Stephanie Tubbs Jones

I am convinced that we as a body must conduct a formal and legitimate debate about election irregularities.

My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do.

I'm duty-bound to follow the law and apply to the law to the facts as I find them.

Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.

It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.

If you believe you are right, then you should believe that you can make the case that you're right. This requires you to deal with serious objections properly.