Political Quotes

“When the gentleman was talking about what has happened in these last 6 months, it reminded me of when the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Cedric Richmond, on March 22 went with the executive members to visit with the President to speak with him specifically about those things that African Americans and the people who we represent--the 17 million African Americans and the 20- plus million Americans that members of the Congressional Black Caucus represent--to outline for him in a very succinct and systematic manner those issues that are important to us. You mentioned criminal justice reform. You talked about expansion of voting rights, jobs creation, support to small businesses, infrastructure. These are the things that the President said he was interested in. These are the things that the Congressional Black Caucus said: We are willing to work with you. We have an agenda. We have specific language, specific legislation that we would like to have a discussion with you. And not a photo op, but really to sit down around a table and discuss actual legislation and how we can be supportive of an agenda that supports the people we represent. And what have we gotten out of that? Zero to date, 6 months in.”