Political Quotes

“I thank Representative Houchin for bringing this important bill to the floor. Mr. Speaker, I rise and fully support H.R. 5. Folks, this bill could be called the parents bill of rights transparency bill because that is all it is, transparent. As I look to the balcony, I see a lot of young people, middle-aged people, people with children and maybe grandchildren. Nowhere in this bill is it banning any books. Nowhere. As my good friend from Texas yesterday pointed out during rules debate, my friends on the other side of the aisle had one book. I see they have a stack of books now. Let me see if they will give you an example of books that you can pull up on the internet that are taught in public schools all over the country. Let me see if they are going to recognize the book ``Beyond Magenta.'' It documents stories on LGBTQ youth. It has very sexually explicit passages: I was sexually active from the time I was 6. I won't go on to say the other things that they have. Are you going to highlight these books? Another book, ``This Book Is Gay,'' discusses orgies and kinky sex acts. Are you going to highlight that? ``Gender Queer'' is a novel, and it had a debate in the libraries. It had explicit images of oral sex. Are you going to highlight that book? Let's take ``Juliet Takes a Breath.'' This book discusses a woman's journey coming out as a lesbian and contains graphic descriptions of sexual encounters. Folks, I could go on and on.…”