I thank the Senator for bringing up this bogeyman issue that continues to come up about due process. Let's first be clear that there is a double standard here. There is not a single Member of the Republican majority who decries the lack of…

I thank the Senator from Maine, especially because, as he mentioned in his previous comments, he sits on the Intelligence Committee and so he is, frankly, privy to information he likely cannot state on the floor but is directly on point…

This may sound strange, but you look to Justice Scalia for that balance. He writes in the majority opinion in Heller, a decision that a lot of our friends disagree with, that the Second Amendment right is not an unlimited right, just like…

I thank the Senator from Oregon for his passion on both of these topics and for laying out the challenge for us, which is to move forward on these consensus proposals to close the terrorist loophole, to expand the number of sales that are…

I thank the Senator from Pennsylvania for his comments and the question. Of course, the answer is that there is absolutely no risk involved in the votes that we are hopeful to bring forward in the Senate. Why? Because these are…

The name Dabiq itself, which is the name of the publication this organization--that ISIS sends to the rest of the world is rooted in a spot that is representative to this terrorist group of the historic clash between East and West. So the…

I would say in yielding to Senator Durbin for a question, just personally, it has meant so much to me to have Senator Durbin on the floor for almost the entirety of the now 13-plus hours. He is frankly a hero to those of us who showed up…

I thank the Senator from Illinois. I thank him for setting an example of how to speak truth to power in this body. We have talked over the course of this afternoon about the influence of special interests and how they have affected this…

I thank the Senator. This is an important start, but it is not sufficient. What is unacceptable is to do nothing. What would have been unacceptable is to spend this entire week on legislative business that was irrelevant to the epidemic of…

I thank Senator Blumenthal for the final question. Let me reiterate my thanks to everyone who has persisted this evening--for all of our colleagues who have come down to the floor to join in this exercise, and, again, to all of the staff…

I think that has been the difficulty in finding a compromise. The existing text gives the ability already for anyone who believes they are on the list wrongly to get off that list. That is why I said that we are just as concerned with…

I thank the Senator for guiding us toward that compromise because it has to be there. On this issue, we are speaking the same language. Frankly, on background checks, we tend to speak the same language. We both say--Republicans and…

I think you are exactly right. I think this has become an either/or debate in so many different perspectives. I am so glad we are bringing together this question of how we respond to terrorism and how we protect Americans from the…

Senator Udall was on the floor earlier, and he said somebody called his office earlier today asking why we were debating the Second Amendment today, and of course the answer to that is we are not debating the Second Amendment. There is…

It is correct. It is correct, and that is an important facet of the amendment Senator Feinstein has submitted. But it is also important, as we remarked earlier--perhaps when you were on the floor, Senator King--to understand the scope of…

It will not have any practical effect on the law-abiding gun owners in Maine, and that is whom you and I are talking to. The only effect it would have is upon criminals or felons who are attempting to circumvent our laws and get weapons by…

Thank you, Senator Casey, for that question. I thank you for how you have conducted yourself since the shooting in Sandy Hook. I was remarking to Senator Warner on the same topic, but it was really you and Senator Warner who, in the days…

I thank the Senator for the question. Connecticut is still dealing with this tragedy to this day. Newtown is a community that has not recovered. Connecticut wants us to act not just because they don't understand the inaction of this place…

I say to Senator Booker, there is nobody better than you in making people understand the human consequences of inaction and the potential for human benefit of action, so I am not going to try to compete. Let me give the statistics. Let me…

I thank the Senator. I want to thank Senator Booker and Senator Blumenthal for being here from the very beginning. This has been miraculous in its own regard, not just being able to spend this time with the two of you but to have had the…

It stands to reason that in the wake of this latest attack, we should wake up to the new tactics of our enemy. This is the new tactic of our enemy--to go buy these weapons and to use them against civilians. The genius of what we are…

Had we had in place a ban on individuals who were on the terrorist watch list to buy a weapon, it only would apply to brick-and- mortar stores. Even if Omar Mateen was on one of those lists and even if we passed a law saying that…

It is, I say to Senator Reed. If you think about what we are doing today, the individuals who are contemplating lone-wolf attacks are not building IEDs in their basements any longer. They are going to the store and buying assault weapons…

I think it is tragically instructive, I say to Senator Reed, to think about what happened inside that school in Sandy Hook. There were 20 kids hit, and 20 kids died. These are powerful weapons with the capacity not only to discharge an…

That is the same response we get. I just reflect on one of my earlier responses to Senator Whitehouse, that I have also heard fear in the wake of Sandy Hook from law enforcement about their ability to combat an individual who has staked…