Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his great leadership. Mr. Speaker, each year, more children die from gun violence than any other cause--cancer, auto accidents, or any other cause. Our Nation has watched in unspeakable horror as assault weapons have been used in massacre after massacre in communities across the country. Disturbingly, so many of these mass shootings have targeted our precious children in their schools, at the movies, at the malls, and throughout our communities. That is why I rise today in strong support of reinstating the Assault Weapons Ban Act, a long overdue step to get deadly weapons off our streets. {time} 1600 Make no mistake, we know that an assault weapon ban can work because it has worked before. For 10 years--from 1994 to 2004--our families were protected by a strong assault weapons ban strongly championed in the Senate by then-Senator, now-President Joe Biden. Chuck Schumer led the way over here; Dianne Feinstein in the Senate. I was a relatively new Member of Congress who was whipping for this legislation. It made us all very proud. More importantly, it saved many lives. During that time, we witnessed gun crime with assault weapons drop by up to 40 percent. Let me repeat, gun violence with assault weapons reduced by 40 percent. Meanwhile, since the ban expired, the number of mass shooting deaths has grown by nearly 500 percent.…”