Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I stand here today, as a Member of the United States House of Representatives, embarrassed. At the same time that I am embarrassed, I am also dumbfounded. I know that there are people at home that are thinking: Why would a Member of Congress, the most prestigious body in the world, be embarrassed, dumbfounded? Well, I was always taught that if you show me your budget or if you show me your legislation, then you are showing me your values. Representative Scott, my good friend from Virginia, had an amendment that would strike the prohibition that Federal funds could be used to desegregate our public schools in this country. If you look at the GAO study, there are more schools now that are desegregated than in 1968. We can talk eloquently about the history of the House and what the Democrats did when they were in control and how many amendments were made in order. I am not talking about how many amendments. I am talking about a specifi amendment, a specific issue. We are perpetuating segregation in the United States of America in our public schools. We are not allowing the States to use funds to promote integration and diversity among our schools. My State--and I will own this--is still the only State under a Federal desegregation order, because we have not completely desegregated our schools. We still have that ugly history.…”