Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I just want to say that there is no one in this Congress who works harder and puts in more time trying to find a way to come back and eradicate poverty than Barbara Lee. It is my pleasure and my privilege to work with you every day. I have learned so much from you, and I just want you to continue to do the people's work, and I appreciate it. Mr. Speaker, I rise to address a topic that many of us know far too well, and that is poverty. I see its impact on the people of the 11th Congressional District every day. My district has some of the Nation's most impoverished cities. The overall poverty rate is 28 percent. Out of the 435 Congressional districts in the United States, my district is one of the top 20 poorest districts in America. Nearly 200,000 of my constituents live in poverty. I see and talk to poor people every day. Mothers and fathers without jobs, families with little to no access to healthy food or adequate housing, and children-- yes, Mr. Speaker, children--who are in overcrowded classrooms with outdated textbooks. Poverty is the source of our Nation's most persistent social and economic issues. It permeates our entire society and has victimized too many Americans for far too long. We don't need another committee hearing on hunger or poverty to tell us what we already know. We know what the problems are and how to address them.…”