"I am so concerned about this Administration's plan to change our firearms export licensing system."
"We ought not to put forward policies that will in any way export that very pernicious problem we have in America to other countries around the world and bring less stability and more unrest to places ..."
"If we are selling small arms to Canada, it is one thing. If we are selling small arms to Honduras, it might be another thing."
"I urge this committee to consider a markup of my legislation, the Prevent Crime and Terrorism Act."
"When we choose to export these weapons, we want to make sure that they are going to legitimate allies."
"This committee would lose the ability to object to sales that raise national security or human rights concerns."
"the purpose of this hearing is not because it is the Trump Administration proposing the rule change."
"If I could just comment on the ranking member's observation, that last observation."
"If Commerce is making the final decision on firearm exports, I worry that they will do what is best for firearm manufacturers."
"I do think many of us are uncomfortable and disagree with the premise that we should pull out of NATO and even that rhetoric, I think, is very dangerous and sends the wrong signal to our friends and a..."
"I urge my colleagues in the Senate to take this act up and send it to the President and I would urge the President to sign this because that is the message of this body."