"There are too many what-if's in a situation like this because Congress has not fully considered the implications of a mass casualty event affecting Members."
"It is incredibly serious, and it is serious and so important for the country."
"The status quo also creates a perverse incentive for political violence through targeted killings designed to switch the majority party in the House."
"Hope is wonderful, but it is not a plan. Prayer is great, but it is not a plan."
"Let us do it now because we have to."
"If it takes a Committee to appoint a Committee to make a study to eventually get something done, let us do it now."
"I am really proud to join Representatives Kilmer, Timmons, Cleaver in leading a proposed constitutional amendment..."
"If we had hit that truck in a different way, we would have derailed."
"We saw, with COVID, that those were reasons for people to be affected and not necessarily live."
"I am pleased that you are doing it as I have said. I mean, this is fantastic, probably long overdue."
"I have always thought that, out of everything bad that happens, there is a chance to do something good..."
"This is a stop gap."
"I consider not having something in place a national security threat."
"I am extremely grateful to you for coming to me."
"I think what you see in this Subcommittee and I think what you see in the House Admin Committee, you see that we can work together to deliver solutions to the American public."
"I think it's disgraceful that Kamala Harris has heard these complaints, has decided to call people racist instead of actually trying to make their lives better by undoing her open border."
"Kamala Harris opened the border with no plan for how to assimilate 20,000 people."
"Kamala Harris' open border has led to skyrocketing housing costs in Springfield, rising rates of crime, rising rates of communicable diseases."
