Political Quotes

“Let me first say to our chair that our power and our message is exactly what the gentlewoman has delivered tonight. And I just want to thank her for her very gracious remarks and just know that I know Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm is proud of her leadership and proud of the fact that although she was one in 1968, I believe we have--what--25 bold, brilliant Black women in the Congressional Black Caucus. Thank you again for giving us a chance to honor her tonight and for your leadership. I now yield to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Johnson), the chair of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. I have been here since 1998, and she took to me and explained to me why, and I was on the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology when I first came to Congress, and I learned so much from her and have really just honored her for helping us navigate as Black women in this institution.”