Political Quotes

“Mr. President, just 2 days ago, the White House announced its plans to reduce gun violence in our Nation's schools. This is an important issue, and the White House's recommendations should be taken seriously. I certainly do. The President's blueprint attempts to address this pervasive problem from multiple angles during what has been a period of heightened tension and discord across the country. Parents and children continue to grapple every day with the aftermath of the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. But, of course, the problem didn't start with that single event and what I think can only be fairly called a catastrophic failure across the board, which resulted in this terrible tragedy. One important piece of the White House plan is to train school staffers. The President strongly supports a bill introduced by the senior Senator from Utah that would authorize funding for school safety improvements. You wouldn't think that would be controversial. Those school safety improvements include training efforts, school threat assessment, and crisis intervention teams. This bill is called the STOP School Violence Act. We ought to pass it, and we ought to pass it today. As Senator Hatch said last week, there has been little disagreement but a lot of discussion and debate and not much legislative progress. He said: ``To break the impasse, we must unite on the issues where we agree.'' I couldn't agree with Senator Hatch more.…”