Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague from Connecticut for inviting us here and encouraging us to have this conversation. Many of our colleagues have come from a briefing by three of the top officials in this country who deal with homeland security and law enforcement. One of the questions that was asked deals with the ability of someone who is on a terrorist watch list to be denied the opportunity to fly on an airplane and then whether that same person on a terrorist watch list can be denied the opportunity to buy, for example, an assault weapon. The answer is, I think, shockingly disappointing. A person who is on a terrorist watch list can and will be denied the opportunity to fly on an airplane. That makes sense. But what doesn't make sense is that same person who is denied the ability to fly on an airplane because he or she is on a terrorist watch list can then go into a gun show or a gun store and buy a weapon, including an assault weapon. That just makes no sense to me. That makes no sense to me. I would add maybe two other quick points, if I may, and then I will stop and yield to others, including the Senator from Wisconsin who was kind enough to allow me to say a few words. The number of people who want to leave this country and go to link up with ISIS and be a fighter, that number has dropped and continues to drop dramatically, down to one per month now. In the United States, it is down to one per month.…”