Bob Filner: “But it is clear that we all see this as not only a bonding experience for all of us, but to come together around the…”

“But it is clear that we all see this as not only a bonding experience for all of us, but to come together around the issues of fighting discrimination and ending racism is something that bonds us all together. There is no aisle when it comes to these issues. And like all of the other Members who were on this incredible weekend pilgrimage, we thank especially John Lewis for leading us in a religious experience. We were with, I think we all know, an authentic American hero, someone who really changed American history, changed the course of history through his own personal witness, his willingness to stand up for righteousness and for the truth and against racism; who was beaten down, was imprisoned, and yet got up and is here in Congress to lead us into a new understanding. The changes that I saw, and I had not been in Alabama for 30 years, were incredible political changes, social changes. It reminded us of the progress that we made, but it also reminded us I think of the ways we have got to go.”