The problem is that you are using this as a political stunt unrelated to real concerns about public safety around this country.

more than that, they brought us here today to attack a district attorney who has actually seen a decrease in violent crime during his tenure.

I don't see that happening in Manhattan, and it's caused more people to die.

Make no mistake. If the concern about addressing violent crime addressed by my Republican colleagues was genuine, they would have acted.

If you are serious about doing something about violence, gun violence, and other: ... not serious people.

My colleagues vote repeatedly against even the most commonsense gun violence prevention measures.

We stand ready to pass legislation to address the serious issues facing all Americans if our Republican colleagues will let us.

We know that the timing isn't a coincidence because, as soon as it became obvious that the Manhattan District Attorney was getting ready to charge Mr. Trump with crimes, Mr. Trump's lawyers sent a letter to the Chair telling him to use the…

Crime prevention is a serious topic, and it deserves serious discussion, but that's not what this hearing is about.

I fear that you have been revictimized by this hearing because this hearing is not going to provide that change.

One of the things I think that Congress has a responsibility to look at, although we don't have jurisdiction over State criminal prosecutions, obviously, or local prosecutions, what is the evidence with respect to the focus on exclusively…

They brought us here today to attack a district attorney who has actually seen a decrease in violent crime during his tenure.

Gun violence is now the leading cause of death of children in America and kills 40,000 Americans a year.

the problem is that you are using this as a political stunt unrelated to real concerns about public safety around this country.

Nobody is blowing the whistle on the initial price being a phony, because the PBMs... are actually in on the economics of the transaction.

The danger is that a pharmacy benefit manager... can become just a toll taker, or just a self-dealer.

The danger is that a pharmacy benefit manager... can become just a toll taker, or just a self-dealer.

Nobody is blowing the whistle on the initial price being a phony, because the PBMs... are actually in on the economics of the transaction.