Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for her leadership on this important issue. Mr. Speaker, I rise to join our entire caucus in saluting Congressman David Cicilline, our longtime champion of the Equality Act, who has been courageous, relentless, and persistent in his leadership for this legislation. We are proud to bring this important legislation to the House floor under the leadership of the most diverse House Democratic majority-- nearly 70 percent women, people of color, and LGBTQ, with 224 cosponsors on this legislation. Mr. Speaker, as many of us were gathered together nearly 5 years ago to first introduce the Equality Act, that day in the LBJ room, on the Senate side, named after the President who fought for and signed the Civil Rights Act, we stood with an icon of the civil rights struggle, our colleague John Lewis, the conscience of Congress. The Civil Rights Act is a sacred pillar of freedom in our country. It is not amended lightly. So how proud were we to be with our beloved John Lewis and the Congressional Black Caucus--many of whom are here now, Maxine Waters, Mr. Green, and others, thank you--as they gave their imprimatur to the opening of the Civil Rights Act to end discrimination against LGBTQ Americans. And we remember John Lewis' life, we remember his words spoken at the Pride parade in Atlanta. Shortly before being diagnosed with cancer, he said, ``We are one people and one family. We all live in the same House . . . `' Mr.…”