Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Virginia (Mrs. McClellan). Mrs. McCLELLAN. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment. First, let me just say, our diversity is our strength. The diversity of this country is our strength. The diversity of our military is our strength. I keep hearing the other side of the aisle say that DEI and critical race theory is about assigning characteristics to people based on the color of their skin. That is not what DEI or critical race theory are. What they are, are a recognition that for 350 years, from the founding of this country in Jamestown through the civil rights movement, that our laws, our social mores assumed different characteristics based on the color of your skin and made Black people second-class citizens. DEI is designed to address that and to ensure that our military, which kept my uncles from serving in combat because of the color of their skin, to make sure their children and grandchildren want to serve in that military because it is a welcoming and inclusive place. {time} 1830”