Political Quotes

“Thank you, Senator Cornyn, for the work you are doing and working with Senator Murphy and so many other Senators. You and I have done so many bills together, including the historic Save Our Stages bill, which made such a difference. And I am very pleased that we are finally advancing gun safety legislation. And a lot of these provisions are things that we have been working across the aisle on for many years, the boyfriend loophole--something that I introduced in 2013, 10 years ago--to close the boyfriend loophole. That is a part of this negotiation, part of the framework. We have so many women killed, 1 every 14 hours, from domestic partners--1 every 14 hours from domestic partners--with guns in this country. And, sadly, half of those involve dating partners, people who aren't married to someone, but they are in a romantic relationship with them in some way. And the way the law works in all but 19 States where it is fully closed, in many of these States, you get convicted of domestic abuse, and you can still go out and buy a gun the next day. So I am really pleased that we are moving forward on this provision. This isn't the first time we have heard the call to action from America when it comes to guns.…”