Political Quotes

“I will say this to the Senator from Idaho: It is hard for me to imagine, to believe that you believe that a lawsuit brought by that police officer or his family for being shot in the line of duty is a junk lawsuit as you have characterized these over and over again. The Senator from Idaho should join me in the city of Chicago where I have visited officers of that police force shot in the line of duty who are quadriplegic for the rest of their lives because a gang banger shot them in the line of duty. And you tell that officer and his family--the Senator from Idaho should tell that officer and his family--that if they are going to seek redress from a gun dealer who sold those guns to the gang bangers, that that lawsuit for that officer and his family is a junk lawsuit--a junk lawsuit. Please. How in the world can we in the Senate stand here and pronounce our admiration and respect for the men and women in uniform who protect us every single day, and then when they are stricken in the line of duty, when they are shot defending us, tell them when they want to go against the gun dealers who put these junk guns on the street, these Saturday night specials through straw purchasers and gun traffickers, that that lawsuit brought by that officer and his family is a junk lawsuit that you want to stop with this legislation? That troubles me.…”