Top 25 Chaka Fattah Quotes

Currently, more than 4.7 million African Americans receive Social Security benefits, and nearly 8 million people with disabilities depend on Social Security for their daily sustenance.

Democracy derailed is democracy denied.

There are no problems that exist in the District that have been solved elsewhere in the country. Whatever problems exist in this city exist other places.

Because when we think about the real facts: 44 million Americans without health insurance, millions without jobs, a 50-year high on mortgage foreclosures, an historic high the third year in a row on personal bankruptcies.

The President‘s proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed benefits for future retirees and endangering the benefits of current retirees, people with disabilities, and children who have lost a parent.

I don’t know what this definition of affirmative action is for some.

Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.

African American students have less access to algebra and more access to seclusion and restraint than do their white peers. The significant disparity in educational resources has caused this problem of disparate discipline and disparate academic outcomes.

The Republican Party is in charge. They’ve been charge of the Congress and spending for 10 years.

I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise that provides secure retirement benefits for all, especially those who are most at risk such as widows, orphans, and people with disabilities when the need arises.

We have major fiscal problems on our hand.

To see, once again, that African American students are more likely to have a limited math curriculum and an underpaid novice teacher is disheartening and should be a call to action for policymakers and educators.

The education cuts in the President’s budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable.

Now we are raising the debt limit 3 times, up to $8 trillion, so that our children and our grandchildren will have to pay for the cost of our expenditures.

Philadelphians continue to benefit every day from the flow of federal dollars to improve our infrastructure and create jobs.

When Bill Clinton was in town, he sent over a balanced budget.

The Americans are optimistic by their nature. And they are hopeful.

Fifty million Americans have dementia and other brain illnesses. To gather together the minds that exist and see how we can tackle these ailments together, that is the work that is in front of us: to have a map of the human brain, an understanding of the roadways, and an understanding of the traffic on the roadways.

The threat of terrorism is not stronger than the will of the American people.

But if they want to really think about the fiscal future of this country, then think about how we have moved from hundreds of billions of surpluses to hundreds of billions of deficits.

Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority.

This program that the Republican majority has taken us toward as a country is leading us to fiscal bankruptcy.

African American children can’t be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when it comes time for admission into college.

Bush has never sent over a balanced budget.

Our economic future rests on the extent to which all students, especially those who represent America’s growing majority, have access to rigorous, college-preparatory classes and excellent teachers.