Political Quotes

“Madam President, I had originally, before yesterday, planned to speak today at length about the fact that in 36 days children across the country are going to lose healthy meals they have been getting in the summer, as well as meals during the school year, and schools are going to be put in a very difficult situation--up to one-third of the schools may not be able to offer school meals at all. So that was my intent in coming to the floor, but after what happened, the horrible situation in Texas, 19 more children, a teacher, a grandma dying, now I wonder if it is how many more kids will be killed in the next 36 days. We don't have to live like this. We don't have to live like this where we are begging for 8 more Republicans to join us, 52 of us, who want to make sure kids get healthy meals. We don't have to live like that, and we don't have to live in a situation where parents are afraid--where people are afraid to go to their place of worship or they are afraid to go to the grocery store, where they are afraid to just live because of some random shooting by somebody who got a hold of a-- of a gun, a military assault weapon or didn't have to go through a background check and went to a gun show or whatever it is, whatever it is that is causing the carnage in our country related to guns and mass shootings. It is not happening in other countries--it is not happening in other countries, and they have as many challenges as we do.…”