Mark Takano: “The legislative response to those issues from this Congress has largely been nonexistent.”

We are here because the work that began 63 years ago is unfinished.

America does not belong to one political party. America does not belong to a bloodline. And it certainly doesn’t belong to one man.

Every generation must take up the work of renewing and perfecting the idea of America so that America lives up to its promise.

Let’s finish the assignment, make Dr. King’s dream a reality, and fulfill the promise of a better America.