Emanuel Cleaver: “I would like to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Richardson).”

Right here in the middle of the country in the sometimes-cold Midwest, where people became so upset that they did what one can do only in a democracy, and they went out and organized.

More than 305,000 Missourians demanded a say in who will represent them in the halls of Congress. Despite the cynical and deeply shameful attempt to silence many of our neighbors, the people fought back and won. This reaffirms that the…

We just received a healthy dose of encouragement that the voice of people in the United States still matters.

I think my reelection prospects shot up significantly.