Political Quotes

By the time I am done speaking, 11 people will have died from gun violence in our country. By the end of the day, it will be 120. If we continue down this trajectory, more than 43,000 people will die from gun violence this year. This…

This week marks a somber anniversary in our Nation's history. Four years ago, our Nation watched in outrage, as yet another Black man was brutally killed by a police officer who betrayed his oath of service to his community. George Floyd's…

Mr. Speaker, I rise because the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, dealing a devastating blow to our democracy. Their decision will allow States, particularly in the South, to dilute and try to silence Black voters. For decades…

Maternal mortality rates of Black women increased during the pandemic, and I am alarmed and enraged that [inaudible] made that disparity worse.