Political Quotes

“I thank the chairman for yielding. I want to thank the gentleman from Georgia, who is my friend; and I want to respectfully say to him: This resolution is not about partisanship. It is about prejudice and the necessity to confront it. Mr. Speaker, my father was from Denmark. He was born and raised in Copenhagen and came here as an adult in his twenties. I have a large extended family in Denmark. The President of the United States, Mr. Speaker, did not tell me to go back to Denmark. He did not tell the Speaker of this House, a woman proud of her Italian American heritage, to go back to Italy. He did not tell the Irish American Members of this body to go back to Ireland or tell those of German ancestry to go back to Germany. No. He told four women of color, three of whom are natural-born citizens, born and raised in their home country of America, to ``go back'' to their countries. This is their country, Mr. Speaker, I would tell the President. And it is the country of our colleague who came here as a refugee from Somalia. She endured hardships and arrived on our shores like so many others, seeking freedom, safety, and opportunity. She is an American citizen, one who chose to give back to her community and our country through public service. This is her country.…”