Political Quotes

“I think also and hope and pray also that one day we get to the point in this House where we are not divided by party label, divided by race, divided by region, but we recognize on some issues at least there ought to be a coming together, a galvanizing, if you will, of the heart, mind, spirit, and energy of this body to move forward based on what is right and what may not be politically popular to do at any one given time. I compliment the gentleman from Ohio for his remarks, his sincerity. He certainly believes in what he says and does. I would suggest, also, that perhaps the time of looking at indexing capital gains, if in fact it spurs development, economic development in our cities across this Nation, may not be that far off, and that the Congressional Black Caucus has been considering that and will stay very much open on the idea. The bottom line for us is being able to help people.”