were really willing to open up their minds to do something different. >> salena thank you so much for coming. we will write our first book. it will be glorious. thank you so much. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, the bloomberg finance reporter on rules for members of congress on stockholding and trading. as part of our campaign 2018 coverage, reporters talk about primaries in four states minnesotaconnecticut, , and wisconsin. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal," coming up at 7:00 a.m. this morning. join the discussion. president trump travel to fort drum yesterday to sign the defense authorization act named

this event there are also a number of people here are issuing or expressing their support for the n.r.a. and disputing with some of the members of the crowd but the police have kept them at quite a distance from the main crowd so it's been an entirely peaceful event this is an outgrowth of the march for our lives movement that began after the slayings at marjorie stoneman douglas high school in florida earlier this year students from that group are supporting this rally they've also been traveling around the country in a bus caravan trying to get people organized to vote on issues of gun control what they would like to see among other things is a comprehensive. ban on assault weapons in the united states universal background checks of all people including people who sell guns privately or in so-called gun shows as well as an end to the issue that recently came to the fore of three d. principal guns all of these things that people here say are leading to mass carnage in the united states we had an opportunity to talk to a lady who's who lost her husband in the recent killings at a newspa

but anyway, we worked and ended up with-- in bartelsville and hosting a fundraiser for me with the n.r.a. who is there now. i know that he, i guess, wanted to spend more time on the plane and came back two weeks later and we also did the same thing. there's no reason for him to do that because we hardly knew each other when it started. we got to know each other better in all of that heat, but he, nevertheless, he was there and you always remember people who help you when nobody else would. so, you can say a lot of things about john mccain, you've heard him on the floor, you're going to hear more, the hero, the patriot. what's never in dispute. john mccain was a fighter, and deeply loyal to his country, his family his constituents. he was a patriot and always faithful. we know that patriotism and loyalty to your country isn't based on your words, you have to live it and of course he did that every day. as a young naval officer following his family's footsteps, his father, his grandfather, john kept the faith and graduated from the naval academy. it was kind of interesting, never talked ab

but, anyway, we worked and ended up in bartelville and hosted a fundraiser with the n.r.a. i guess he wanted to spend more time in the plane because he came back two weeks later and we also did the same thing. now, there was no reason for him to do that. we hardly knew each other when we started. we got to know each other when we were up there in that heat. nevertheless, he was there. and you always remember people who help you when nobody else will. you can say a lot of things about john mccain. you will hear a lot about him and you will hear a lot more. what's never in dispute john mccain was a fighter, he was deeply loyal to his country, family, constituents. he was -- we all know that patriotism isn't based on your words, you have to live it. he did that every day. as a young naval officer following in his family's footsteps, his father and grandfather, he kept the faith, he graduated from the naval academy. he never talked about being the outstanding student. in fact, he said i was fifth in the class, fifth in the bottom. but he became a naval aviator and deployed duri

they also pronged the n.r.a. with their spy maria butina. ♪ ♪ ( laughter ) can't get that down.as charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of the russian federation within the united states without prior notification to the attorney general. what? ( laughter ) i didn't know that spying is okay if you just get the attorney general to sign a permission slip. "to whom it may concern, please excuse maria from the law. sincerely, jefferson beauregard- ovich sessions." ( laughter ) ( piano riff ) prosecutors asked that butina be detained ahead of her trial. they say she's a flight risk, because of "her history of deceptive conduct, the strong evidence of guilt, and her extensive foreign connections." oh, my god, donald trump is also a flight risk! ( laughter ) check the airport for a white man, 6'3", wig made of moldy hay-- ( laughter ) if you see him fleeing the country... let him go. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) but here's the deal, here's the deal-- butina does have ties in the united states. for example, she was in a relationship with longtime republican i

. >> tucker: dan bongino is a n.r.a. tv contributor and author of "spy gate."'m the only person right of america to welcome impeachment trial. i'm sick of the efforts taking place hidden. i would welcome open conversation of what the alleged crimes are. why don't we have an impeachment trial and get it over with? >> the democrats don't want it right now. they would get absolutely smoked in the senate. christie is right. 67 votes? you would be lucky to get 40 votes. the american public would be furious as they learned from the clinton operation. the american people in the w impeachment trial for clinton spoke loudly. if you are going to overturn a duly elected president, bring the goods. what do they have now? taxi cab medallions -- cab medallions? this is what you've got right now? we are told for a year and a half you slam the emergencyll brake on the operation donald trump colluded with the russians to win the election and you bring us the "national enquirer" an manafort die who didn't pay his taxes allegedly years before he met trump and bring us taxi cab me

this event there are also a number of people here are issuing or expressing their support for the n.r.a. and disputing with some of the members of the crowd but the police have kept them at quite a distance from the main crowd so it's been an entirely peaceful event this is an outgrowth of the march for our lives movement that began after the slayings at marjorie stoneman douglas high school in florida earlier this year students from that group are supporting this rally they've also been traveling around the country in a bus caravan trying to get people organized to vote on issues of gun control what they would like to see among other things is a comprehensive. ban on assault weapons in the united states universal background checks of all people including people who sell guns privately or in so-called launch shows as well as an end to the issue that recently came to the fore of three d. principal guns all of these things that people here say are leading to mass carnage in the united states we had an opportunity to talk to a lady who's who lost her husband in the recent killings at a new

they refuse, they want to sit become and n their complacency and take money the n.r.a. >> sreenivasan: how are you going to meare your success in the long term. is it about getting your people into office inis mid-term election? >> i think getting ifio of that are morally justin. i'm in the talking democrats or republicans. m talking americans they're not politicians. it's human beings. for god's sake, the best way for people to understand what it's like to go through thesens situat or lose somebody that they know gun violence is close your eyes an imagine the person that you love most that you hold closest to you. and how much you love them. now i'm going to imagine that person is murdered. and you can't do anything about it. and when you speak to your politicians, they say, i'm sorry, but wean't do anying about it. and then when you speak the people, they don't care because m.ey didn't know the america needs to learn empathy and put themselves in eachr' otshoes. >> when politicians puts children and love and happiness over their pocketbooksnki thi that's when times will begin to cha

some who are motivated by the parkland shooting to toss out n.r.a.-backed candidates in november. [applause] we set out to win renewable and clean energy ballot initiatives this year. michigan, arizona and nevada. and we have already won in michigan. we are organizing and training the next generation of organizers. what i have learned is something you have known for a while. you have to be honest at the door. you have to be about the truth. knocking on doors means nothing without the truth. it means nothing if you do not have a message and you are not willing to listen to them. no one will knock on the door for you and no one will listen to you unless they believe in you. we have a message to believe in. it is simple. e have to take down this corrupt president and his republican enablers. [applause] mr steyer: and we have to usher in a new era for america. corrupt president and his one that is more inclusive and more just. i want to thank all of you for what you do. every time in american history, this in justice has raised its ugly head and it has been met with the effort of dece

but, anyway, we worked and ended up in bartelville and hosted a fundraiser with the n.r.a. i guess he wanted to spend more time in the plane because he came back two weeks later and we also did the same thing. now, there was no reason for him to do that. we hardly knew each other when we started. we got to know each other when we were up there in that heat. nevertheless, he was there. and you always remember people who help you when nobody else will. you can say a lot of things about john mccain. you will hear a lot about him and you will hear a lot more. what's never in dispute john mccain was a fighter, he was deeply loyal to his country, family, constituents. he was -- we all know that patriotism isn't based on your words, you have to live it. he did that every day. as a young naval officer following in his family's footsteps, his father and grandfather, he kept the faith, he graduated from the naval academy. he never talked about being the outstanding student. in fact, he said i was fifth in the class, fifth in the bottom. but he became a naval aviator and deployed duri

until president trump breaks the n.r.a.'s stranglehold on the republican party, he's occasionally talked about it, but then fearful, retreated from the things he said, meaningful gun safety reform in this country will not continue to be subverted by radical and dangerous ideas from the n.r.a. like arming teachers. now this announcement occurs as we wrap-up labor, h.h.s. we have a bipartisan agreement to fund the title 4 grant program at $1.2 billion, the most since its inception, but this news about secretary devos's plans chill our celebration. i'm calling on our colleagues to reaffirm that we do not believe that more guns in schools will create safe, effective learning environments, that we shouldn't use federal dollars to arm teachers. let's stop this hair brained idea before it gets off the ground. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. blunt: we will vote in a few minutes to move forward with the defense and labor, health and human services, education appropr