I really do believe that we are at a moment, a historic moment, when a big deal_and immigration reform is a big deal--would be accepted by the public, and I think would be inspirin...
Reasonable regulation are consistent and, in fact, the genius of our Constitution.
I think many of us on this Committee are aware, but maybe not most Americans, that you often know that a crime has been ...
And nobody has ever suggested that a criminal, a convicted felon or a fugitive or a drug addict or someone seriously men...
It is essentially dead letter.
I call on the NRA, Wayne LaPierre, to repudiate and reject it.
I am very concerned, as my colleagues have said, about the effect on our defense industrial base.
My strong belief is that we ought to do everything possible to enable more effective prosecutions under existing laws.
There is a tension between those constitutional rights.
None of them is absolute.
This decision is a tremendous setback for an effort that really has been ongoing for years, if not decades.