SENATE TV - AP CLIENTS ONLY Washington, DC - 16 June 2016 POOL -AP CLIENTS ONLY Washington - 15 June 2016 SOUNDBITE (English): Sen. Richard Blumenthal, (D) Connecticut: “We’re here today to see action and action has been too long delayed on preventing gun violence and the kinds of acts of hatred and terror that happened in Orlando. Actions speak louder than words. And the nation deserves action. 90% of the American people want sensible, common sense measures like background checks to be adopted by the Senate.” // SOUNDBITE (English): Sen. Cory Booker, (D) New Jersey: “We cannot going in with business as usual in this body. We must stand because this violence in our country will continue unless we take measures, common sense measures to restrict these firearms going to know or suspected terrorists.// “We talked with our other colleagues who will come to this floor today who all have in their hearts that word enough, enough, enough. What we are seeking is not radical. What we’re seeking is not something that is partisan. What we’re seeking is common sense that is supported by the overwhelming majority of this nation.” // SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Murphy, (D) US Senator, Connecticut: “Dylan (Hockley) was struggling with autism as a student at Sandy Hook elementary school. But he was a special, special boy who was going to turn in to a special, special young man. He idolized his brother Jake. But he idolized someone else as well. He idolized a woman named Ann Marie Murphy. Ann Marie Murphy was his special education teacher and his personal aide.” // “Instead of panicking, Anne Marie Murphy found Dylan Hockley and embraced him. You know why we know that? Because when the police entered the classroom, that’s how they found Dylan Hockley, dead, wrapped in the embrace of Anne Marie Murphy.” // “It takes courage to look into the eye of a shooter, and instead of running, wrapping your arms around a six year old boy and accepting death as a trade for just a tiny little itty piece of increased peace of mind for a little boy under your charge. And so this has been a day of questions. And so I ask you all this question, ‘If Anne Marie Murphy could do that, then ask yourself, what can you do to make sure Orlando or Sandy Hook never, ever happens again?’ With deep gratitude to all those who have endured this very, very late night, I yield the floor.” // (Reuters) We want a version of the Feinstein bill which prohibits individuals on the no-fly list from getting a gun to come before the Senate for a vote. Second in order to make that bill effective we want a version that I mentioned to meet compromise to expand background checks to gun shows and Internet sales to come before the Senate for a vote. Both of those measures are supported broadly by 80 to 90 percent of the American public. And both of them are necessary in order to protect Americans from terrorist attacks.”