Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, today and this week has been Police Week here in Washington, D.C. We saw how hundreds of police officers came to the Nation's Capital to be recognized and to be honored for their service across neighborhoods and cities and States of this great Nation. Police officers respond to crises, to a violent situation, to a family conflict, and to someone brandishing a weapon. It is not often that a police officer responds to a friendly situation. They respond to conflict, so they put their lives in harm's way for all of us in America. Neighborhoods across the country expect police officers to show up when they call upon them to protect them. This week is the week where we stand up here in the Nation's Capitol and recognize the men and women in uniform that protect our families, our neighborhoods, our cities, and our States. For us here in the House of Representatives, and for me in particular, I am forever grateful to the heroic officers who protected the Capitol. I will forever remember the 140 officers who were injured and the five who lost their lives as a result of the attack on January 6 right in this Chamber. They didn't determine whether the Member was a Republican Member or whether the Member was a Democrat Member. They came to protect our lives, and in many ways, they also showed up here confronting a violent, racist mob to protect democracy, to protect the House of Representatives, and on the other side, to protect the Senate.…”