Political Quotes

“Madam President, I think we are all very touched and moved by Senator Fischer's remarks and the thoughts of the entire body go out to Sergeant Hansen's family and those he left behind. I am on the floor today with no better news. We all woke up just days ago to the news of another mass shooting, this time in Kalamazoo. Saturday, another community was changed forever by gun violence. We live it every day in Connecticut, still mourning 20 dead first-graders and 6 teachers who protected them. In this case, the alleged killer used a semiautomatic handgun to kill six people and injure at least two others across three incidents between about 6 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. That Saturday night the shooter first shot a woman several times, leaving her seriously wounded. Then, next to a car dealership, he gunned down a father and son. Later, he approached two cars that were parked outside a neighboring Cracker Barrel restaurant. He opened fire there and killed four. I have been coming down to the floor now for almost 3 years telling the stories of victims of gun violence. I am going to talk about six today. Unfortunately, the statistics tell us there are 86 every single day killed by guns--2,600 a month and 31,000 a year. The vast minority of them are due to mass shootings.…”