Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I give thanks to both the gentlemen from Texas for organizing this Special Order tonight, to all of our colleagues who have spoken tonight, and to my dear friend Congressman Baird for all that he has given for his country. The words that he shared he means from his heart, and he has shown and proven that. We organized this Special Order to talk about protecting America's values and protecting our communities. There is a lot of outrage. There is a lot of alarm in the country today. And it is justified. It was just a couple of days ago, of course, in Los Angeles where two sheriff's deputies, a 24-year-old man and a 31-year-old young mother, were brutally attacked as they just sat in their police cruiser. As they were rushed to the hospital, protesters were blocking the entrances and exits to the emergency room, chanting: ``We hope they die. Kill the police.'' It is outrageous. It is alarming. This is just the latest example, of course, of the violence and vitriol going largely ignored by the Democrat majority in the House. Unfortunately, it is the predictable result of what happens when leaders make radical calls to defund the police. We have widespread unrest in major cities across this country right now. We have violent riots and businesses being destroyed and law enforcement officers being targets of heinous crimes, things that would have been unthinkable even a couple of years ago.…”