Political Quotes

“Madam President, today, yet another American community is in shock and grief after yet another American mass shooting. This morning, a shooter entered the Covenant School in Nashville, TN, reportedly armed with two assault rifles and a handgun. This is an elementary school for students in preschool through the sixth grade. The children are as young as 3 and 4 years old. Upon entering the school, the shooter opened fire, killing at least three staff members and three students. I cannot begin to imagine what the families and school community are feeling at this moment. We send our prayers and condolences, and we are certainly grateful to the first responders who were dispatched to the school within minutes and ran toward the sound of gunfire. But, once again, thoughts and prayers are not enough. These mass shootings, especially targeting little children, are happening with sickening regularity in this Nation. This could be the 129th mass shooting since this year, 2023, began--129 mass shootings in America, and we are fewer than 90 days into this calendar year. That is more than one mass shooting a day. What is a mass shooting? Four victims either shot or killed in an incident. Last year, Congress took some important steps on gun safety reform with the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization. The Judiciary Committee that I serve on has done a lot of work on those measures, and I am happy to support both of them.…”