In the middle of a shutdown, when people are really hurting, we need more than concepts of a plan.

I don’t think Donald Trump wants another election

The rules have changed and we need to change.

This is not normal times.

Don’t Poke the Bear

I think just the energy that the delegation from Texas brought to the Democratic Party, to democracy as a whole, when they stood up and pushed back against (Texas Gov.) Greg Abbott and Donald Trump’s overreach … in many ways that was the…

You can’t unilaterally disarm as other people are not playing by the rules.

I would do away with it so that we can expand and protect people's freedoms and their rights.

They’re not screwing around. They’re consolidating power.

Clarity, conviction, purpose, energy. On our toes, not on our heels. A resurgent Democratic Party, and it’s a party that understands what’s at stake for our democracy.

it’s not about the rule of law. It’s about the rule of Don.

But you can’t do it state by state with one arm tied behind your back.

We can shape the future here in Texas.

The cruelty is part of the policy.

[An end to the shutdown is] not going to happen until the president gets off the golf course, gets out of his ballroom planning, and sits down and negotiates.

represents a new moment

We have no idea what the president means by that, except it sounds like what he means is the same old, tired proposal of repealing the Affordable Care Act, giving people a benefit in the form of a health savings account, but allowing…

We have the president telling us now, Republicans telling us now: they're not going to honor any agreement we reach with them.