Political Quotes

“And still I rise, and tonight I would like to initiate this event with some words of thanks for the many people who work late into the night with us. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank all of them for what they do and for staying here for the duration. And there are other persons who are without this facility who are also here until we leave, so I thank them for what they do. I also, tonight, would like to make note of the Houston Chronicle. That is the largest newspaper in Houston, Texas. And I would like to thank the Houston Chronicle for exercising some of its courage and some of its wisdom in terms of what it has produced with some of the news stories as of late. The Houston Chronicle has printed two stories that I would like to focus on tonight. They are about policing in the State of Texas. I have two documents that I include in the Record. They both deal with policing in Texas. The first one is styled: ``Blistering Government Report Blasts Poor Training, Oversight of Texas Law Enforcement.'' The second one is an editorial, titled: ``Editorial: Hairstylists Get More Training Than Texas Cops? That's Unacceptable.'' [From Houston Chronicle Local, Nov. 30, 2020] Blistering Government Report Blasts Poor Training, Oversight of Texas Law Enforcement (By St. John Barned-Smith and Eric Dexheimer.) Last year, more than 600 Texas law enforcement officers received a dishonorable discharge from their agencies for misconduct.…”