I think you are exactly right. I think this has become an either/or debate in so many different perspectives. I am so glad we are bringing together this question of how we respond to terrorism and how we protect Americans from the…

I thank the Senator for guiding us toward that compromise because it has to be there. On this issue, we are speaking the same language. Frankly, on background checks, we tend to speak the same language. We both say--Republicans and…

I think that has been the difficulty in finding a compromise. The existing text gives the ability already for anyone who believes they are on the list wrongly to get off that list. That is why I said that we are just as concerned with…

I think that last phrase is the most important. They are bipartisan in every single way. We have had bipartisan support for these proposals on the floor of the Senate. But, frankly, more importantly, in Indiana and Connecticut there is…

It is a political issue here; it is not a political issue anywhere else. The Senator talked about, I think, a very apt description of our underestimation of the common sense of the American people. I also think we underestimate our ability…

I thank the Senator for continuing to focus us on why we are here. Frankly, we are not here just to talk; we are here to bring some resolution to this debate and to move on to consideration of the CJS appropriations bill. We are asking for…

Senator Durbin, let me read to you the transcript of a video from one of Al Qaeda's most important operatives, an American by the name of Adam Gadahn. He is deceased now, but here is what he said in a video that he sent to potential…

I thank the Senator for his question. That is exactly why we are here. Let me reiterate the supposition, the premise of his question. Senator Booker, Senator Blumenthal, and I--and I know you share this view as well--just couldn't come…

Mr. President, I give credit to Senators Booker and Blumenthal, who have also been here. I think Senator Booker has been physically standing for the exact same amount of time that I have been standing as well. Hopefully, we are answering…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator for his question. I will just remind him and others that this concept of the Second Amendment that my friend has offered is embedded in the Heller decision. The Heller decision itself--and Senator King…

Mr. President, I thank my colleague from New York, and through the Chair, I yield for a question from the Senator from Minnesota without losing my right to the floor.

It shows, I say to Senator Klobuchar, that we are intentionally putting our constituents in danger, that we have data which tells us that when people on the terrorist watch list are walking into gun stores, they are getting approved at a…