Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, last night we witnessed another unspeakable act of gun violence that took too many innocent lives. Today my heart breaks once again for those victims of the Las Vegas shooting and for the families whose lives have been irrevocably changed by this terrible tragedy. Each of them is in my prayers today. Mr. Speaker, prayers alone are not enough. We cannot, in good conscience, sit idly by as innocent people continue to die. Mr. Speaker, there are reasonable steps that we can take to make our communities safer, things like limiting high-capacity magazines and banning assault weapons--weapons, by the way, that are weapons of war and have no business being on the streets in the first place. Mr. Speaker, we have a solemn responsibility as Members of Congress to ensure that our communities are safe. Let us honor the victims of the Las Vegas shooting by doing something to prevent such tragedies from happening in the future. ____________________”