Political Quotes

“I thank Representative Garamendi for his consistent, persistent leadership in these Special Orders to put forth issues of concern to the American people. Right now, we are talking about saving lives. We are talking about responsible background checks on gun purchases as well no fly, no buy. If you are on the terrorist list, if you can't fly, then you shouldn't be able to buy a gun. What is so difficult about that for our Republican majority to understand? Actually, on the background check legislation, we are talking about expanding the background check bill that already exists to include Internet sales, something relatively new--not new compared to when we passed the bill in the middle nineties--and we are talking about gun shows. This would save lives to have background checks on everyone who is there to purchase a gun. Eighty-five percent of the American people support responsible legislation for background checks, which is what we are proposing, and 90 percent support no fly, no buy. The only place where there is an obstacle to this reasonable commonsense legislation is on the floor of the House of Representatives. I am so proud of our Members led by John Lewis 2 weeks ago, tomorrow, who led the sit-in on the floor of the House. It was remarkable, and it generated interest throughout the world--over 2 billion impressions from what went out from the floor of this House--something remarkable, something appropriate for the people's House.…”