Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator for his passionate words and advocacy on this issue. I refer the Senator to a conversation Senator Manchin and I had earlier today when we talked about the gun culture in West Virginia and how Senator Manchin hasn't run into anyone who was passionate about gun ownership who believes that people on the terrorist watch list should be able to buy guns and believes that terrorists should be able to buy guns. The Senator from West Virginia argued passionately for the notion that my friend has proffered that there is no choice to be made between upholding the Second Amendment and protecting our citizens from attack. Justice Scalia himself said in a very controversial decision that not everyone agrees with that the Second Amendment is not absolute; that the Second Amendment, even in the minds of those who hold that it has a private right of gun ownership inherent in it, believe that all the things we are talking about--denying terrorists from getting guns, keeping dangerous assault weapons off the streets, recognizing that there is no place in civilized society for 100-round drums of with ammunition--all of those restrictions are wholly in keeping with the Second Amendment. Mr. President, I yield to the Senator from New Hampshire for a question without losing my right to the floor.”