Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania for her leadership and for the time. Today is, indeed, a historic day. It is a day that we will say to the LGBTQ community across the land that you matter, that you count, that the Equality Act will be the new law of this country. It is a basic heralding of human decency. America stands at a crucial crossroads in this generation's fight for civil rights. We should not have to remind our Republican colleagues that no one should ever be discriminated against because of who they are, yet here we are. Without the explicit Federal protection provided in the Equality Act, the LGBTQ community is at risk of being marginalized, or worse, in the workplace, housing, education, and even in the military. This administration is seeking to make our LGBTQ families and friends not just second-class citizens, but to deny them the fundamental American rights etched into our Constitution. Congress cannot erase hatred with legislation, but Congress has an obligation to lead, to stamp out discrimination wherever it exists. We can and must all rise for the LGBTQ community.”