Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume. I was proud to co-introduce this important legislation with my colleague, Congressman Max Rose, and I would like to start by thanking him for his work and leadership on this bill and on behalf of Danny and his family. In 2016, 13-year-old Daniel Fitzpatrick took his life as a direct result of bullying at school. To honor Danny and to help save countless other young lives, his family committed to advocacy and established the Danny's Angel Network Nurturing Youth, DANNY, foundation to raise awareness and end bullying in schools. One out of every five kids in this country experiences bullying. The problem has grown and moved from beyond the playground to the internet as students spend more and more time online. Bullying contributes to emotional and mental health problems for children across this country and, in far too many cases, has driven kids to suicide. In fact, a recently released CDC report stated that suicide of youth ages 10 to 24 has increased by nearly 60 percent in the last 10 years. This is an issue that deserves our consideration, deserves research, and deserves action. We simply must do more to prevent bullying and its devastating consequences. Danny's Law would establish an antibullying roundtable, a commission tasked with studying bullying in elementary and secondary schools and producing a report with best practices to address it.…”