Political Quotes

“As disappointed as I have been about the senseless delays that have prevented this Congress from sending to the President's desk reasonable and moderate gun safety measures, I am pleased that we are finally ready to appoint conferees. On August 16, in just a few weeks, the children who attended Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, will be returning to school. It has been over 3 months since the tragedy in Columbine occurred. But because of the delaying tactics by the National Rifle Association and its allies, we have only 1 week to settle the gun safety issues before we adjourn for the summer recess. We should not delay longer. How can we do nothing when 13 children are killed as a result of gun violence in this Nation every single day? Nine people were shot to death in Atlanta, Georgia, yesterday, and 12 were wounded. We do not know all the facts, but this was clearly a disturbed man who should not own a gun. We need a comprehensive system of background checks to keep this kind of person from buying a gun. We need to plug the loopholes. We still have time to make this back-to-school season free from worries about gun violence for our Nation's children and their parents. Kids should not have unsupervised access to guns.”