Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman from Illinois, (Ms. Kelly). And how appropriate for tonight for the gentlewoman to remind us, as I ask her to constantly do, about why we must, to put it in her words, come together. We must do something. Madam Speaker, tonight we say to you and to our Republican colleagues: Come together and do something. I say to the gentlewoman, Congresswoman Kelly: Let today serve as a turning point in our Nation's ongoing struggle to stamp out hate of all forms. We must mourn those who lost their family members, but we must do more than mourn. We must have action. If we are going to have a hope for a better America, hate has no place in this great Nation. So I thank the gentlewoman, and I will continue to remind others that we know firsthand what it does to our community. But, Madam Speaker, we stand here tonight speaking to all communities. But here is what we know. The NAACP has shared with us that African American children and teens accounted for 45 percent of all child and teen gun deaths in 2008 and 2009, but were only 15 percent of the total child population. The FBI says that approximately 47 percent of victims of the 165,000 homicides from 2000 to 2010, including over 111,000 gun-related homicides, were Black.…”