Political Quotes

“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 that question right now. Let me just give the evidence of what is happening in social media today. This filibuster has been the No. 1 trending topic on Twitter all day long. So there is nothing that is being discussed more on the most popular social media application in the country than our effort to bring light to this epidemic of tragedy that exists in our cities every day. The Senator from Ohio probably doesn't know this, but last year there was a mass shooting, on average, more than once a day. If you categorize a mass shooting as four or more people being shot at any one time, there were mass shootings in Cleveland, Baltimore, New Orleans, Bridgeport, and Chicago on a regular basis. I hope this effort is not just in the service of trying to bring a vote and a debate to the floor on these two measures but on opening of this country's eyes to the epidemic of gun violence that exists. Second, I think we need to do more of what Senator Baldwin did tonight. We need to come to the floor and go out in our communities and tell the stories of who these victims are. We need to tell the story of who these young 17- and 18-year-olds are who died in your cities and my cities. We need to tell the stories of their moms and dads who were left behind.…”