Vice President @KamalaHarris is proud mom of two remarkable stepchildren -- and so am I @CaptMarkKelly and I were trying to have a baby through IVF before I was shot and that dream was stolen from us. To suggest we are somehow lesser is…

For me is really important to move ahead, to not look back. I hope others are inspired to keep moving forward, no matter what.

I'm optimistic. It will be a long hard haul, but I'm optimistic.

Stopping gun violence takes courage, the courage do what`s right. We must never stop fighting, fight, fight, fight.

It doesn`t have to be this way. It`s beyond time for our leaders to take action.

If you don't have the guts or the courage to do something about this issue and send a message to the American people, who desperately turn to us, then it is time for you to leave.

Legislation would be worth passing if it meant even small reductions in gun violence. Which life, tell me which life, if it saves one life. Which life is not worth saving? Which life?

The new gun control restrictions currently being considered by the Democratic majority in H.R. 8 would not have prevented my shooting.

Let me be clear: there is no constitutional impediment to passing lifesaving gun laws.

Congress must do more to restrict access to these deadly devices, which includes ensuring that a teenager cannot easily purchase these exceptionally lethal firearms.

In a country that we say is the greatest country in the world, my God, you ought to be able to go to a school, church, synagogue, concert, movie theater, and nightclub, not just in Orlando, but in any city in this country, and not have to…

Congress should Act to ban bump stocks.

It is time. In Congress, we sit here with the ability and the power to do something, and history will not be kind to us if we continue to allow the gun lobby to buy us and sell us.

The alleged loopholes that H.R. 8 claims to fix would not have prevented these tragedies either.

I implore you and your colleagues to pass legislation that will make us all safer by strengthening our nation's gun laws.

Congress should pass legislation incentivizing more states to pass these life saving laws and providing funds for implementation and education.

I urge Congress to find that courage, to show leadership on this life-and-death issue, and to act, now.

Bipartisan legislation has already been introduced this Congress to do just that, and I call on Congress to take this commonsense step forward.

Congress should immediately re-institute the assault weapons ban.

Instead, whether intentionally or not, the gun control proposals in H.R. 8 could turn law abiding citizens into criminals while also failing to achieve the stated purpose of reducing gun violence.

I urge you to expand Brady background checks by voting for H.R. 8, legislation requiring background checks for virtually every gun transaction.

Ninety percent of federal background checks take only a few minutes, but in thousands of cases three days is not enough time to complete a check.

Congress must take immediate action to repeal PLCAA.

Based on similar gun control measures in states like California, H.R. 8 would not deter a criminal from engaging in criminal activity, and it won't decrease gun crime.