Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman from Florida. Thank you for providing the information about the resources that are available to young people to know their rights, to understand how they need to approach the situation. I just had the privilege of participating at a ``Know Your Rights'' townhall that was hosted in my congressional district by the National Bar Association, the Las Vegas chapter of the National Bar Association. We had approximately 100 attendees, many of them young people, who do need this information. Regardless of whether there is a parent in the house or not, every young person needs to understand their rights and the best practices on how to interact with law enforcement when and if that does occur. We want to encourage young people to know their rights. I think working with the Congressional Black Caucus, we will find opportunities to post that information, to share it with organizations in our local communities, to help connect young people and adults alike, so that we can improve on the relationship between police officers and our community. I would like to now turn to our next Member for the Congressional Black Caucus for this hour, the gentleman from Texas--I was very delighted to join with him and other Members at the funeral, to pay our respects to the family and the community. I would like to now yield time to the gentleman from Texas, Representative Al Green.”