Political Quotes

“Thank you so much, Congressman Thompson, for organizing this Special Order and for your incredible leadership on these important issues that the country deserves to have a voice and deserves to have a vote. And I wanted to thank Congressman Cummings and Congresswoman Maloney for your important leadership on this very important issue that is truly a remarkable hole in the law that I think most people had no idea. These are the holes that we saw yesterday, because the holes in the law are allowing holes in the hearts of the families of America. Holes like this, shot with assault weapons, to brave firefighters who were responding to a fire on Christmas Eve, that's what this really means. This is a 19-year-old young man following in his family's footsteps and his lifelong dream to be a firefighter and instead was met with this, and that ended his life--a man who never should have had those guns. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of welcoming to Washington Team 26, a group of 26 cyclists from the town of Newtown, Connecticut, in my district, who rode to Washington in support of commonsense legislation to reduce and prevent gun violence. The Sandy Hook ride to Washington was a successful event. It was also emblematic of what we're seeing across the country in the wake of the tragedy in Newtown. Americans have been touched by the strength and love of the families and the people in Newtown in a way we have not seen in this country before.…”