"What you do want is an educated electorate. Not if you’re Donald Trump and his cult-like members. They want citizens who are not educated."
"I firmly believe we must ensure that people have access to reliable fact-based information."
"The number one killer of our children in this country: Gun violence."
"I am so proud that we were finally able to do something, some small things around gun violence."
"Thank you, Chair, and I welcome all my colleagues to our great city of Philadelphia."
"What CeaseFire does--and I know this personally because I was a State representative--is work with doctors, with advocates, with elected officials at the State level, trying to change legislation to r..."
"We are serious about reducing gun violence."
"Philadelphians and all Americans deserve a Congress that does its job and passes legislative solutions, not a Congress that spends all its time mired in political sideshows and dysfunction."
"Our country has serious issues that demand serious solutions, not cynical political circuses like this hearing."
"It also occurred to me that the gun pointed at my chest could have been a ghost gun."
"Let's get serious about how do we get these guns out of people's hands."
"Children in this country are more likely to die of gun violence than any other cause."