Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, it is an honor and a privilege to once again have this opportunity to stand on the House floor and to anchor the Congressional Black Caucus' Special Order hour, where today we want to discuss some of the issues and challenges confronting this country that we hope this newly constituted Congress will be prepared to take up. As we move into the 114th Congress, there is still a lot of business that is undone over the remaining few weeks that we have left during this session, but a whole lot of challenges that we have got to confront as we move forward. {time} 1930 One hundred fifty years ago or so, President Abraham Lincoln publicly pondered the question: How do we create a more perfect Union? President Lincoln asked that question at a time when the country was tearing itself apart in the context of the Civil War. Since the conclusion of that war--since President Lincoln publicly pondered that question--year after year, month after month, century after century, we certainly have made some progress, significant progress, here in America, but we still have a long way to go, and it is still relevant for us to ask the question: How do we create a more perfect Union? Where do we go from here? So I am pleased that so many of my distinguished colleagues from the Congressional Black Caucus have come to the floor today to share their thoughts and their insights and their policy prescriptions in our continuing march toward a more perfect Union.…”