Political Quotes

“I thank Mrs. Lawrence so much for that discussion and inspiration she has given us. We are not going to go back. We have heard from so many of our colleagues about the achievements of African Americans. But not just the achievements--the struggles, and the issues that we are facing today. Mr. Speaker, we heard from Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who outlined not just the past struggles of African Americans and their achievements, but also about the rising concerns throughout the African diaspora when she talked about what is happening in Somalia and other places, and the fact that African Americans have a duty to support other diasporas and the work that they are doing and the struggles they have. We heard about the Affordable Care Act from our assistant leader, Mr. Clyburn, the civil rights movement, the work that was done, and the assault that is occurring now on some of those issues. So we, as the Congressional Black Caucus, have a duty to present those issues here before you all, our colleagues, here in Congress, Mr. Speaker, to put those issues on the Record so that we can expound on them. Mr. Speaker, I yield to Mr. Veasey if there is anything else that he wanted to discuss or that he reflected on in hearing some of the words that our colleagues spoke about today.”