Joseph Woodrow Hatchett United States Courthouse and Federal Building--

Floor Speech

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Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, first, let me thank Senator Murphy for his amazing work and that powerful speech. He did a great, great job, as did many others.

Now, tonight, the U.S. Senate is doing something many believed was impossible even a few weeks ago: We are passing the first significant gun safety bill in nearly 30 years.

The gun safety bill we are passing tonight can be described with three adjectives: bipartisan, commonsense, lifesaving.

As the author of the Brady bill in 1994--the last legislative effort to fight gun violence in Congress--I am pleased that this moment has finally come and that we are finally taking meaningful action to keep our communities safe. I hope it paves the way for future action on guns in Congress and at all levels of government.

As I said, this is not a cure-all for all the ways gun violence affects our Nation, but it is a long-overdue step in the right direction. Passing this gun safety bill is truly significant, and it is going to save lives. It was so, so significant that we let the process work instead of just having one vote, which would divide us and not accomplish anything. And I hope that portends doing it again on guns and on other issues as well.

I want to thank my colleagues for their incredible work. This was a great moment here on a very, very difficult issue. I want to thank Senators Murphy and Sinema; Senators Cornyn and Tillis, who showed amazing courage; and all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for working together to break this logjam. The American people have waited long enough. Let's finally take action to pass this lifesaving gun safety bill. Amendment Withdrawn

Now, Madam President, I withdraw amendment No. 5100.

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Mr. SCHUMER. I know of no further debate on the motion to concur with an amendment.

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