We are going to vigorously attack the law in courts, ... Congress has no power to retroactively deprive people of their rights.

The Congress can pass it. The President can sign it. But this shameful law will not stand, ... We will challenge the constitutionality of this special- interest extravaganza in every court where the rights of gun violence victims are being threatened.

This shameful law will not stand,

This is the United States Congress stepping in and saying these victims cannot get any kind of relief, even though their claims have already been recognized to be valid.

The sovereign power of the people, exercised through their representatives in Congress, with the concurrence of the executive.

such an egregious piece of special-interest legislation, it is almost shameless.