Political Quotes

“I wish I could end this exchange on a hopeful note. I have come here so many times wishing that an exchange like this one could lead to progress. And we have offered again and again and again--the Senator from Connecticut on background checks, myself on red flag or emergency risk orders, on Ethan's Law with safe storage, on a myriad of proposals--to sit down with our colleagues and engage in the kind of constructive and positive dialogue that Senator Grassley has suggested, and they have yielded nothing. And the reason they have yielded nothing is essentially that, unfortunately, our Republican colleagues remain in the grip of a lobby--the gun lobby-- which is waning in its impact across the country but still maintains its grip in this Chamber. That is the grip we need to break. That is the grip that will be broken through the democratic process if the American people have their way. And the American people are changing in their view. In fact, there is now a political movement. It is composed of the young people--March for Our Lives--who suffered in Parkland, FL, when they saw the same kind of shooting and suffered the same kind of trauma that those students did in Oakland County, MI. And again and again and again, this tragedy has been repeated in schools across our country. We are here again with grief and sorrow for the lives taken by gun violence--needlessly and violently. Four young people--Madisyn Baldwin, 17; Justin Shilling, 17; Hana St.…”