"And yet, we are still waiting today, we are still waiting on the Senate to take action on the HEROES Act."
"I know that we are here today because of that lack of leadership."
"I will continue to fight until the necessary funding we need and that was passed by the House in the HEROES Act 2 months ago, reaches our schools that are so desperate, desperately needing those resou..."
"COVID-19 did not create these inequities that we are talking about today, but it simply has revealed, you know, long-borne suffering of the minority communities in America."
"I see it as plain as day, the inequities within that portion of my district."
"They deserve better, and so are we going to continue perfecting this union."
"Is that what we want? I don't think so."
"It is incumbent on every member of our body, every member of this body, every citizen of the Nation to take seriously what we are witnessing before our very eyes, whether Democrat or Republican, wheth..."
"we have our teachers of color leaving the teaching profession at a disproportionate rate."
"I would really urge Congress to take this opportunity to evaluate how do we start reintroducing wealth into communities."
"we are finally addressing another pandemic that has plagued our country for generations."