Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Sharice Davids
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Last updated on November 8, 2024.
As a first-generation college student who worked my way through community college on to Cornell Law, having health insurance was not a top priority when I was starting out. I was buried in student loan debt and worried about simply making ends meet.
Kansans are resilient. We look out for one another - it's part of our Midwestern DNA.
I wouldn't have run for office if I wasn't an optimistic person. I'm a realistic optimistic person, though.
Our asylum laws were written to protect victims fleeing persecution in their home countries. By limiting the scope of these laws and refusing to acknowledge gang violence or domestic violence as a valid reason to seek asylum, we are turning away women and children in grave danger.
We have got to recognize the Mashpee tribe, their sovereignty, and their self-determination.
Strong alliances can thrive even where disagreements exist, but they cannot thrive where free and open communication is shut down.
Over the course of six amateur fights and two professional fights I learned a lot about how to get things done, how to pick myself up after disappointment, how to work through frustration and how to process moments of success.
Native women and girls experience violence at far higher rates than any other female population in the country - a crisis that has devastated our communities and has been neglected for too long.
In terms of career options, I didn't think about MMA at all. I don't know if I really thought it was a career path for many women. For someone like me, even in my prime, it wasn't something I really considered.
You have to build relationships and learn what are the things that are of interest to other members of Congress, what are the things that folks have been taking a lead on for a really long time.
I want to make sure more people - not fewer - have access to quality, affordable health care.
Communities do need police, but law enforcement needs to be much more transparent and held accountable for their actions. We also need increased resources for mental health services, affordable housing, education, jobs training, and much more to truly address social and economic issues in our communities.
Every year, thousands of immigrants, asylum seekers and migrants assume great hardships to find safety in America. They choose our country because they see the United States as a land of justice, as a place of safety, and a beacon of hope.
The Stonewall uprising was a day when brave individuals took to the streets to fight back against harassment and hate, and by doing so, helped to push the long history of LGBTQ activism into a nationwide movement.
The discipline it takes to train and push past discomfort and continually grow through both trial and error and critique are things that translate really well into the process of running for office.
It's funny that through learning how to physically fight, you also learn how to navigate really complicated and hard conversations with people.
Turning away women and children in grave danger; warehousing children in cages; deporting people whom we promised to protect - these actions are not reflective of the America I want to live in. They do not represent the values our country claims to hold.
Just knowing you can get into a cage and do that is part of how the mindset of a fighter can be applied to pretty much any situation really.
Healthcare is consistently the top issue that people talk to me about, and it continues to be one of my top priorities in Congress.
If America is to be the land of opportunity and the beacon of hope that we claim, our immigration policies must be rooted in the fundamental principles of humanity. They must recognize, respect and honor the basic human rights of all people. And they must uphold the commitments we as a country have made to the international community.
Masks. Test Supplies. Ventilators. Gloves. Gowns. These are the most critical tools that our doctors, nurses and other first responders on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic need to continue their tireless work and save lives.
The Postal Service is critical to our economy, our seniors and veterans who count on lifesaving medications, our small businesses that need to ship their products, and even to our democracy.
Tribes don't need Congressmembers' sympathy. What tribes need is for us to properly exercise our duty.
I think that it's a mistake to assume that because you're taking a position from somebody else who you might disagree with - or you know you disagree with on some things - to assume that you disagree with on everything and to not look at each policy on its own merits.
I have a talent for coming up with an analogy about martial arts training for everything. It's because training to improve your martial arts skills and training to step into a cage and fight another person teaches you a lot about... everything.
I know that together we can and will help shape the future of this country for the better.
I have always had faith in our community because I've seen us come together in so many ways before, even during the most difficult of times.
Part of what we should be thinking about, whenever legislation is passed, is, 'how does this affect all varieties of communities?'
I had always considered myself a martial artist who fights rather than a fighter who learned martial arts - although I probably flowed between those two categories over the years.
I just think it's really important that we don't put people in a position where they're trying to decide between their health and wellbeing and their fundamental right to vote.
It's an honor to be recognized by the U.S. Chamber for my work to advance pro-growth policies that will help move our community forward, particularly in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Too many Black lives have been lost to injustice and brutality in this country.
Regardless if I made it or not, I really wanted women's MMA to be a real thing.
It wasn't until I was injured at the gym - resulting in an emergency room visit and bill of $4,000 - that I realized the cost of forgoing health insurance. I was fine, but it took me more than a year to pay off that bill. That hurt worse than the injury itself.
If we're going to tackle the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs, along with so many other issues that are at the top of our community's mind, we need to reform our system and make it work for the people, not special interests and corporations.
The Kansas City metro doesn't get recognized often enough for the innovative and often model-building work that's going on here.
We know that Congress must find ways to reduce the cost of health insurance, including premiums and out-of-pocket costs, as well as to lower the actual costs of health care.
I'll keep fighting every day to put pressure on Senate leaders to do what's right for Kansas.
We need to have something that is reworked, that deals with immigration, that is not thinking in terms of policing.
Folks in our community have a lot of daily pressures to deal with. Worrying about the rising cost of lifesaving medications shouldn't be one of them. They deserve elected leaders who will fight for them, not special interests, and that is exactly what I will continue to do.
We need to be following the direction of our public health professionals and the CDC.
As someone who grew up in a military family, I know what it's like to have those you care about serve overseas.
I think Kansas City has one of the strongest entrepreneurial ecosystems in the country.
Let me clear, I do not support abolishing ICE.
When I do martial arts, I feel like its inward facing. Like, I'm improving myself, I'm getting healthier. It's almost like mindfulness for something.
We stood up and said that we welcome everyone, and that everyone deserves a shot to succeed.
I think it's important that the lived experiences and the point of view of L.G.B.T. folks be included in conversations that affect all of us.
To go from hit-and-miss promotions barely taking women's fighting seriously to women headlining on a regular basis, high-level fights, it's an amazing thing to see. And it happened in what I felt was a pretty quick succession - though not fast enough - as far as professional sports go. It's really exciting.
It's clear Trump and the Republicans in Washington don't give a damn about anyone like me or anyone who doesn't think like them.
To my supporters: you knocked on doors, made phone calls, donated what you could, and got your friends, neighbors, and family members to the polls. I am eternally grateful for your confidence in me and will work to earn your trust day in and day out in Congress.
Having L.G.B.T. people sitting in the room while decisions are being made, and sitting there as peers, will shift the conversation.
I ran for Congress to give Kansans a real voice in Washington, D.C. - not to let our priorities be drowned out by special interests.
The first lesson in truly learning how to throw a punch is so frustrating, so frustrating. Especially if you fancy yourself athletic, that has to do with expectations and that is a different topic. The discomfort is realizing you thought you knew what throwing a punch meant and you just found out you don't even know how to stand.
I didn't get to train because I was raised by a single mom. There were three of us and it was just too expensive to pay for me to do martial arts practice.
When Ellen came out on national television, it was the first time I'd ever seen an LGBT woman represented in such a prominent way.
Protecting our environment and natural resources is necessary for both our planet and our economy.
I've been put down, pushed aside, knocked out.
I remember religiously watching Ellen DeGeneres' show when I was growing up.
Our veterans have sacrificed so much for our country and to keep us safe.
We have to get away from thinking that everyone coming to the United States is a threat.
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