I agree with you, and I have agreed to cosponsor legislation to this affect.

I am grateful that our Vice President, Joe Biden, has led, I think, a very broad and searching conversation.

Public safety, police, we are ready, we are unified on this issue that a universal background check will make our society a safer place, will make my police officers safer. It is absolutely essential.

I greatly appreciate the opportunity to work with the Senator from Florida on this legislation and other legislation we are focused on about how to create jobs and how to drive our economy forward. I am grateful for the leadership of…

I join the Senator from Florida in thanking and recognizing the junior Senator from Florida, Mr. Rubio, for his great work on the issues of job creation and innovation through Startup 2.0 and other bills we have worked on together but also…

We certainly need to have a universal background check.

Thank you for convening this important hearing.

we are no longer in an election year, which makes this the perfect time for this Congress to take action on real and meaningful election reform. Regardless of which candidates we voted for last November, we can all agree that in the…

Today, as we begin the 113th Congress, there are 83 vacancies in our judiciary.

And a reminder to those of us who serve in Congress to draw what lines we draw with precision and clarity.

This hearing is an important step in the process of filling some of these many vacancies.

I will not engage everyone on it now, but I would certainly be interested in following up with you on that.