Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. I am pleased to join my colleague, Congresswoman Corrine Brown, who's been relentless in calling for this day. And to our colleague from Missouri (Mr. Clay), thank you for your leadership on all of this as well; and to our colleagues on the other side, the ranking member on the Banking Committee, and Mr. Pearce as well, who spoke about this. We have come together in a bipartisan way for a very patriotic occasion for our country. What a thrill it will be when we can tell our constituents we were there to vote for this important resolution which will, as we all know, call for directing the Treasury Secretary to strike a single gold medal of appropriate design in honor of the Montford Point Marines. How exciting. I know that many of those marines or their families are here on Capitol Hill today. We look forward to welcoming them to a ceremony where these medals will be bestowed. I only wish that all of the marines who served and were willing to sacrifice their lives for our country could be here--all of them the subject of the respect and honor that we pay. This is just another example of some of the inequality that existed in our country earlier on, and it's long overdue for us to redress some of that. We've had occasion in the rotunda over the last few years to recognize the work of President Truman when he called for the desegregation of the military.…”