Political Quotes

“Let me begin by thanking the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and the prime sponsor of this legislation, Karen Bass, for her extraordinary leadership on such a critical issue during such a critical moment in time. I also want to thank the distinguished chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Congressman Jerry Nadler, for his tremendous leadership in ushering this bill through committee and to the floor of the House of Representatives. {time} 1845 I want to thank Speaker Pelosi and the entire House Democratic Caucus for rising to the occasion at this particular moment in time. I want to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for participating in the debate and sharing their ideas, though I will note that many of my Republican colleagues spent this debate talking about antifa, talking about the autonomous zone, and talking about abolishing the police, which appears nowhere within the four corners of this legislation. They know what this bill is really all about. It criminalizes the chokehold, because it is about George Floyd, who was strangled to death with a knee to his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds while handcuffed. It is about being handcuffed while Black, about George Floyd. They know this bill, its really about Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old who was gunned down while playing in a Cleveland park.…”