"I don't doubt that this legislation has been introduced in good faith by individuals who are supporting it, both sides of the aisle, although it does seem to be Beat Up On New York Day."
"Is part of the premise of Federalism that each individual state has the capacity to determine for itself the best form of taxation for that particular jurisdiction?"
"Now let me go back to Mr. Porter. Picking up on a theme that was raised earlier, tax revenue pays in part for police protection; correct?"
"And in the most recent study that I have seen, New York State sent $23 billion more to the Federal Government than we get back in return."
"I think that the suggestions related to your Department of Justice, and there are a myriad of examples, but I have got limited time, are really irresponsible, reckless, and not evidence-based."
"I think we have a gun violence problem. In fact, in America 5 percent of the world's population, 50 percent of the world's guns, more than 14,000 American who died as a result of gun violence since th..."
"This is a real concern for the communities that I represent."
"There is still a need, I think, for legislation to deal with the common sense measures that would help deal with the gun violence problem in this country."
"the children that I represent, some of whom are dying on the streets of Brooklyn, are from illegal guns from other parts of the country, cannot afford for us to wait for congressional action."
"I represent a district largely anchored in Brooklyn that increasingly has become home to technology and innovation companies, particularly a significant number of startups and tech entrepreneurs."
"I think this is such an important hearing and an issue that we need to address thoroughly, comprehensively, but also deliberately here in the Congress."
"Under the 8 years of the Clinton administration the so-called confiscation tax rate was 39.6 percent."