Political Quotes

“Through the Chair, I would like to ask a question about the tragic massacre in Orlando. I wanted to lead into that by first of all thanking and deeply appreciating the work and efforts of my colleague from Connecticut who has come to the floor so many times to talk about the lives and the identities and the legacies of the people who have lost their lives to gun violence and the families who are there to remember them. I remember so profoundly the massacre at Newtown. Senator Murphy brought photographs of all of the victims and their families and told their stories at length on this Senate floor. As weeks and months persisted here in the U.S. Senate and no action was taken to do commonsense things to make access to these weapons more difficult, the Senator from Connecticut started coming to the floor and talking about some of the people we don't read about because the media doesn't rush to the scene when somebody dies in a drive-by shooting or in a place that doesn't garner the attention and the spotlight the way the massacre and tragedy in Orlando has. I thank the Senator from Connecticut for his perseverance, and I am so proud to join him this afternoon in this insistence for action.…”