Barbara Boxer: “Senator Daschle, on behalf of many Members on this side and on behalf of 750,000 moms and their families, offered a very…”

“Senator Daschle, on behalf of many Members on this side and on behalf of 750,000 moms and their families, offered a very simple amendment to the bill. He offered a simple amendment to a bill commending the Million Mom March and simply asking that the conference committee that is taking up the juvenile justice bill release that bill, bring it back with the five sensible gun laws, and send it to the President for his signature. These five sensible gun laws are to stop the killing, the violence that is happening in our streets, in our cities, in our suburbs and our rural areas, in our schools, even in our churches, even in our Jewish community centers, a simple, straightforward amendment. The majority leader said today he didn't see it coming. What was coming? An amendment, a simple, straightforward amendment. The majority leader acted as if he was hurt to the core that this amendment would be offered. Let me say with great affection to the majority leader, he shut the Senate down for 5 hours yesterday because he didn't want to vote on that simple, straightforward amendment.”