I give credit to Senators Booker and Blumenthal, who have also been here. I think Senator Booker has been physically standing for the exact same amount of time that I have been standing as well. Hopefully, we are answering that question…

when I go to bed at night, I lock the front and the back doors. It doesn't do much good to lock only the back door and leave the front door open or vice versa. That is what we are proposing. If we believe in a commitment to stop…

I appreciate the Senator talking about what a limited ask we are making here. Let's talk about the scope of the limitation on gun ownership. We are asking that those people who are on a terrorist watch list and on a no-fly list be added to…

I thank the Senator for the question. It is simple. We are asking for the two sides of the aisle here to come together and bring us votes on a bill that would prevent individuals who are on the terrorist watch list--the no-fly list--from…

I thank the Senator for this clarification. I, in fact, don't think there is anything about this debate that we are having that, as they would describe it, is a debate about the Second Amendment. There is no dispute that the Second…

I thank the Senator for the time she has taken to talk about each of these beautiful individuals--these young men and women who went to a dance club to celebrate their lives and their friends and Pride Month and who will never, ever walk…

I thank the Senator for her question. I think about the survivors. I think about the parents of those who were lost in Newtown, and I think about the additional layer of grief we intentionally place upon their shoulders by our inaction…

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…

I thank the Senator for the question and for specifically referring to the GAO report. Over 10 years, 91 percent of people who were on the terrorist watch list who tried to buy a gun was successful in buying a gun--9 out of 10 times. The…

I am familiar with that report. Mr. President, I yield to the Senator for another question.

reclaiming the floor, I thank the Senator for his comments. We are here for the explicit purpose of trying to bring this body together in a way that can advance both of these issues--stopping terrorists from being able to buy guns and them…

I thank Senator Leahy for being such an amazing champion and the author of many of the underlying protections that we are talking about expanding and making more effective today. He is an absolute giant on the issue of protecting Americans…

I thank the Senator for the question. We have given law enforcement new tools to find people who are contemplating political violence against American citizens; yet there is this gap in which law enforcement has information about an…

through the Chair, I am. I yield to the Senator for another question.

I thank my friend for coming to the floor and asking these questions and making these important points. Yes, this would make a difference. It would make a difference because we know every month there are people on the terrorist watch list…

through the Chair, that is exactly right. Let's make a start. I guess what is so offensive to the people Senator Blumenthal and I represent, especially in Connecticut, is that we have done absolutely nothing; that in the face of mass…

I thank my friend. Let me put it to the body this way, through the Chair. This is also about sending a message to everyone in this country that we are serious about taking on this epidemic of gun violence, whether it is a terrorist attack…

I thank the Senator for that question. That is why it is so important to link those two pieces together. If you really want to protect this country from terrorist attacks by a firearm--as I stated before, that is the weapon of choice for…

first, I extend my thanks to Chairman Shelby and Ranking Member Mikulski for putting together a truly bipartisan bill. I am honored to be a member of the Appropriations Committee and honored to support this bipartisan compromise. This was…

I do agree with the Senator. We are both members of New England States. We are both members of States where people enjoy hunting. I run into very few hunters who believe they need an AR-15-style weapon in order to enjoy their pastime.

I say through the Chair to the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee that of course it would make a difference. What the Manchin-Toomey bill has always contemplated is that sales that were advertised would be covered by background…

through the Chair, I thank my colleague for the question. From the layman's perspective, they don't seem like they are different weapons. They are both incredibly powerful weapons. They are both derivatives of weapons that were intended to…

I think that last phrase is the most important. They are bipartisan in every single way. We have had bipartisan support for these proposals on the floor of the Senate. But, frankly, more importantly, in Indiana and Connecticut there is…

I thank the Senator for continuing to focus us on why we are here. Frankly, we are not here just to talk; we are here to bring some resolution to this debate and to move on to consideration of the CJS appropriations bill. We are asking for…

I cannot tell you how happy we are, and you heard from others this morning.