Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 492) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Res. 492 Whereas Dr. Dorothy I. Height was born in Richmond, Virginia, on March 24, 1912; Whereas Dorothy Height died on April 20, 2010, at the age of 98, in Washington, D.C., and was survived by her sister Anthanette Height Aldridge; Whereas Dorothy Height was valedictorian of her high school and won a national oratorical contest; Whereas Dorothy Height attended New York University and graduated in 3 years, receiving a master's degree in educational psychology; Whereas Dorothy Height began her career as a caseworker for the Department of Social Services of New York City; Whereas Dorothy Height joined the Harlem Young Women's Christian Association (referred to in this preamble as the ``YWCA'') and remained a full time employee until 1975; Whereas Dorothy Height organized and became the director of the YWCA Center for Racial Justice in 1965; Whereas, in 1957, Dorothy Height became the fourth president of the National Council of Negro Women, a the social services organization with more than 4,000,000 members nationwide, that is comprised of a number of civic, church, educational, labor,…”