Political Quotes

“I thank the chairman for yielding. I thank the ranking member for his service, and his leadership as chairman. Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to reject the President's executive order and to support this resolution. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the resolution introduced by my friend, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy). His resolution simply states what millions and millions of Americans know to be true, that the Trump administration's ban on transgender people serving their country in our military is discriminatory. It reflects bias. It reflects prejudice. Indeed, it reflects bigotry. Martin Luther King tried to teach us that what we said in the Declaration of Independence, we ought to live out. He said that all of us--and, certainly, he would have included women as we did yesterday in our Paycheck Fairness Act--are created equal in the image of God. Martin Luther King said that we ought to judge one another on the content of our character. The President's order does not do that. The President's order is based upon a prejudiced view of somebody because of a distinction that is not the content of their character nor the quality of their performance. I was proud to be a sponsor of and brought to this floor as majority leader, the repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell legislation. That has enhanced our national security, not diminished it.…”