Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator for the time she has taken to talk about each of these beautiful individuals--these young men and women who went to a dance club to celebrate their lives and their friends and Pride Month and who will never, ever walk the face of this Earth again, and their friends and families will never get to celebrate these individuals' lives. It is a reminder, as you talk about who these people are individually, as much as we talk about statistics--the 30,000 who have died--that this is about lives. You could tell the story, for each one of them, of 20 other people whose lives will never be the same because of this tragedy. You could put nearly two of those charts up every single day, and that is what is so scary. We are fixated on this tragedy because it is unique and horrific, but we could put up that chart every day, and it is important to tell their stories--to tell who they were--because hopefully that is part of the imperative for us to act. Senator Udall has been patient and on the floor, and I know there are others who are waiting to speak. So let me yield for a question to Senator Udall, who has been a great friend on this issue, without losing my right to the floor.”