"We have to deal with this now."
"Ebola money is actually committed, that it is not a pot of money we can turn to and move around."
"We also had a shooting at Columbia Mall. We all have shootings. That is what is so terrible."
"We from Maryland, we from Baltimore particularly thank the Justice Department for all of their help during our recent challenges in Baltimore related to the uprising we had over one young man's death,..."
"Do you feel that this rise in gun violence--not to interrupt--is related to the growing heroin epidemic?"
"What can we do in just plain English to keep guns out of the hands of the criminals?"
"We look forward to really moving on this agenda to resource the agencies to enforce the laws we have on the books and to find common ground on the President's executive orders."
"It is a crime, a shame that Americans literally in their going to church to worship, going to see movies, going to college classrooms, going to elementary school have been victims of gun violence."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and I congratulate you on holding a hearing so quickly in the opening session and taking up the topic or the issue of guns and their excessive availability in our so..."
"I have several Maryland constituents that we scheduled to meet on the issue of hate crimes, for which they have been targeted."
"I want to thank you for your continuing progress on holding hearings on the issue of mental health."