On the recordSeptember 6, 2018
I am honored to stand here with our good friend just leaving the podium, the Honorable Lacy Clay. It is good to see the kind of family attitude that we are all expressing. Each person has gone to hug the Honorable Barbara Lee because she is the closest to Congressman Ron Dellums, and we want his family to know of the intensity of our love and respect. Congressman Lacy opened up the gate for me and the door for me because I think Congressman Ron Dellums understood, as Frederick Douglass did, that, where there is no struggle, there is no power. Without struggle, there is no power. For all that he stood for, even in his early years, he had no fear of struggle. So I stand today on the floor of the House to be able to pay tribute to our friend and, might I say, our brother, to be able to thank the gentlewoman from California for her wisdom in allowing us to share this time with him. I thank the gentlewoman so very much for giving us this beautiful portrait for us to stand next to and for America to be reintroduced to the Honorable Ron Dellums. Ron Dellums was a Member of Congress, former bay area Congressman and Oakland mayor, first African American elected to Congress from northern California, tireless champion of racial and social justice, Marine Corps veteran and peace warrior, and Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Progressive Caucus cofounder.…
