Political Quotes

“for 14 hours and 50 minutes, beginning late Wednesday morning and ending early Thursday morning, the entire Nation watched as the junior Senator from Connecticut gave our Republican colleagues a lesson in a number of things, not the least of which was courage. Senator Murphy stood here for 14 hours. We talk a lot about filibusters in the Senate. They don't happen very often. I have been in Congress for 34 years. I have probably been involved in two more filibusters than anyone else. We have talked about them and there are fake filibusters, but this one was real. I admire and appreciate the junior Senator from Connecticut very much. Four days after 49 innocent Americans were gunned down in cold blood, Senator Murphy stood here on the Senate floor, as I have already indicated, for 14 hours, pleading with Republicans to join us in doing something to help stop our Nation's scourge of gun violence--and it is a scourge. Thirty-eight other Democrats joined him on the floor, all of whom, without exception, echoed Senator Murphy's call to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists and criminals. All 46 of us were united together, led by Senator Murphy in support of what he was doing. We all believe that he echoed the words that we wish to speak--to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists and criminals. It was an inspiring reminder to Americans that the Senate Democrats will not cave in to the National Rifle Association or Gun Owners of America.…”