Political Quotes

“I would like you to take back to your side--and I'll take back to my side--that I know this has been a great leverage issue for the Republican Party. It has been a third rail for the Democratic Party. We were told basically, in so many words, to stay away from it. Look, let's lay our cards on the table. I think that this is something we can agree to come together on common ground and be a little bit more reasonable about our approach. I thank you, Congresswoman McCarthy, for leading the way, as usual. You know I will always be there in support of what I think is very important legislation for the sanity of our country. Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. And I thank you again. I just want to remind the American people who might be listening tonight, I need your help. I can do the battles here. It's so easy to email your Member of Congress or your Senator to say it's time to get rid of the large magazines, because there is no place in America anymore that is safe. This can happen anytime, any place. So I thank you for listening to me tonight, and I thank my friend for standing here with me and talking about it. I will say, in closing, it's 17 years since the incident happened to my family. There is not a day that goes by that I don't remember what happened, and that's why I continue to fight for this issue. I don't want another family to go through the pain. I don't want to see another person die.…”