Frederica Wilson actually said...

"if we don't address the immediate crisis as well as think about addressing the wealth gap, we stand to see that wealth gap widening significantly"

"I think it is a necessary step to economic recovery."

"I don't know that parents will feel very confident in sending their students back to school if we don't have consistent, enforceable standards that are in place."

"This hearing, like others, challenges us to make more critically--to think more critically about the impact of systemic racism in our Nation."