You can't snap your fingers, and suddenly half of Congress is women.
After over 200 years, not even a fifth of Congress is women.
I think it's important that we have different perspectives. We need more diversity in Congress.
Having a Congress with a more diverse educational and professional background would serve the country well. And given the budget challenges facing America today, we might benefit from a few more cold, calculating problem solvers, and fewer courtroom impresarios.
I could work with anybody. This is why we need more veterans in Congress.
The reality is is that Congress is a very male-gendered oriented institution. Out of the, you know, more than 10,000 people who've ever been elected to Congress, you know, only about 250 of them have ever been women.
It's hard because you can't legislate creative diversity. I think it's more that the gaming community's more diverse, and they're going to ask for more diverse experiences. They're going to demand them.
I shouldn't be the only African American Republican in the House of Representatives.
We have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.
For far too long, the voices of Native Americans have been woefully underrepresented in Congress.
Keith Ellison is an organizer's organizer.He's one of the only Muslims in Congress, so you have a big statement there.
