"That was an important first step in reasserting Congress' role as a check against President Trump's unlimited appetite for power."
"That the President doesn't follow. But have there been discussions about pardons for those individuals that you are aware of, yes or no?"
"Even though last night at the State of the Union, you did not hear one single word from the President about gun violence."
"I am very passionate about, which is, having a ban on assault weapons."
"Australia enacted a comprehensive buyback on assault weapons. It was about 650,000 assault weapons."
"Maybe it is because the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas could articulate what the beautiful babies at Sandy Hook could not."
"I learned as a prosecutor that when a round flies out of an assault weapon, oftentimes, because of the pistol grip you can indiscriminately spray a crowd."
"I fear every day as they are out on the beat, that they are out gunned."
"If that is your standard, then we should just all go home and never strive to do anything to make us safer in our communities."
"Thank you to Mike Thompson, my colleague, who has continued to believe that we can do better and that we can start with background checks."
"After six years, from Sandy Hook to Pulse to Charleston and all the cities we have come to learn, we saw moments of silence followed by moments of inaction."