Political Quotes

“We need to act. We need to act to save lives as 100,000 Americans have died in the last 3\1/2\ years since Sandy Hook--since 6- and 7-year-olds were killed in my district. What has this House done? Nothing but hold moments of silence. Do any of my colleagues on either side of the aisle think that moments of silence are responsive to the needs of 100,000 American families who have lost loved ones in the last 3\1/2\ years? There is no other crisis we wouldn't be responding to. That is why that sense of frustration and urgency is what caused 150 or more of my colleagues to come to the floor 2 weeks ago to demand that we vote on two commonsense, bipartisan bills. These are bipartisan, and they will save lives. Background checks on all commercial sales work. They have stopped over 2 million felons and domestic violence abusers from buying weapons in the last 20 years. Those are all lives that are potentially saved; so they actually work. We also have bipartisan no fly, no buy legislation. The no fly, no buy legislation would also help keep guns out of the hands of terrorists. With all due deference to other legislative matters, 100,000 American families have borne the ultimate loss of their loved ones while this body has failed to act. The time to act is now. We should call up these two bills and vote on them this week. We will continue to push these bills. {time} 1530”