Political Quotes

“Madam President, 8 years ago this morning, I was in Bridgeport, CT. I had done an event early that morning with the mayor, and I was due to meet my wife and my two children--then 4 years old and 1--on a train platform in Bridgeport to head down to New York City, to spend the rest of that Friday afternoon with my young kids, their first chance to see the Christmas decorations of the city. I received a phone call while on the train platform telling me that something had happened in Sandy Hook, CT. Sandy Hook is a section of Newtown, CT. I debated whether or not to still go down to New York, but as the news started to become more clear, I got in the car and headed up to the firehouse just down a short road from Sandy Hook Elementary School, where an emergency response effort was gathering. It was there that 20 parents found out what had happened inside that school, as the rest of the world was finding out that same gruesome news. That was 8 years ago today--mark today--that tragic anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Since that day, I have gotten to know those families--the mothers and the fathers of the children who were killed, the daughters, the siblings of educators who were killed. There were six educators inside Sandy Hook Elementary School who lost their lives that day--heroes all. There were 20 children.…”