Political Quotes

“when I came =========================== NOTE =========================== On September 19, 2025, page H4460, in the first and second column, the following appeared: (Ms. DEAN asked and was given per-. . . Ms. DEAN. Mr. Speaker, when I came The online version has been corrected to read: (Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania asked and was given per-. . . Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, when I came ========================= END NOTE ========================= to Congress in 2019, I knew it was a time of great tension, yet I was motivated all the more to do this work.In the almost 7 years since, our empathy and our common humanity has been tested in unimaginable ways. The latest is the horrific murder of Charlie Kirk. Beyond the horror of such a vile act is the pervasive ugly rise in political violence. We have witnessed it in my home State of Pennsylvania with the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Butler; and, again, with the arson attack on Governor Josh Shapiro's home on Passover with his family sleeping upstairs; and again in Minnesota with the murder of House Speaker Emerita Melissa Horton, her husband, Mark, and their dog in their home; and now, again, at Utah Valley University. We must condemn political violence in all its forms and in all its twisted motivations and perverse ideologies.…”