Political Quotes

“I want to thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding and for his leadership, Congressman John Conyers, one of the great civil rights leaders. Madam Speaker, I also want to say, as we think about and honor and mourn, yes, and celebrate her life, Dr. Height was one of our greatest civil rights leaders, a woman, who oftentimes, with the great men of the civil rights movement, had to make sure that a woman's voice, an African American woman's voice, was heard. Dr. Height wore many hats literally and figuratively. I am going to miss her so much. A couple of months ago, she insisted that I participate in the National Council of Negro Women's annual conference in Maryland. Dr. Height, of course, knows the schedule here on the Hill, and said, Well, just come out for the breakfast. I said, Okay, Dr. Height. I got there at, maybe, 7 o'clock in the morning. She was there to greet me at 7 a.m.”