Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I wish to thank my colleagues for their words on this difficult, challenging topic. On this day 2 weeks ago, the Parkland, FL, community ``took 17 bullets to the heart'' as Cameron, a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, so devastatingly put it. Over the past years, the epidemic of gun violence has touched every aspect of American life, from schools and churches to concerts and night clubs and movie theaters, in homes and in the workplace. After each of these tragedies, we say enough is enough, yet time and again Congress fails to take action, and the discussion fades until this deadly cycle once again repeats itself. But we cannot allow this vicious cycle to continue. Like many Americans, I have been inspired and touched by the bravery of the students of Stoneman Douglas and by their determination to create from this tragedy a legacy of positive change. They are looking to us to help ensure that they are the last students who suffer through a mass shooting. They will hold us accountable, as they should. I have been inspired by students like Sam, who said that he doesn't feel safe in his own country and powerfully asked at the White House: ``How did we not stop this after Columbine? After Sandy Hook?'' And Emma, who has been calling out elected officials for the excuses they make for putting the priorities of the gun lobby ahead of the safety and well-being of their constituents. Emma and her classmates rightly have called these excuses BS.…”