Political Quotes

“I apologize for my raspy voice, but my passion for standing up overrules my voice. I am speechless, combined with outrage and anguish over the little boys that have been sexually abused. It is not a question of football and what is king. It is not a question of what State it is and what great university it is. It is a question of adults and institutions ignoring the pain of these children. It is documented that it takes 2 years before a child is willing to talk about sexual abuse. And in my own State today, an 18-year-old took her life because she had been sexually abused by a family member, and finally, it was investigated. I don't know how long the law enforcement took to investigate it, but she finally took her life with the belief that no one would be prosecuted. So I'll be introducing legislation that will immediately suspend all Federal funds of any institution that is found to have covered up-- employed someone who has been engaged in sexual abuse and no one reported it, including the prosecutor's office, who are now just saying that they will be looking at this in the State of Texas. It will exclude scholarships and Pell Grants. I intend to introduce that legislation and stop the funding now for any institution that thinks that they are above the law and will watch a grown man perform a sexual act on a child and refuse to do something about it. Refuse to do something about it. It is an outrage. ____________________”