"We have both responsibility to keep this Nation safe and the responsibility to ensure that laws have common sense."
"that case is a good example of over criminalization leading to selective or what appears to be entirely politically motivated prosecution"
"One in three families are going into debt over the cost of a simple phone call in 2024."
"We want to do good in public service, not do bad and do ill."
"the advent of over criminalization empowers rogue or politically motivated prosecutors to identify a person or target to prosecute"
"I think that is what we all want to see and hear."
"I support the freedom of speech, the freedom of the right to associate."
"Which leads to why am I being slapped more than once on the incarceration for a very low-level crime, if you will."
"Unfortunately, my district is not unique in experiencing the dual challenges of a struggling downtown market alongside an affordable housing crisis."
"Contrary to the claims by my Republican colleagues, in 2023, the United States set a new high for natural gas production."
"I will continue to work to build, expand, and defend it."
"While my Republican colleagues continue to put the interest of large corporations and Big Oil first, Democratic policies are building clean energy infrastructure for the next generation."
"If we fail to support Ukraine, we fail ourselves."
"What is going on? What are we risking through this long stall?"
"Last year alone SBICs invested over $8 billion in small businesses across America."
"The SBIC program operates at a zero-subsidy cost to the American taxpayer."
"SBIC-backed businesses have created over 3 million new jobs and supported an additional 10.5 million jobs over just the last two decades."
"Small business investment companies, SBICs, are privately owned companies that are licensed and regulated by the SBA."
