Political Quotes

“Thank you. Mr. President, I just heard, unfortunately, our Senator from Wyoming object. Here are the facts: The scourge of gun violence in America is a national crisis. The American people are sick and tired of enduring one mass shooting after another. They are sick and tired of vigils and moments of silence for family, friends, classmates, coworkers. Today, Democrats move to pass the assault weapons ban to help rid our streets of these deadly weapons. I want to thank my colleagues who support this measure, particularly Senator Durbin, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, as well as Senators Murphy and Blumenthal and Warnock, who organized today's efforts with me. We already have a decade's worth of proof that a ban on military- style assault works and saves lives, plain and simple. After I led the passage of the assault weapons ban--I carried the bill in the House as a Congressman, alongside our late colleague Senator Feinstein, who carried it in the Senate. What happened? America saw a significant decrease in mass shootings and in gun deaths--a decrease. Unsurprisingly, when that ban lapsed, there was a sudden and dramatic spike in mass shootings and deaths from those shootings. We must change that. We still feel the unquenchable suffering of the families of Sandy Hook, where 11 years ago next week 26 innocent lives were cut short by an automatic weapon.…”