On the recordOctober 2, 2020
We awoke this morning to daunting news in this Nation, and I know that the Nation prays. I want to thank the gentlewoman from Washington for her distinguished service, and our fellow coleaders and cosponsors, Congresswomen Kuster, Garcia, and Frankel, and, really, all of those who rose in the immediacy of our visit to be able to sign on to H. Res. 1153. In the spirit of our late friend and colleague, America is better than this. America is better than this. First, to my Republican friends, I hope that they will rise today and vote for this legislation. If they read it, they will understand there is no condemnation of ICE. There is accountability that each and every one of us who serves the people of the United States is obligated to do. We are obligated to be accountable. We are obligated to treat every human being with decency. Though this is a circumstance that pained my heart, am I reminded of the man that killed nine at Mother Emanuel Church and was taken to get a burger before he was taken to jail because he said he was hungry. No one seems to condemn that. It certainly hurt my heart. Nine people of faith praying were killed, murdered in their church, and left lying in blood. But he was taken to get a burger. Why should these women be treated any less? This resolution, why is it so intimidating?…
