It has been a tough hearing, but you have done a really good job at this hearing.

I think the Congress, and particularly this Committee, deserves an explanation, as Senator Sullivan said very correctly.

I thank you again for your service.

The reform of the appeals process is certainly a high priority goal of the Veterans First legislation.

I suggest that he should so that we do not encounter the same situation again.

I want to thank you for your service to our Nation, as well as your wife, Debbie, and your children, Katie and Colin.

I cannot do it in 10 days, but I will try to get it by X, and I will call you back.

I think that is an excellent idea, and as usual, the Chairman's best decisions are made without my being in the room.

Families share in public service, as we all know.

There is no reason, in my view, that any constitutional issue should be raised.

the Department of Justice declining to defend a statute of the United States is a decision of the highest and most profound consequence.

Thank you, Senator Murphy. I want just to pursue some of the questions, the excellent inquiries that have been posed by our colleague from West Virginia and just to say that some folks in America who may be listening or watching or may…

I would be pleased to yield to other colleagues for their questions, but let me just ask the Senator one more quick question. Again, somebody unfamiliar with this topic might be wondering. Convicted felons under law are barred from buying…

I need to follow up with an additional question, and then my colleague from New Jersey is on the floor to ask a question. On the issue of Second Amendment rights, which Senator Murphy has just pointed out so well, that is the law of the…

I thank the Senator for yielding for a question only. I want to ask more specifically about a point he made so well at the very beginning of this conversation; that the fight against gun violence and extremism abroad and at home is not an…

I thank Senator Murphy. I wish to draw out a point he was making by posing another question. There is no one- size-fits-all fix to the problem of hatred and terrorist attacks in this country that involve gun violence. The kind of attack…

I have a question which I will preface with the context of that question. First, I thank him for his leadership. We have worked together as a team on this issue of gun violence prevention and the fight against terrorism abroad and at home…

I thank Senator Murphy. And I join in thanking all of the staff who have worked over this day and into the night and into the next day at great personal sacrifice and at great benefit to the U.S. Senate. I want to thank my colleague…

I will offer it at another time. Thank you. The point is that we can do something about these numbers. We can reduce them, and we can save lives if we adopt commonsense central measures such as are going to be debated specifically and…

And proudly so, along with our colleague from New Jersey standing with you as a team here, joined by so many colleagues. I thank the Senator from Minnesota. I see that Senator Murray of Washington State has joined us. Thank you so much. I…

Thank you to my friend and colleague from Connecticut for yielding for a question and his holding the floor. I want to follow a question that was asked by our colleague from New Jersey. I have heard him speak so eloquently about the people…

We need to be realistic, don't we, I ask Senator Murphy? The President has said we are not going to prevent every death from gun violence. I think we owe the President a great debt of thanks for his leadership and courage and strength for…

I want to thank all of our colleagues who have come today and thank Senator Murphy, my friend and teammate in this cause and in so many other causes, and just bring us back to the issue of why we are here today. Senator Murphy, Senator…

Those points really should be bipartisan. They should attract support from both sides of the aisle. There is nothing Republican or Democratic about any of these points, is there?

Senator Murphy's very eloquent reference to a family we met just a day or so after the loss of their child brings back a memory that always evokes an almost indescribable emotion from me. My heart goes to my throat whenever I think of that…