Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the San Diego Building and Construction Trades Council, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 569, and applaud the leadership of their business manager, a proud marine, Tom Lemmon. Yesterday, these patriots stood up for something much larger than themselves when they resisted the Trump administration's contempt for workers' rights, misogyny, racism, and Islamophobia. It is in the best tradition of organized labor to stand for others' rights and against a system that attempts to exploit the most vulnerable in our society. They stood up against threats to organized labor. They stood up against separating immigrant families. They stood up for working families and the most vulnerable in our society. Again, I congratulate Tom Lemmon, Gretchen Newsom, and Carol Kim, along with many others, for their courage to speak up and resist. Their resistance is a great patriotic reminder to all of us to stand up for what we know is right. ____________________”