Political Quotes

“I thank my good friend, Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, for bringing this bill to this Chamber. I stand here as the chair of the Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion. I have probably spent more hours and time looking into the difference diversity makes, whether it is a small business, whether it is an educational system, whether it is a child. I remind us to history. In 1960, a little Black girl by the name of Ruby Bridges was denied the right to enter a school--against the Supreme Court of this land--by a Governor. I stand here on this floor and hear indictments about President Obama. Mr. Speaker, let me say to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, anything that his educational Secretaries did was better than what we have now with Secretary Betsy DeVos. Let me just say that it is so important when we think about diversity and inclusion and we think about those little children, Black children, marginalized White children. When I look at the votes for what my colleagues on the other side have said about us--and they don't vote for budgets; they don't vote for funding that can save lives--their arguments are weak. Their arguments are unfounded. This bill is about equal opportunity. This bill is about removing systemic racism. We already know that racism is a national crisis.…”