"The problem is that you are using this as a political stunt unrelated to real concerns about public safety around this country."
"Make no mistake. If the concern about addressing violent crime addressed by my Republican colleagues was genuine, they would have acted."
"If you are serious about doing something about violence, gun violence, and other: ... not serious people."
"My colleagues vote repeatedly against even the most commonsense gun violence prevention measures."
"We stand ready to pass legislation to address the serious issues facing all Americans if our Republican colleagues will let us."
"We know that the timing isn't a coincidence because, as soon as it became obvious that the Manhattan District Attorney was getting ready to charge Mr. Trump with crimes, Mr. Trump's lawyers sent a let..."
"Our goal should be to prevent crime."
"I don't see that happening in Manhattan, and it's caused more people to die."
"Crime prevention is a serious topic, and it deserves serious discussion, but that's not what this hearing is about."
"I fear that you have been revictimized by this hearing because this hearing is not going to provide that change."
"One of the things I think that Congress has a responsibility to look at, although we don't have jurisdiction over State criminal prosecutions, obviously, or local prosecutions, what is the evidence wi..."