"We can lead the way. We've got too many good people to not lead the way."
"Politics has no place in taking care of people. That's the bottom line."
"It's not the critic who counts but the man in the arena."
"This is really important because not only, as it has been mentioned, can we take away the incentive for someone to act in a nefarious way, we are going to preserve the idea that all Americans will hav..."
"It is incredibly serious, and it is serious and so important for the country."
"The status quo also creates a perverse incentive for political violence through targeted killings designed to switch the majority party in the House."
"I am convinced that there are both constitutional and operational insufficiencies with the status quo."
"If it takes a Committee to appoint a Committee to make a study to eventually get something done, let us do it now."
"There are some who believe that this issue needs more study. Personally I do not think that."
"John Lewis, a colleague, great American, he used to say 'good trouble.' He did not have this in mind."
"This was a clear assassination attempt, and he decided to use murder or assassination as a tool for a political change."