Political Quotes

“following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, if any, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:30 p.m. The time from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. The Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. to allow for the weekly caucus meetings. At 5:30 p.m. there will be at least two rollcall votes: confirmation of the Costa nomination to be a U.S. circuit judge and a cloture vote on the Fischer nomination to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. brown v. board of education anniversary Mr. President, we hear a lot--and have for many years--about the Brown v. Board of Education case, but what was that all about? Well, it was about a dad and a mom who decided they could no longer just go along; they had to try to do something to take care of their little 7- year-old girl Linda. In the 1950s this family lived in Topeka, KS, and the State was racially segregated. Little Black boys and girls went one place to school; little White boys and girls went someplace else. But it was clear where the little Black boys and girls went to school the schools were not very good; where the little White boys and girls went the schools were pretty good--certainly better than where the Black boys and girls went. But a courageous father named Oliver Brown was determined to give his little third grader Linda a fair shot at a good education. These were long odds he took.…”