"We are paying for these weapons of war in our streets, by the blood of our children who are sitting in our schools."
"I can assure you, there`ll be far more numbers of people that go to the polls this fall. And this will be a policy for them that they will go to the polls on, because we have a public health crisis he..."
"I know that prayers -- thoughts and prayers are not enough, I know that they are not enough."
"people's lives are literally depending on these policies."
"we cannot be the only nation where one party sits on its hands, as children are forced to cover their faces in fear."
"As I have told this committee before, and as I have told the American people before, I sadly know these parents in Uvalde. I know how they feel."
"We, we the adults in this country allowed our children to be slaughtered because some of our colleagues in the United States Capitol... were too afraid to stand up to the NRA."
"We lost 19 young children on Tuesday. 19 young babies, children with goals, children with hope, children with futures."
"We just cannot afford these shootings to circulate in and out of our national dialogue, only to be forgotten before the next tragedy."
"we have to continue to make sure that we do and everything that we can to take, you know, immediate action, and just vote on measures to protect our communities and children."
"I will do everything in my power as many of my colleagues to make sure that no one suffers unnecessarily, because this is just horrific, it is a public health crisis, and it must be dealt with."