Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank our assistant leader for his comments. He has such a plethora of information when it comes to the civil rights movement. He knew Reverend Abernathy and a lot of figures that aren't as well known, like A. G. Gaston and James Farmer from my family's hometown in Marshall, Texas. He is able to bring all of that in today and tie it into the relevance of what we are working on here in Congress. I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), a friend here on the House floor from Houston. She is a fellow Texan that also knows about Black history just because so much of great Black history in our country has been made in Harris County, in Houston, Texas. I thank her for participating on this very important Special Order hour.”