Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor today to discuss some other theories and to honor this month, Black History Month, with first an announcement. Last year, the Governor of Kentucky wrote President Biden asking him to promote Colonel Charles Young to brigadier general. Charles Young is not a name that most people in the country probably recognize. Charles was a ``buffalo soldier.'' He was the third African American to graduate from West Point. And stories are legendary as to what Charles went through. Charles was born a son of slaves back in 1864 in Kentucky, but he rose and went into the military at the urging of his father and performed heroically. However, for obvious reasons, he was stuck at lieutenant colonel and never got the promotion which he deserved. So, posthumously, last week, the Defense Department, upon the request of the Governor of Kentucky--and I was pleased to write a letter to the President in support of that request--Charles was promoted to general. I thank the Defense Department for repairing that fault. Now, Mr. Speaker, Black History Month started out back in 1926. It was started by Dr. Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. Now, Dr. Woodson is known by most of us as the father of Black history. Dr. Woodson had some strong feelings about the contributions that African Americans were making to this great country that were going untold and intentionally ignored.…”