On the recordJanuary 9, 2025
Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. And I rise today in the name of government of the people, by the people, and for the people; not government of the oligarchs, by the oligarchs, for the oligarchs; or for the plutocrats; and I surely do not rise in the name of government by the mob and for the mob. No. I rise in the name of government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Today, as I rise, I am going to give two important reasons why Vice President Harris presided over a Republican certification process earlier this week. Stated differently, I am going to give two important reasons why Democrats did not get the most electoral votes. First, allow me to commend Vice President Harris for leading the United States of America, our country, back to the moral high ground. I was proud to be here. In fact, I was seated on this very row at the very end. I was proud to be here when the doors opened and the words were spoken: the Vice President of the United States and the Senate. There she stood. She came forward. As she came forward, she was quite statuesque, comely, and courtly. She looked almost majestic as she walked in. As she moved down towards the front of the room, I, in my mind, recited a part of the 23rd Psalm: ``Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.'' I am not saying that she was walking through the valley of the shadow of death.…





