"This was a clear assassination attempt, and he decided to use murder or assassination as a tool for a political change."
"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..."
"I think what you see in this Subcommittee and I think what you see in the House Admin Committee, you see that we can work together to deliver solutions to the American public."
"I am really proud to join Representatives Kilmer, Timmons, Cleaver in leading a proposed constitutional amendment..."
"It is incredibly serious, and it is serious and so important for the country."
"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 too many what-if's in a situation like this because Congress has not fully considered the implications of a mass casualty event affecting Members."
"The status quo also creates a perverse incentive for political violence through targeted killings designed to switch the majority party in the House."
"John Lewis, a colleague, great American, he used to say 'good trouble.' He did not have this in mind."
"I am extremely grateful to you for coming to me."
"We saw, with COVID, that those were reasons for people to be affected and not necessarily live."