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Congressman, Georgia's Fifth Congressional District

Atlanta, GA
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Joined April 2009
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  1. 5 hours ago

    At no additional cost to taxpayers, this bill will create the first national, historic park in the state of Georgia

    14 replies 253 retweets 959 likes
  2. Mar 13

    I congratulate Mr. Bostic on his historic appointment as the 15th president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

    11 replies 58 retweets 292 likes
  3. Mar 13

    These ideas have given rise to some of the worst atrocities in human history, and they must be condemned.

    61 replies 1,243 retweets 2,386 likes
  4. Mar 13

    This is bigoted & racist. It suggests there is one tradition & one appearance that all humanity should conform to.

    Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies.
    425 replies 5,240 retweets 11,851 likes
  5. Mar 8

    We have a moral obligation so that no one is left out or left behind.

    I agree with - we need to ensure no one will lose health coverage they have gained under the ACA
    67 replies 649 retweets 2,439 likes
  6. Mar 7

    There is no sound more powerful than the marching feet of a determined people.

    162 replies 4,398 retweets 10,693 likes
  7. Mar 7

    Our march continues. There is great work still to be done. Dedicate yourself to nonviolent social change, and we shall overcome.

    125 replies 2,662 retweets 7,743 likes
  8. Mar 7

    My skull fractured, I spent 3 days in Good Samaritan Hospital, the same hospital where Jimmie Lee Jackson had died.

    95 replies 1,315 retweets 3,408 likes
  9. Mar 7

    I had a concussion there at the bridge, and I've never been able to recall how any of us made it back alive.

    69 replies 1,424 retweets 2,964 likes
  10. Mar 7

    I was hit in the head by a State Trooper with a nightstick. I thought I saw death. I thought I was going to die.

    186 replies 2,626 retweets 4,731 likes
  11. Mar 7

    They came toward us beating us with nightsticks, bullwhips, trampling us with horses, releasing the teargas.

    38 replies 1,035 retweets 1,628 likes
  12. Mar 7

    The Major paused for a minute and then he said, "Troopers advance!"

    11 replies 618 retweets 1,104 likes
  13. Mar 7

    "I'll give you three minutes to disperse and return to your homes or to your church."

    21 replies 520 retweets 1,238 likes
  14. Mar 7

    Major Cloud said, "This is an unlawful march. It will not be allowed to continue."

    29 replies 935 retweets 1,688 likes
  15. Mar 7

    When we came within hearing distance, a trooper identified himself and said, "I'm Major John Cloud of the Alabama State Troopers."

    19 replies 703 retweets 1,437 likes
  16. Mar 7

    Alabama State Troopers putting on their gas masks.

    23 replies 586 retweets 1,078 likes
  17. Mar 7

    Down below, we saw a sea of blue...

    21 replies 616 retweets 1,342 likes
  18. Mar 7

    At the apex of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, high above the Alabama River, Hosea Williams asked if I could swim. I said no.

    47 replies 1,177 retweets 2,716 likes
  19. Mar 7

    About 600 of us left Brown Chapel to march in a peaceful, orderly, nonviolent fashion.

    12 replies 492 retweets 1,649 likes
  20. Mar 7

    Before we left a little church called Brown Chapel AME, we knelt and prayed together.

    26 replies 813 retweets 2,528 likes

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