I Think It Is An Imperfect Arms

I Can Tell Just From Working Closely For The Last Year An Half With President-elect [donald Trump] And Even Over The Course Of The Last Six Weeks, He Has No Problem With Differing Opinions In A Room.

I Met Rosa Parks When I Was 17. I Met Dr. [martin Luther] King When I Was 18. These Two Individuals Inspired Me To Find A Way To Get In The Way, To Get In Trouble. So I Got In Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble.

The Civil Rights Movement Was Based On Faith. Many Of Us Who Were Participants In This Movement Saw Our Involvement As An Extension Of Our Faith. We Saw Ourselves Doing The Work Of The Almighty. Segregation And Racial Discrimination Were Not In Keeping With Our Faith, So We Had To Do Something.

If Someone Had Told Me In 1963 That One Day I Would Be In Congress, I Would Have Said, 'you're Crazy. You Don't Know What You're Talking About.'

I'm Gonna Say That I Have Followed Every Presidential Campaign Since The Campaign Of President [john F.] Kennedy In 1960.