Political Quotes

“I am proud to join with my colleague, the coanchor, Mr. Jeffries from New York, to lead this Special Order hour on this, the first day back after the August congressional district work period. We are here for a very important reason tonight, Mr. Speaker, because on August 9, in Ferguson, Missouri, a young boy, an unarmed young boy by the name of Michael Brown, had his life tragically taken. He was taken from his friends and his family. That community was devastated and has left behind so many questions of how this could have happened. I was honored to join with other colleagues at the invitation of the Representative from that area, Mr. Clay, to attend Michael Brown's funeral. It was an incredibly powerful service in which a city and a Nation came together to mourn. But out of that mourning and frustration, we have an obligation to act. And so tonight, members of the Congressional Black Caucus will use this Special Order hour to discuss the challenge of profiling, of militarizing our local law enforcement agencies, and the need to build community policing approaches that work. I am honored to work with my cochair and to lead this Special Order hour because it is a very significant moment that will allow us to heal and to move forward as a Nation. I would like to start by yielding time to the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, who provides so much leadership and direction to the 43 members of the CBC each and every day.…”