Political Quotes

“I wish to thank and join my friend and colleague from Minnesota Senator Klobuchar in her remarks about Todd Jones. He is one of two very distinguished law enforcement nominees who will come before this body for confirmation in the coming days. I wish to join my friend in enthusiastically praising Acting Director Jones for his perseverance and courage in the past months, indeed years, he has served in this critical position. When we recently went through the debate on sensible commonsense gun violence measures--which, unfortunately, did not pass this body--we often heard about the need for more prosecutions, more effective investigation and pursuit of cases against lawbreakers involving guns. Todd Jones is committed to that task. I believe--with many others--that there needs to be more prosecutions and more effective enforcement of these laws. ATF needs more resources to do those prosecutions and it needs more leadership, which Todd Jones can provide if he is confirmed and given the mandate from the Senate that he needs and the agency deserves to do its work more effectively. In just a few minutes, we will hear from my great friend and colleague from Connecticut about the continuing scourge of gun violence and how it continues to take a toll in the absence of effective measures from the Congress. I join my colleague in urging that this body fulfill its obligation, mandate, and responsibility from the American people to do more and do it more effectively.…”