Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this is an alternative to the Feinstein amendment we will be voting on next. Under the Feinstein amendment, the government without due process can take away from you valuable constitutional rights. They happen to be Second Amendment rights without notice and the opportunity to be heard. If you believe that the Federal Government is omniscient and all competent, vote for the Feinstein amendment, but I wish to point out that even our former colleague Teddy Kennedy was on this terror watch list at one point. Despite numerous efforts to try to get off of it, he never could--as well as our friend Catherine Stevens, former Ted Stevens' spouse. My amendment would provide that due process, notice, and an opportunity to be heard, and provide new tools and increased authorities to prevent terrorism and prevent violence by blocking the transfer of firearms following that notice and opportunity to be heard, which would also give the judicial authority an opportunity to grant an emergency terrorism order which would actually detain the person who is identified and proven to be a terrorist. I encourage my colleagues to support this amendment, to give law enforcement the ability to take terrorists off the streets and prevent them from obtaining firearms while preserving important constitutional rights of law-abiding Americans. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic leader.”