We introduced an amendment in this Committee to freeze the defense spending, not to cut it.
You are truly bearing witness on behalf of the poor and the near-poor who are living on the edge in the wealthiest country in the world.
We have a moral crisis in this country. It is a crisis when 250,000 people can die every year because of poverty.
Environmental justice, clean air, clean water for them to thrive in a world at peace in which they can reach their fulfillment.
We also must begin to repair the damage for the inhumane government-sanctioned institution of slavery, which continues to be manifested toda...
the recommendations are recommendations which this Committee should embrace.
I received the opportunities through many years of struggle by so many people and so many organizations who forced our government to--the wa...
I was able to buy a house because of a government policy that allowed people on public assistance to purchase a home.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Slavery was a government policy. The lack of civil rights was a government policy.
You remind me today of Dr.--another one of Dr. King's speeches, which he gave at Riverside Church, when he talked about society's three evil...