Political Quotes

“Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 489) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Res. 489 Whereas Benjamin Hooks was born in Memphis, Tennessee on January 31, 1925; Whereas Benjamin Hooks died April 15, 2010, at the age of 85 in Memphis, Tennessee, and is survived by his wife, Frances Hooks, his daughter, Patricia Gray, and 2 grandsons; Whereas Benjamin Hooks was the fifth of 7 children born to Robert B. and Bessie Hooks, and was the grandson of Julia Hooks, the second Black woman in the United States to graduate from college; Whereas Benjamin Hooks attended LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis and, in 1944, graduated from Howard University; Whereas Benjamin Hooks joined the United States Army during World War II and was promoted to staff sergeant; Whereas in 1948, Benjamin Hooks received his law degree from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois and returned to Memphis, Tennessee to help breakdown segregation; Whereas Benjamin Hooks set up his own law practice and was one of a few Blacks practicing law in Memphis from 1949-1965; Whereas Benjamin Hooks was appointed to a vacancy on the Shelby County criminal court, by Governor Frank G.…”