Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, it is my honor to rise today to join my colleagues for this Special Order hour. I cannot think of a better time that I would stand in this House and be able to salute women, especially Black women. I thank our coanchors, the Honorable Jonathan Jackson and the Honorable Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, my good friend, for reminding us of our rich history. Today, we will hear many members of the Congressional Black Caucus come forward and talk about a list of women, especially Black women, who came before us and whose shoulders we stand on, like Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and Shirley Chisholm. Later this week, in this very Chamber, for the third time, a woman will sit in the seat where you are sitting, Madam Speaker, as we hear the State of the Union Address--a Black woman, who also happens to be the first woman ever to become Vice President of these United States of America. We also celebrate this month--sadly, that we are giving it 1 month. Obviously, if I had my way, we would celebrate it every day, but we will honor women like those who have been able to sit in that seat running Fortune 500 companies--people like Ursula Burns; my good friend, Roz Brewer; and now Thasunda Duckett. We also honor young women like poet Amanda Gorman. We think of the women who have done so much, whether they are doctors or athletes or educators or judges like Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson--another Black woman whose shoulders we stand on.…”