Kendrick Meek: “I want to thank the members that are here on the floor tonight of the Congressional Black Caucus. And I must say that we…”

“I want to thank the members that are here on the floor tonight of the Congressional Black Caucus. And I must say that we speak fact, and really it is not emotions, it is fact. And I am glad that many of the American people have responded in the way that they have thus far. Sixty percent of Americans do not stand with this administration and many of the Members on the other side of the aisle, as it relates to this $87 billion appropriations. I can tell you that every day I wake up and I walk into this great Capitol of ours, this democracy that we worked on for some 200-plus years, and I am just appreciative of being a Member of this body. Also, I am very glad that not only that the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi) but others have allowed me to serve on the Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on Homeland Security. I have two young children. I could be home with them, a lovely wife, things of that nature, but I think it is important that we take the time out, even though we worked all day to be here to share with the American people the truth.”