Political Quotes

“I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from Illinois for yielding, and of course I want to thank Congresswoman Kelly and Congressman Payne for their wonderful leadership in creating this opportunity for members of the Congressional Black Caucus to speak directly to the American people on an issue of great significance, the justice system generally, but specifically, the urgent need to confirm Loretta Lynch as our next Attorney General. Let me say parenthetically that it feels good to be in the presence of my two classmates, R. Kelly and D. Payne. I feel like I am in the midst of celebrity. Certainly, they have done a tremendous job in calling us all together. We have got a serious issue that we need this Capitol to confront. In the midst of terrorists who are all across the world who want to strike at our homeland, not only are we dealing with a dynamic where some in the House of Representatives refuse to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security because of an unnecessary obsession with the President's executive action on immigration--let me note, of course, though individuals may differ on its legality, every President since Dwight Eisenhower has taken executive action on immigration. It has occurred 39 times since the 1950s. President Eisenhower did it; President Nixon did it. President Ford did it; President Reagan did it; President George Herbert Walker Bush did it; and President George W. Bush did it.…”