Political Quotes

“I want to take a few minutes on the floor today to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and their long march toward equality, as well as talk a little bit about how the actions of this President and his administration have threatened our hard-fought progress. As Pride Month comes to a close--a month that has seen communities of every size, in every State, protesting against our Nation's long legacy of police brutality and systemic racism, while also navigating impacts of a global health pandemic. I am reminded of the Black and Brown transgender women who 51 years ago, stood against the bigotry and violence of the police after they raided the Stonewall Inn and then sought to suppress 6 days of protest. I am reminded of their courage and how their struggles mirror the intersectional challenges people are facing today and the demands ringing out from protesters in the streets. I am reminded of Tony McDade, an unarmed Black transgender man killed by police in Tallahassee in late May, and of Nina Pop, a transwoman murdered in her Missouri apartment earlier in May--a fate that meets countless Black transwomen and other transwomen of color. Mr. President, a half century after Stonewall, I am reminded that while we have made some critical progress, we are still fighting so many of the same battles, and we still have so much, much more work to do. Thre is no denying President Trump and Vice President Pence have made this work far more difficult.…”