Yencwadi INew Jersey kunye nesizwe bajongane nothotho lwemicimbi enzima, ukusuka ekuphuculeni ukungavisisani ngokobuhlanga ukuya kwiziseko zophuculo ukuya kukwahlula phakathi komgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle. Ngelishwa, impendulo uninzi lwezi ngxaki ibikukuqhubela phambili intetho engaphezulu. Oku kusebenza kuphela ekwandiseni umsantsa ophakathi kwasekunene nangasekhohlo, nto leyo icaciswe gca ziingxoxo eziphambili zikamongameli. Yiyo loo nto kuhlaziya ukubona iSenator yaseNew Jersey, u-Cory Booker, ephakama ngaphezu kwezopolitiko ze-polarization, kwaye esebenza ngendlela ye-bipartisan ukuzama ukusombulula iingxaki ezinkulu ezithwaxa ilizwe.
USenator Booker uhleli e-ofisini iminyaka emibini kuphela, kodwa sele ebonakalisile ubungangamsha kubunkokheli obukhethekileyo. Ukukwazi kwakhe ukunxibelelana ngeetoni ezithetha kubaphulaphuli ababanzi kunye nokuzisa imiba ebalulekileyo kwindawo ephambili yokuqwalaselwa luluntu kumenze wakhawuleza waba lelinye lawona malungu eSenate aseMelika. Amaxesha ngamaxesha, uqinisekisile ukuba iWashington akufuneki ihambelane negridi.
Iinyanga ezimbini ezidlulileyo zisebenze njengomzekelo obalaseleyo wokuba iSenator Booker ibe nefuthe kangakanani. Ngo-Okthobha, wabhengeza kunye noogxa bakhe umthetho omtsha oza kunciphisa ubuncinci besigwebo sejele kwizaphuli mthetho ezingekho mthethweni. Lo mthetho wawuncoma awazisa ekuqaleni konyaka obizwa ngokuba ngumThetho weREDEEM, oya kugcina ulutsha lungaphantsi kwe-18 ngaphandle kweenkundla zabantu abadala kwaye luncede ukutywina iirekhodi zolwaphulo-mthetho zabantu abadala nabadala ababanjelwe ulwaphulo-mthetho olungenabundlobongela.
Lo mthetho uyilwayo uya embindini womcimbi uSenator awukhuthazayo iminyaka: ukuguqula inkqubo yethu yezobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho. Ube ngomnye wabasekeli belizwi abathethelela ukutshintsha indlela esibaphatha ngayo abo bagwetyelwe amachiza amancinci kunye namanye amatyala angenabundlobongela ukuze singonakalisi ngokusisigxina ubomi babantu ngokwenza impazamo.
Okona kwakuphawuleka ngokubhengezwa kwalo mthetho, nangona kunjalo, yayiyimeko ye-bipartisan yeeSenethi eziye zayixhasa. Ukongeza kwiidemokhrasi ezininzi, uSenator Booker wajoyinwa ngamaRiphabhlikhi afana noSenator Chuck Grassley wase-Iowa kunye noMike Lee wase-Utah. Uye waxhasa umthetho weREDEEM kunye neRiphabhlikhi yeSenator uRand Paul waseKentucky.
Oku asikokuzenzekela nje. USenator Booker wenza inqaku lokufikelela kwi-aisley ukufumana iindawo zomhlaba oqhelekileyo kunye noogxa bakhe baseRiphabhlikhi. Ube ngumxhasi wemfuno yaseWashington yokufumana ubugqwetha obudlulileyo kunye nokuzibandakanya kwingxoxo efanelekileyo yokukhuthaza ezopolitiko eziqhelekileyo. Oku kubonakala kwimicimbi ebalulekileyo yesizwe kwaye ezo zibalulekileyo kwingingqi amele yona.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo, uSenator Booker, kunye noSenator Schumer waseNew York kunye neRhuluneli uChristie noCuomo, babhengeze isivumelwano phakathi kwamazwe amabini kunye norhulumente wobumbano malunga nenkxaso mali kunye nolwakhiwo lweGateway Tunnel. Le tunnel yeTrans-Hudson ebaluleke kakhulu ayizukunceda kuphela ekupheliseni intlekele enokubakho ukuba enye yeetonela kufuneka ivaliwe, kodwa iya kudala amawaka emisebenzi kwaye iqhube kwaye ikhuthaze ukukhula koqoqosho. Kwaye ngekhe kwenzeke ukuba uSenator Booker ebengaqhubeki elandela onke amaqela, echonga iindlela zolawulo ezamkelekileyo kubo bonke, kwaye wahlanganisa zombini iRiphabhlikhi kunye neeDemokhrasi ngokufanayo kwibhili yezothutho yesizwe.
Ndisebenze kwii-Senator ezimbini zase-United States kwaye ndinokukuxelela iziko, nangona lizaliswe lithuba, lingoyikisa kwaye loyikise. Ukanti uSenator Booker usondele emsebenzini wakhe ngendlela ehlaziyayo egxile kwiziphumo. Kuyahlaziya nyani kwaye iNew Jersey ifanele ukuba neqhayiya ngeSenator yethu encinci yaseUnited States.
UMaggie Moran uphethe iqabane e-Kivvit, inkampani ephambili kwimicimbi yoluntu kunye nonxibelelwano oluneofisi yakhe eNew Jersey e-Asbury Park.
