Political Quotes

“I think that is a very important point, and I thank the Senator for making it. Let's be honest. The American people support the proposal that is in the underlying Feinstein legislation. The American people support the underlying legislation that is incumbent in Manchin- Toomey. So, yes, we want to be able to find common ground, but that common ground can't result in loopholes that are big enough to drive a truck through, allowing terrorists or those on the terrorist watch list to get guns. This idea that you can give law enforcement 72 hours to go to court to stop somebody from obtaining a gun is ridiculous. There are not enough resources in our system of law enforcement and our judicial system to track every single terrorist who is buying guns and bring every single one of those sales to court. Secondly, the legislation I have seen would only give 72 hours to do that, which would leave thousands of these sales to go through without prohibition. No, we can find common ground here, but let's remember, the American public by big numbers already supports the proposals that have been put before this body and have failed previously.”