Political Quotes

“I am pleased to be here with my colleagues to fight to restore the American Constitution. I am pleased to be here with Senator Tom Udall, who has led the For the People Act, and my colleagues Mazie Hirono, Michael Bennet, Amy Klobuchar, and Dick Durbin--all speaking up to say that we must defend the American Constitution. At the root of that is our system of electing those who represent us, and that election system, America, is now deeply corrupted by gerrymandering, by extensive, persistent voter suppression, and by dark money. It affects everything that we should achieve for the people of the United States. If we believe we need to end the price gouging of Americans on pharmaceutical drugs, we need to end this corruption and pass the For the People Act. If we believe that every child deserves a quality K-12 education and that our children should be able to go to college without a mountain of debt, we need to end this corruption and pass the For the People Act. If we believe that Americans should be living in homes and apartments, not sleeping on the streets, we need to end this corruption and pass the For the People Act. If we believe that we have a responsibility to pass on a habitable and livable planet, free of pollution, to our children and grandchildren, we need to end this corruption and pass the For the People Act.…”