Political Quotes

“I thank Congressman Jeffries and I really appreciate his remarks. I know that this House has rules and is concerned about decorum in here. We at the Congressional Black Caucus are also very concerned about decorum. While we uphold the position of the President of the United States, many individuals--particularly constituents, the underserved within our communities--are fearful about us actually speaking out, specifically to the personage and to the person of President Donald Trump. What we are trying to do in this Special Order is speak unrefutable facts; not about the personality, not subjective discussion about the President, not our feelings, and not our fears, but the actual facts of what has happened in this country and what is happening in this country because that is life for our children, that is the very essence of us continuing, and that is what democracy is about. If we cannot critique the actions of our President, then that is very fearful to us as Americans and very fearful to this House, which is supposed to be a separate branch of government and which I recall maybe a year ago it speaking very vehemently against the person who was in the White House at that time. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New Jersey (Mrs. Watson Coleman), who is my classmate.…”