One of the most effective and important elements of existing Federal law is a provision that prohibits people with domestic violence misdemeanor as well as felony convictions from owning a weapon.

I defend the Second Amendment. And I want to see that upheld and regulated, and it has not been.

the Select Committee on Intelligence has adopted rules governing its procedures for the 113th Congress. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 2, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, on behalf of myself and Senator Saxby Chambliss, I ask…

I just cannot believe that that could happen. Those weapons were used on the battlefields of Vietnam.

Unfortunately, that law had a 10-year sunset, and Congress failed to renew it when it expired in 2004.

I believe that the American people are for, as a matter of public policy, saying that weapons designed for war do not belong on the streets of our cities.

With a little bit of help from the people of America, we might even be able to pass that.

That horrific event shocked our Nation to its roots, and the pictures of these little victims brought tears to the eyes of millions of Americans.

The need for a Federal ban has never been greater.

We are holding today's hearing because the massacre in Newtown was, sadly, not an anomaly.

I feel these so-called assault weapons that have certain characteristics should fall in that category and be banned.

It is not time for feel-good legislation so you can say you did something, but it is time for a true discussion on the culture of violence and how to prevent more violent crime.

Senator, you had one question?

I have joined with many of my colleagues... to introduce legislation to prohibit the sale, transfer, manufacture, and importation of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

Since the ban expired, over 350 people have been killed with assault weapons.

I rise today to express my support for the nomination of former Senator Chuck Hagel to be our next Secretary of Defense. He is eminently qualified for the position and possesses an exemplary record of service to this country. I strongly…

I would argue that the law is fundamentally broken when almost no one gets prosecuted.

I also wish to recognize and pay tribute to Mr. John D. Bennett, the Director of the National Clandestine Service, NCS, of the Central Intelligence Agency, who will retire from the CIA, for the second time, on February 28, 2013. Mr…

today I wish to recognize the dedicated career and service to the Congress and the Nation of Louise Christine ``Chris'' Healey, who is retiring at the end of this week after nearly 30 years of work for the legislative branch. I am pleased…

I happen to believe, next to a major war, economically, it is the worst thing that could happen for this country, and we should end it.

It is a bad, bad phenomenon, and it ought to end before it really catches hold of America and does a great deal of damage.

The way the Department implements sequestration, therefore, has a major impact on our intelligence capabilities.

I find it really beginning to happen in California.

we will lose 2 million jobs, 1 million on the defense side and 1 million on the domestic side of the budget, if we don't deal with this.

California will lose the most jobs by far of any State.