Political Quotes

“I see that my colleague, who has worked so hard on this, is waiting. So I will be very brief. Ever since the senseless tragedy in Orlando, Senate Democrats have been trying to get this body to deal with the issue of gun safety in America. My friend, the junior Senator from Connecticut, had to hold the floor for 15 hours to get votes on two simple, commonsense proposals to keep suspected terrorists from getting guns and on closing loopholes in our background checks. Those votes failed--shamefully--but my friend, the Republican Senator from Maine has been working diligently to put together a compromise proposal that wouldn't achieve everything we need to do but would make some progress. I commend her for her efforts. I think she sincerely wants to get something done, as does just about every Member of my caucus. So what have Republican colleagues decided to do? They are going to give the Collins amendment a fake vote called a motion to table, which won't do a single thing to make the proposal law. We have bills to keep guns out of the hands of suspected terrorists, and Republican leaders cynically choose to give it a path to nowhere. Let me repeat that. The motion to table is a path to nowhere.…”