02/04/2014
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"Along with many of my colleagues in the CBC, I was an original cosponsor of H.R. 9, the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act."
"I have been persistent in my efforts to protect the rights of disenfranchised communities in my district of inner-city Houston and across the Nation."
"I do believe that we have to have a humane policy that respects children, that does not harm children."
"Taking babies from mothers is not the deterrent that this country wants to be known for."