Political Quotes

“My good friend from Virginia is absolutely right. That is our duty here. People think that the Federal Government maybe is supposed to provide so many things. I am sure that every one of us has different visitors that come in and ask us what the Federal Government can provide for them. What this government was set up for by our Founders--and, unfortunately, many of our citizens don't know it--is to provide us with the rights that have been given to us by God and to defend them. That is what we are supposed to be doing here. Right down the hall, it is not about making sure that we maintain our rights to defend ourselves, to maintain the rights that everybody in that room swore an oath in the Constitution to uphold and defend. They are actually looking to strip the very people that are law-abiding, the very people that would follow the law, would purchase the weapon legally, would file the paperwork and do everything that is required in their States. Those are the people that they wish to disarm. They are not in there talking about stopping criminals. They are not talking about stopping criminals. They are talking about stopping law- abiding citizens who are trying to defend themselves when somebody breaks into their home at night or their store or prevails upon them on the street when they are out with their children or, heaven forbid, our citizens dare to travel to one of these cities anymore. I represent a company in my district called Starbucks.…”