Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Ms. Plaskett) for leading this Special Order hour on the topic of Black History Month. We have been doing this together and doing a really great job. I appreciate everything that the gentlewoman brings and the remarks she has made during this Black History Month time because it really is a time for us to reflect about the gains that have been made, about the progress that has been made. It is also a time to see where we can make some improvements, where we can make our Nation a more perfect Union, as we really look at things and not pretend that certain things don't exist, to really use history, use present day and see where we can come together, form some public policy to really get the country moving forward and be inclusive for all people. I think that is so important. For a long time now, one of the areas--it has been talked a lot about when it comes to civil rights--is grassroots and how those grassroots movements within the African-American community, particularly from a Black history perspective, really changed things here in our country. For a long time, African Americans have long fought for the right for a fair chance of livable wages, improvement of on-the-job conditions, and the ability to provide basic necessities for our families, whether it was wages, fairness in working conditions. That was always one of the rights that we fought very hard for.…”