Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I come here for two purposes: One is to express my opposition to this bill. My second purpose is to express my hope, my hope that we can come together and that we can negotiate a long-lasting and a significant compromise, an American compromise to an American problem. Just yesterday, the Democrats in the Senate blocked Senator Tim Scott's bill, the JUSTICE Act. They blocked it from moving forward with debate. They blocked it from moving forward for compromise and for negotiation. That is not an American solution. We all agree this is an American problem. We all agree we need an American solution, and we all agree that that means we have to have negotiation. That means we have to have compromise. Mr. Speaker, the minority leader in the Senate wouldn't even allow our counterparts in the Senate to discuss solutions and allow them to decide if it is the right path forward. Now, here we find ourselves in the House facing a situation where we have a partisan bill, drafted without Republican involvement, that is being brought to the House floor to be voted on in a rush process. That is not an American solution to an American problem. We have seen calls to defund the police and dismantle police departments across the United States. We all know that can only lead to bad outcomes. We all know that the police are there to protect and to serve. Yes, we all know that there are bad policemen out there.…”