the december 14, 2012 mass shooting in newtown connecticut resulted in the deaths of 21st graders and educators. . mr. jeffries: good morning. let me begin by thanking congressman mike thompson and congresswoman hayes and congresswoman lucy mcbath and peoples of the task force for their important work throughout the years to address this necessary issue and thank other members of the house democratic caucus who have joined us here today. from the very beginning of the congress, house democrats have made clear that we are ready, willing and able to find bipartisan common ground with our republican colleagues on any issue, including gun safety legislation in order to improve the quality of life of every day americans. but consistently throughout this congress, extreme maga republicans have refused to work with us to solve problems on behalf of hardworking american taxpayers. instead, the do-nothing republican congress has visited upon the american people chaos, dysfunction and extremism over and over and over again. 11 years ago, 20 innocent, precious first-grade students and six educat

we lost a kid at newtown and that was the addition of multiple parents is that they were paid actors faking that their children have been killed, really nothing is. i think the justification for picking -- taking alex jones off of x was strong. still was it within their power to do that? of course. what's the relationship to the aclu? i'm an old aclu guy myself but i worked there 1999 and the former head of the aclu is a senior fellow who i'm honored that i got to ride with sometimes and he's one of my heroes in a sick great to get to work with her. we work with them whenever we have cases where we are on the same page. we are happy work together.

every one of us remembers where we were when news trickled out about newtown and the 20 children and six educators that were killed. the parents of a first grader and parent of a high school senior today who is going to graduate, will think about those young angels. house democrats, many of us are parents as well as legislators have been fighting year after year for commonsense gun laws to prevent triads fer tragedies like this from happening again. and we reject the cynicism that says passing this kind of legislation is simply not possible when democrats had the majority, we passed the most significant piece of gun violence legislation in three decades. our schools were safer as a result of our work. it can be done. and when democrats take back the house, we are going to finish the job and pass comprehensive gun legislation that will -- that has been plaguing our communities for far too long. that is our responsibility and our mandate. and it's what we'll do. thank you so much, leader jeffries. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2023] captioning performed

and there was just lots of garbage around newtown duties in florida. yeah. and down here to see and like these pads and stuff that were used by the dog and food riding like in the fridge on the calendar. and that she wasn't able to clean up her prepare. and yeah, it was just, i saw this person completely overwhelmed by this like isolation. so i felt really fired. not being able to bring go the to the golf. sorry. i'm having a really bad migraine or add items odd reason it was getting sick or thanks to something was happening to her body. and i think regina was incredibly clear that she wanted immediate relief from her pain sometimes on it pain and just painting things impacted. so we both had 500 miles. uh and i was able to get some treatment through medication that was, you know, wasn't able to get to joined using for dozens of medical appointments. we really need to be part of it right now is your medication. very small parts. they're kind of useless, especially in the long term. there was just like a totally inability to take the sufferings seriously. you

it is sponsored by the newtown action alliance. and is held every year before the anniversary of the sandy hook elementary school shooting. there's been too many days in recent memory marred by gun violence. >> as we know, there's more acts of gun violence, mass shootings, than there are days on the calendar. just this afternoon, we learned about another shooting on the campus of unlv in nevada. our prayers are with the victims. the prayers are with the families. >>> we'll be right back. >>> it was two months ago today that hamas launched its terror attack on israel, killing about 1,200 people. and the israeli military is forging ahead to eliminate the militant group in gaza. israeli leaders say they encircum encircled the house of a hamas leader in the south. they did not say where he is but asserted he is underground. >> translator: last night, i said our forces can reach anywhere in the gaza strip. now, they circled his house. his house is his fortress and he can escape but it's only a matter of time until we can get him. >> the

jones was banned five years ago in no small part claiming that the newtown massacre was a hoax. >>> peopletennessee are picking up the pieces after a reverse of dangerous tornadoes. leaving damage and power outages. more than 50 people were injured. >>> the same system brought the powerful tornados to tennessee is now hitting here in the northeast. more than 40 million people remain under flood threats fto maine, and derek van dam, the devastation is offawful. >> just incredible to see. one of the tornadoes that struck madison, tennessee. there's the vortex of tornado. watch the explosion, actually a science going on here, the temperature and dew point raises with the explosion of fire, eliminating briefly the vortex of the torn, before we we start to see the tornado reform again. the circulation pattern is still there in the atmosphere. didn't go anywhere. the winds causing the damage. there was one tornado in clarkville, with winds clocked in at 150 miles per hour. just a powerful system causing 29 reports of tornadoes. 90,000 people still without power. and the storm system is not done

ordered jones to pay over $1 billion, that's with a b, in damages for repeatedly claiming that the 2012 newtownchool massacre was a hoax. >> 11 years ago, a gunman opened fire inside sandy hook elementary school, killing 26 people. 20 of them just first graders. now the infowars host is asking the families to accept just a fraction of what is owed. cnn's paolo scandoval has more. >> an attorney representing the sandy hook families telling cnn this is the first time that alex jones offers up exactly how he would like to be held accountable for ail the lies he spread and the pain that he caused to the sandy hook families after referring to the 2012 shooting at that elementary school as a hoax. document is lengthy, filed on friday. we have gone through it. here are a couple of key takeaways in terms of what jones is offering up as possible settlement according to the document sandy hook families as a group and those who choose to settle guaranteed at least $5.5 million a year over the next decade. about $55 million there. families have the possibility of depending on jones' income, receive 70% of

really, it's a told of not just newtown but the top of the globe in terms of what role the united statese to play in offering support and a variety of areas. on christmas day, people you call anti israel extremist vandalize your office. you posed there was a doll they left behind and weren't, quote, intimidation and incitement against members of congress feels like it's hitting in a dangerous direction. i'm quoting you here, congressman. when you talk about this dangerous direction and obviously we're seeing it in your office and beyond, do you mean we could see political violence, like what happens to pelosi's husband or the department of has spoken about in terms of political division being at such a pace and peak that it is fueling concern for real violence in this country? >> i do worry that intimidation and incitement of hate could easily escalate into violence. and most members of congress, like myself, have no security. where soft targets. and i do worry that, you know, violent assault or even assassination of a member of congress is not a question of -- it's a question of when. >

24th, one of those tankers exploded during the cleanup efforts, it took 16 lives and all waverly newtown's section with it. more than 200 people were injured. it was one of the worst train explosions of the 20th century and was entirely preventable. the immediate root cause, that of a railroad employee failing to check the brakes on a gondola car that was to the train before it reached waverly. so the handbrake was left and the friction that built up as the train went along toward waverly cracked that wheel all the way through. and when it hit the switch in the tracks at richland crossing and waverly, it pulled its own car over on its side, and the two cars behind it. and so the train explosion in waverly was, a very big deal at the time and for a long time afterward made both national and international. and any of you who were here in the region will remember it to business days after the explosion and the national governors association released their recommendation for the establishment of a federal agency for emergency. because what we had before then was sort of a chaotic hodgepodge of

there was not major change after newtown, after sandy hook, where 20 little kids died, six adults died are you hearing from people who have typically been against any kind of regulation of firearms that this might be something that could work for them? >> i'm running into more and more gun owners like myself who just simply think that the status quo is unsustainable. and more and more gun owners who actually own some of these assault style rifles who are more than willing to, you know, to have them regulated in a way that addresses the kind of carnage we're seeing in state after state. >> let me ask you really quickly, we only have a minute left, but we know that these are the weapons of choice for school shooters, for many other mass shootings. but a lot of people say, you know what, there's so many of them out there already, even a change like this would only be a blip. what would your response be? >> we actually build a voluntary gun buyback program into this legislation. so there are probably between 20 and 30 million of these ar-15 style rifles out in circulation, but over time th

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i'm struck by the fact that since newtown at sandy hook, gun violence against children is now worse.t raises questions about a society that allowed the youngest among us to be harmed this way. are we really okay with this? congress did pass modest gun control legislation after 30 years of nothing being done at the federal level, but there were many areas not addressed including background checks. after the most recent mass shooting in maine, there's no movement for further action right now, but what we do know right now is the inevitable. there's going to be another day soon where we have another mass casualty event in this country, and every single day, children are being shot, george. >> george: you spoke with the country's youngest congres about this. >> reporter: he's frustrated, george. at the same time, he's optimistic that a new office of gun violence progression is a step in the right direction. at only 26, he's part of a younger generation who is persistent and said they won't stop until more is done to address this issue, george. >> george: pierre thomas, thanks. the round

i thank my colleagues for making it possible to show the families in newtown, the victims of gun violence across this country what's possible and on the 11-year mark of that tragedy in sandy hook, i compel my friends in the senate to do more. in the senate to do more. >> so fail we must not. there's too much on the line for ukraine, for america, from western democracy to throw in the towel right now. we must keep talking, we must keep working. our republican friends must be reasonable. they must show they are serious about getting something done and we have had serious discussions in the last few days. democrats are willing to keep trying. i urge my republican colleagues to do just the same. now on ndaa, last night for the bipartisan vote. defense bill stands in glaring contrast with the partisan race bottom we are seeing in the house. just look at the difference between the two bodies. while the senate is strengthening america's national security, house republicans are wasting time on a clown-karim carinquiry. now, as i have said repeatedly, we began the month of december with 3 major go

i met last week with members of the newtown action alliance, survivors of gun violence who shared their heartbreaking stories of grief and trauma. their message was simple. when will enough be enough? 11 years since sandy hook and yet barely any progress has been made, even eadses ann's law that -- ethan's law is opposed by moi congressional republicans. -- by most congressional republicans. this should be a no-brainer. tiffany, a gun violence survivor told me about how her father was killed in 1994 when her sister's abusive ex-boyfriend pushed his way into their home, and her father was shot. she is now older than her father ever got the chance to be. jackie hagerty shared how she survived the sandy hook elementary school shooting when she was 7 years old and now 18 she advocates for gun safety legislation. she broke down in tears during our meeting, describing the sheer horror and trauma seeing her friends and teachers destroyed bodies in the hallways of sandy hook. she told me all she wants for christmas is to know she won't get shot. let me repeat that. a young woman in america is p

i had a friend who used to come to parties all the time who lost a kid at newtown.y that parents were paid actors fitting that their children were killed. the justification for kicking alex jones off of x was actually pretty strong. still, is it within their power to do that? of course. host: what is f.i.r.e.'s relationship to the aclu? guest: i worked there in 1989. the former head of the aclu is a senior fellow, who i'm honored that i get to write with sometimes. amazing to work with her. the former executive director of the aclu is on our advisory committee. we work with them whenever we have cases where we are on the same page, we are happy to work together. host: people sometimes consider you to be a conservative organization, aclu to be the liberal organization. is that a fair assessment? guest: f.i.r.e. is not a conservative organization. our staff leans more to the left and to the right, but regardless of that, if it is a free-speech case, we defend it without apologies, without condemning the speech we are condemning. we are striving to be the real deal whe

anniversary of the shooting at sandy hook for the families, for the people who live there, for the town of newtown who will forever be bound by their grief. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to extend and revise my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. today i rise to recognize the walsh jesuit soccer team as the champion of the week. mrs. sykes: last week the girls soccer team won their first ohio high school athletic association division i state championship since 2016. after a hard-fought game, the warriors overcame liberty 2-1 and this win submits walsh jesuit's status with their 11th win since the year 2000. the program holds the record for the most girls soccer state titles in ohio and their win is more proof to why ohio's 13th congressional district is the birthplace of champions. this victory is not only a major accomplishment for these hard-working student