Political Quotes

“I thank the chairman for yielding time. Across this country, we shed tears for the children who are killed, for the parents who are killed, for the girlfriends who are killed. In this Chamber, we shed tears for the parents and the fathers who are killed, for the children and the sons who are killed. But we cannot only grieve. We cannot only give our tears. We must act, and today we get to act. Today is the first step toward addressing the pandemic of violence and suffering at the loss of life to guns, to gun violence. New Mexico already has passed similar laws. We believe in protecting our children. We believe in protecting our women. Those who oppose this law clearly do not. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus understands that Latinos are too often killed by guns, but today, today, we act. I stand up in support of this action because not acting is an insult to the vast majority of our constituents who want this.”