Political Quotes

“I am here to express my opposition to the Hostettler amendment. To me, this is the most mean-spirited amendment I have ever seen on this floor. It cuts to the chase. It prohibits the Office of Housing and Urban Development from using funds to administer HUD's Community for Safer Guns Coalition. What does the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Hostettler) have against the Communities for Safer Guns Coalition? I cannot figure it out. First the gentleman was against every legislative mandate. The gentleman is against it. Now, we do not have a mandate, what we are saying is we have an agreement between the administration and a company. We did not pass any legislation for the Clinton administration to come to that agreement. This is something the gentleman should support. The gentleman is proactive about it. The Communities for Safer Guns Coalition keeps guns out of the hands of criminals and children. I know the gentleman supports that. How can the gentleman support this amendment? It closes the gun show loophole. I do not know if the gentleman supports that. It cuts down on straw purchasing. The gentleman supports that, do you not? It mandates full background checks for all purchases. I think these are important steps towards making our streets safer. Does it take one gun away from anybody? One of the program's strengths is that it starts in the community and stays in the community.”