Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to once again call for urgent action to address the epidemic of gun violence in our Nation. What is wrong with us as a people who we are increasingly here in this well mourning needless gun deaths, yet we can't move in this body any commonsense, wildly popular policies to keep our children and our communities safe? How many more shootings will we have to endure? How many more lives will have to be lost before Congress--let me be specific here--before my Republican colleagues will do anything to help take care of our kids and our communities? We have put to this Congress legislation to require universal background checks, ban assault weapons, get ghost guns off our streets, and store firearms safely. Yet, not one of my Republican colleagues can find the will or the courage to support any of this lifesaving legislation. For goodness' sake, these bills are law-and-order legislation. Every day, more than 100 people die from gun violence in this country. In the first 6 months of this year alone, more than 23,000 people have lost their lives needlessly to gun violence in the United States. I represent Highland Park, Illinois, which is still reeling from a mass shooting last July Fourth when seven people were murdered and more than 40 grievously wounded. Last year, that was the 308th mass shooting in the country. This year, we have already had more than 390 mass shootings. These deaths impact us all. The trauma resonates throughout our society.…”