Al Green: “We have to demonstrate, and we’ve got to protest and be prepared to suffer the consequences.”

This is not the end. This is the beginning of a new chapter.

It is addressed to the Justice Department, Civil Rights Division. There is a part of this letter that addresses the allegation that Texas engaged in race-based gerrymandering. There are two pages. The attorney general has in bold print…

I will speak into the microphone so that I may be heard. I ask that any person who desires to interrupt me shut up.

and still I rise. I say ``and still I rise'' because I have been censured, but I would like to assure people that I have not been silenced; censured but not silenced. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, proud to say that I am an ally of the…