Political Quotes

“To our Special Order Congressional Black Caucus chairman, Congressman Jonathan Jackson, it is my honor to stand here with you to thank you for your leadership and for all that you are doing--to be a Black man standing, talking about the equal rights amendment with us as members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Mr. Speaker, it also gives me great pleasure to be here tonight as the ninth woman to chair the Congressional Black Caucus, standing alongside with my colleagues as we pay tribute to countless advancements, achievements, and hard-fought victories by Black women to advance the equal rights amendment. Let me just say, what an honor to thank the chairwomen of tonight's Special Order Hour, Congresswoman Cori Bush and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. You will hear tonight words like Sojourner, truth-tellers, fighters for freedom--that is just what you are. My sister, my friend, thank you for all that you do. We stand here tonight on the heels of Black History Month, in the heart of Women's History Month, and we do so at such a critical time in our Nation's history. We stand on the shoulders of giants. Sheroes who paved the way for the fight for civil rights and women's rights today, for women like us in this room and countless women across the Nation. Women like Mary Church Terrell, ``unbought and unbossed'' Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, Flo Kennedy, Pauli Murray, Aileen Hernandez who were instrumental in elevating the cause of women's equality in the ERA.…”