Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I appreciate the powerful words, the passionate delivery of stories on the defense of freedom, the defense of equality, the advance of justice, and the presentations of my colleagues from Wisconsin and Michigan, my partner from Oregon, my friend from Colorado, the Senator from Minnesota, and Senator Booker from New Jersey. Their words speak to the heart of what our Nation is about--equality, opportunity, justice, and freedom. I will, therefore, ask that we bring this bill about equality to the floor, that we go forward in the great tradition of this Chamber and this Senate to debate issues that involve the opportunity for every individual to thrive in our Nation. Time and again, we have held those debates before. We held them in 2013 on the Employment Non- Discrimination Act. Now, I understand some colleagues have come to the floor to object to this Senate's entertaining such an important debate. They have come to the floor to obstruct the opportunity of this Chamber to engage in a dialogue on this important issue--so violent to the life of millions of Americans. I ask them to reconsider. Have the courage to debate this issue on the floor--to bring, in the great tradition of this country, an issue violent to freedom to be considered here.…”