Political Quotes

“I have a question for the Senator from Connecticut, and it is, Is this vote as simple as it appears? We are all moms and dads--all of us in the Senate and the Gallery-- many of us, all of us, and these 49 beloved people in Orlando all had moms and dads who today are absolutely crushed. The unthinkable has occurred, the same as at Virginia Tech, in my colleague's State, the same as at Charleston, the same as the little children from Newtown, CT, in the home State of my two colleagues here. As I said, every one of these is a precious child. Is there any mom or dad anywhere on this floor or in our Senate who, when you look at this, wouldn't say: We can avoid this, these tragedies, by saying someone on the terrorist threat list shouldn't be able to buy a gun or that we expand background checks to online sales or gun shows so they are just the same as if you buy them at the local store in town? These two bipartisan proposals are what we are talking about. My question is, Are these as simple as they appear? And why on earth not only would any mom or dad be against them but anyone on the Senate floor?”