Carolyn McCarthy Quotations

With the high demand for long term care and in the wake of the worst natural disaster in history, cutting $10 billion from Medicaid for the sake of reconciliation is both socially and fiscally irresponsible, ... We need Medicaid now more than ever.

With my history, unfortunately, with my family suffering through gun violence, it's something that I feel passionately about, that even though the odds are certainly always uphill, that doesn't mean that I will stop fighting to try to change that.

I'm considered a new Democrat, which would be considered moderate.

I believe it's a shoulder thing that goes up...

Our pre-9/11 gun laws allow our enemies in the War on Terror to arm themselves right here in our own country.

It defies common sense that stores are fined for selling toy guns to children, but someone who isn't even allowed to board an airplane in this country can purchase as many real guns he wants with no questions asked.

Public housing is more than just a place to live, public housing programs should provide opportunities to residents and their families.

make it easier for criminals to buy guns at gun shows.

Our pre-9/11 gun laws allow our enemies in the War on Terror to arm themselves right here in our own country.

We are not looking at any laws that are going to confiscate guns,

What we're trying to do is get people ... to become more active in working with their legislators back home, and with their members in Congress so we can get some of these gun safety measures passed,

The rebuilding of the Gulf Coast should create economic opportunities for its residents, not an opportunity to take advantage of people desperate to rebuild their lives,

We all know that things here in the House go extremely slow, but I happen to think that eight months of waiting so we can meet together and hash this out is too long. We've seen too many killings,

It's always been a tough fight, let's face that, ... This is personal for me.

If you can't take something down in 10 bullets, you probably shouldn't even own a gun.

Hey Den! My God, Dennis. Look at me now. Who would've ever thought?

and here we are giving them (the industry) blanket immunity.