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"Voting is a sacred activity for Americans, and we must protect it from both internal and external threats to ensure every citizen’s vote counts. Republicans and Democrats can agree on this point, particularly because each of us sitting on this dais is the beneficiary of free and fair elections."

"Half of all firearm homicides took place in just 127 cities, which represented only a quarter of the U.S. population. If we could successfully address urban firearm violence, we could truly make a dent in the firearm death rate in this country. "I want to work with my colleagues to address this important issue.

"I’m not troubled by the expansion of ICE detention to respond to a border security crisis, and I’m not troubled by the need to detain certain individuals, especially criminals, during the removal process. What’s troubling to me is congressional inaction in the face of a crisis.

"Only when we are equipped with the facts can we mobilize to effectively prevent violent crime — a goal we all share. . . . We must understand what different firearms do and how they function if we want to have effective laws to prevent gun violence.