Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I want to thank my colleagues, especially Susan Collins and Heidi Heitkamp and Jeff Flake, and everyone who has worked so hard to actually come out of our partisan corners and do something for a change. It is very easy for us all to sit back and take comfortable votes. This is not going to be a comfortable vote, but it should be. It is the most nonpartisan, straightforward, commonsense amendment I have seen in many years around here. It says, basically, if you are so dangerous that we can't let you on an airplane, well, maybe you shouldn't be able to buy a gun, no questions asked. I have spent more time with firearms than most of the folks in this Chamber. I have no reservations about this amendment. It protects the Second Amendment, it includes due process, and it will keep terrorists from being able to buy firearms in this country. Maybe it is too commonsense for this body. I want to thank everybody who was willing to get to this uncomfortable place and do the right thing, and I yield the remainder of my time to the Senator from North Dakota. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota.”