On the recordJune 15, 2016
I thank the Senator for her question. I think about the survivors. I think about the parents of those who were lost in Newtown, and I think about the additional layer of grief we intentionally place upon their shoulders by our inaction. There is some solace--a small measure of solace--in knowing that the people for whom you voted to run your country care so deeply about your dead child that they are going to do something about it, but there is a next level of grief when you realize they don't actually care enough to even have a debate to protect other children like them. This is our choice, I say to Senator Shaheen. And my friend is very articulate in her challenge to us. I hope we respond to it. Mr. President, I yield to the Senator from New York for a question without losing my right to the floor.
