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9 quotes by Terri Sewell

Terrycina Andrea "Terri" Sewell (born January 1, 1965) is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 7th congressional district since 2011. The district includes most of the Black Belt, as well as most of the predominantly black portions of Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. Sewell is a member of the Democratic Party and the first black woman elected to Congress from Alabama. Sewell is the only Democrat in Alabama's...
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When you have incidences like the Trayvon Martin verdict, the erosion of certain fundamental rights like voting, it just reminds us that we're... →

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Don't count on Congress. Laws come into being because people on the ground demand it.

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You grow up with a heightened sense of the Civil Rights Movement, but I think it wasn't until I became of age that I really had a great... →

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I think that something is fundamentally wrong if a person of his great wealth is only paying 13.9 percent effective tax rate and most of Americans... →

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Collaboration is really important.

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I think at the end of the day we have to raise the debt ceiling, because America pays its bills.

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I think that one thing I have learned as a freshman is that it is really important to collaborate.

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I'm benefitting from the sacrifices and seeds sown by Shirley Chisholm, John Lewis, and so many others. Those of us who are beneficiaries owe it... →

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We could have done a better job explaining what was in the Affordable Care Act, but when you talk to people and you don't label it, people get... →

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