John Hope Bryant: “I would like to say in conclusion if you vote for the Berman amendment, what you get is a system which the gentleman…”

Well, I asked a question of the gentleman: Does he think the States should have the power to decide whether or not the schools are going to be integrated? ... So the answer is, yes, I do think that States should have the right to determine…

if they are coming to get a job and they have kids, the kids are coming. Do we want, as a matter of national policy, to have these kids wandering the streets? We might hear it said in a moment, well, the new version of this does not…

I urge Members to do what is right for our kids, do what is right for our neighborhoods, do what is right for our police departments. Do not put another burden on the school districts, and vote against this bill.

I do want to emphasize what she said in her opening statement; that this is certainly a bill that, I believe regardless of whether we might be pro-choice or pro-life, we can support. Because what we are talking about here in the underlying…