Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I am proud to join my colleagues from New York, particularly a veteran of the New York Police Department, Mr. D'Esposito. Before serving in this august body, he served his neighbors and helped keep them safe. He speaks out of passion and experience on this critical topic. This is a time of soul-crushing grief for the Diller family. I can't feel what they feel, but I can say this: They are not alone. Across America, people are standing up, and they are saying that this senseless violence has to stop. It cannot go on. When New York City and Albany turned their backs, letting someone with 21 prior arrests back on the street, Massapequa Park was left to pick up the pieces, left to ask questions like: How many crimes does someone have to commit and how many people does someone have to threaten to kill before you make sure they don't have the opportunity to do more damage? They want to know why, time and again, dangerous, violent criminals who public servants have the responsibility to remove from society are instead free to victimize more innocent people like Officer Diller. They want to know why they have to suffer while career criminals so often avoid real consequences. There is so much more that we must do at the policy level to prevent more tragedies like these from occurring, to prevent career criminals from destroying families like this one. Radical policies like no-cash bail cannot continue. Willful ignorance from elected officials cannot continue.…”