Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor to lives and legacies of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley. Their story is of major significance in the African American community and speaks to a turning point in American history. Today, the House passed the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021, which would award Emmett and Ms. Till-Mobley a Congressional Gold Medal. I would like to start off by thanking Chairwoman Maxine Waters, Leader Steny Hoyer, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi for their assistance in shepherding this bill through the House. With their help, we have gotten 290 House cosponsors for the bill, including every House Democrat and 67 House Republicans. l would also like to acknowledge Rep. Don Bacon from the great state of Nebraska for serving as the Republican co-lead on this bill. I would also like to thank Senators Richard Burr of North Carolina and Cory Booker of New Jersey for serving as the Senate leads on the bill. This year, I sought to bring light to the injustice of Emmett Till's lynching, through this and the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which President Biden signed into law earlier this year. For African Americans of my generation, his brutal torture and murder was a painful, but very real reminder of the true horrors of white supremacy. News of his death shaped my understanding of racism at a very early age.…”