Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, I stand in strong support of H.R. 1737, and I will tell you why. It is because it is what I have done and what my family has done for almost 60 years. We are a third-generation automobile dealer. I can tell you that it is a people business, not a White person business, not a Black person business, not a Brown person business, not a Red person business, or a Yellow person business. It is a business that is done face-to-face. I have sat across the desk from many people, lower income people, who cannot afford to get a car because they don't have the ability to negotiate the auto loan. It is our business, and I am stunned by people who have never done what we have done who have somehow decided that we are racist and that we are overcharging people. We are doing exactly the opposite, and you are doing exactly the opposite. You are discriminating against the very people who need our help to buy cars. We negotiate the deal for them. We negotiate the cost down. So to stand here today and think that somehow this is racist--if I were a person of color, I would be offended that you would even begin to suggest that I do not understand how to negotiate and that I do not understand who to trust and who not to trust. Three generations of Kellys have sold over 150,000 cars. You don't do that by cheating people. You don't do that by being a racist. You don't do that by discriminating against people. You do that by working with people.…”