Political Quotes

“I thank my colleagues for their indulgence this evening and those of you who help us keep this floor open. I will make some longer remarks later this evening, but while we have a short break on the floor and await Senator Brown, I want to say a word of appreciation to all of my colleagues who have decided to join us this evening on the floor. This is my first appearance here to talk about the imperative of changing the Nation's gun laws, recognizing that this number--100 Americans killed by guns every single day--is not inevitable. Almost every single one of these murders and suicides and accidental shootings is preventable if we make different choices here on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Our purpose tonight is to try to bring some consistency of effort to a case that we have been making for a very long time. So I will be back here later this evening to walk through the case, as far as I see it, for universal background checks in particular but also for a host of other measures that are broadly popular amongst the American public. One point I will make right now is that this issue is really unique in American politics today. It is not a controversial issue out in America. It is only controversial here inside the political process. In fact, there are very few matters in public life today that are, frankly, more controversial than this issue.…”