Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my esteemed colleagues, Congresswoman Cherfilus- McCormick from Florida and Representative Jackson from Illinois, for their leadership, their commitment, and for allowing us to have this opportunity to speak on such an important, important measure. I was outraged by what we all witnessed in Tennessee at the beginning of April. Following the tragic mass shooting at The Covenant School, the Republican majority in the State legislature chose to avoid passing any meaningful gun reform or even having any meaningful discussion about gun reform. Instead, they sought to thwart democracy and to silence the critics who stood with the community and who demanded action. Prayers are wonderful. I subscribe to them daily. Well-wishing is a wonderful thing, and it make us feel good. That alone without action is not enough. We as elected officials are sworn to a task and to a duty to serve and to provide. In Tennessee that day, we failed the people of Tennessee. We failed the people of America. Instead of action, they expelled two Black American members of the Democratic Caucus who stood with parents, teachers, and students to demand action and to speak truth to power about the reality of gun violence. This was an attack on our democracy, and all of us, Republican, Democrat, and other, should be outraged with such an attack on democracy because this issue today may have been an issue that the majority ruling party didn't like.…”