Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick: “I rise as one of the 39 members of the Congressional Black Caucus. We represent over 26 million Americans all over this…”

“I rise as one of the 39 members of the Congressional Black Caucus. We represent over 26 million Americans all over this country. The majorities of our districts are not African American. Some are. Most are not. And collectively we call ourselves the conscience of the Congress and the conscience of these United States. Over the last 10 days after the President's announcement, my office has been inundated with my constituents asking me, What are you going to say? What are you going to do? Are you going to give them a blank check? You already did that. Will you speak up? And I am so proud of my colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus for organizing this action tonight because it us who have been charged by God to speak out, to work in a bipartisan way in the interests of the people of this great country. I represent over 680,000 people, as many of my colleagues do, and 11 different communities in the State of Michigan. Some of God's finest. Some have served in the Armed Forces. Some have families who have died in the Armed Forces. All of them want us to fight to protect our right of democracy that so many have fought and died for in this country.”