Political Quotes

“it is very hard for me to vote for something that has so many loopholes in it. Maybe during the time in the well the Senator from Idaho can convince me of this, but basically you can't use evidence as evidence. That is what the words say. Here it is: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, evidence regarding compliance or noncompliance with the amendments made by this section shall not be admissible as evidence. So you can't use evidence as evidence. I don't know--this is confusing. I just say to my friends and colleagues, there is only one reason we have taken so much time on this. I was wondering what was going on here, because I came to the floor very early this morning and said let's vote up or down to require that child safety locks be put on handguns, because 5,000 kids are dying in America in a year and no kids are dying in Japan of gunshots. As you look at this chart, you can see that. This is a figleaf, a cover. I don't think it does anything.”