Political Quotes

“It gives me great honor to thank our co- chair, the gentlewoman from Texas, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, the CBC's parliamentarian, a true constitutional scholar, and someone who is fighting for us every day to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act, and her co-anchor, Congressman Ritchie Torres, from New York, but he would say the Bronx. Tonight, he is in the Speaker's chair. I am very honored to have as our guest co-anchor today Congresswoman Terri Sewell, another scholar, another lawyer, a person who has led us every year across that bridge. She is known as a daughter of Selma. Tonight is about Our Power, Our Message. As we also celebrate Women's History Month and International Women's Day, it is fitting that our anchors tonight are women. I rise this evening for the Congressional Black Caucus' Special Order hour, the first-annual John Lewis Special Order hour, on the 56th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march, and to echo Our Power, Our Message. You will hear that a lot tonight. This is a solemn moment and gives us the opportunity to speak directly, Mr. Speaker, to the American people and reflect on the critical importance of voting and voting rights in our country and on why we must do everything in our power to fight attempts to curb voting participation and continue to promote and advance voting rights.…”