Political Quotes

I thank you for recognizing me this evening. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor today with a bittersweet message for my colleagues. After more than a dozen years here in the House of Representatives, I am retiring/resigning this week. I have…

Black folks will be here in this city and in cities across America, protecting this democracy, protecting humanity, because that's what Black people have always done.

While this extension gives time for not only more assessment and for CFATS to demonstrate its progress, I would urge you to see past this as a time to take this program hostage or distract from its security-related, terrorism prevention…

At the end of the day, this is a national security discussion.