This is the law.

We respect all rights, but no one should claim as a constitutional right the ability to bear an arm, and I assure you our Founding Fathers did not contemplate when our constitution was written.

if there's nothing to hide, why all the evasiveness?

Today Senate Democrats take additional action to try and uncover the truth about the Epstein files.

The situation with the Epstein files is very simple — Donald Trump promised transparency and he has broken that promise.

a deep violation against the spirit of our oaths of office

When any five senators on the Homeland Security Committee call on the executive branch, the executive branch must comply.

He is a Trumpian henchman—the extreme of the extreme of the extreme. He is openly hostile to the rule of law.

It is beyond me that politicians are looking to use these days to score such cynical political points, on the very day that I held the father of Officer Islam in my arms and he could not utter a single word.

I am not running to defund the police.

New York has some of the strongest gun laws in the nation. We banned assault weapons. We strengthened our Red Flag Law. We closed dangerous loopholes. But our laws only go so far when an AR-15 can be obtained in a state with weak gun laws…

He is a Trumpian henchman — the extreme of the extreme of the extreme. He is openly hostile to the rule of law. He is fundamentally opposed to democratic norms. He lacks the temperament to serve as a jurist.

It’s not a stunt, it’s not symbolic.

There was very much security in that building. To have a company hire an off-duty police officer — I don’t know how you get more secure than that.

a sacrilegious act against our democracy

And above all, Mr. Bove is religiously obedient to Donald Trump.

Shame on you. This is a dark, dark day.

A violent, despicable attack