Political Quotes

“I thank Congresswoman Scanlon for joining us tonight with our Tri-Caucus and Congressional Black Caucus, because so many of the issues that you are talking about in your district as it relates to COVID and health disparities and the social determinants we all are dealing with in our districts, and so thank you for your leadership and for continuing to help us get this Heroes Act passed so that we can do some of the things that you laid out that our communities deserve. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the following statements from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the National Indian Health Board, the Asian Health Services, and UnidosUS. Statement for the Record: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights On behalf of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, I submit this testimony for the record. No matter what we look like, where we live, or what is in our wallets, getting sick reminds us that at our core we are all the same. But we cannot ignore the pandemic's disproportionate and devastating impact on Black and Brown people, Native Americans, low-income people, people with disabilities, the elderly, women, and immigrant communities.…”