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"Never tire of doing good, Val."
That's what my mother told me from a young age, friend. She was a maid, and my father was a janitor. When I was growing up as a poor Black girl in the South, my mother knew I had to have faith in both progress and opportunity – and to never grow tired of fighting for it.
Never tire.
They're the words I heard every day of my 27 years on the Orlando police force. The words I heard upon becoming the first Black woman to serve as chief. The words I hear while serving in Congress.
And they are words that I hold close to my heart today, as I tell you this: I'm running for U.S. Senate because I will never tire of standing up for what I believe is right. Never tire of serving Florida. Never tire of doing good.
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