Political Quotes

“To my colleagues, I say good morning. Madam Speaker, it is good to be an American, and it is good to have the opportunity to celebrate the greatest democracy in the world. That is why I stand today and join my Democratic colleagues as they appear on the east steps in calling all colleagues to stand under the bright shining Sun to celebrate that democracy, for, today, Democrats will stand united, calling upon our Republican friends to push for a vote on comprehensive, reasonable, sensible immigration reform. I stand with these icons: Remember always that all of us--that you and I especially-- are descendants from immigrants and revolutionists--President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources, because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and people--President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life--President John F. Kennedy. He never strayed away from his strong Irish heritage. Then, of course, in Women's History Month: I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here--former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Sheila Jackson Lee, a descendant of Jamaican immigrants. My grandmother and grandfather came by way of the Panama Canal.…”