Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick). Mrs. CHERFILUS-McCORMICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today and say a special thank you to the Congressional Black Caucus, Chairman Horsford, and also my colleagues for having this Special Order hour. Mr. Speaker, my heart is broken for the family of Tyre Nichols, another Black man who lost his life to senseless police overreach and violence. The horrifying footage of his untimely death displays why the United States must pass comprehensive police reform and public safety legislation. Tyre Nichols' murder occurred in Memphis, the city where Dr. King lost his life fighting for a dream that we still are reaching for today. Our country must reckon with the longstanding and fraught legacy of racism and violence against Black people. Tyre Nichols, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and so many more Black men, women, and children should be alive today. Their deaths were preventable. Black Americans constantly find themselves trapped in an endless cycle of grief. Mr. Speaker, 3 decades after the heinous beating of Rodney King, Black communities continue to bear the deadly consequence of a culture of policing that allows law enforcement officials to dehumanize, debase, and victimize individuals without consequences.…”