basic humanity is often missing from immigration debates

If you’re a murderer, a criminal, a rapist, break into people’s homes in the middle of the night with a gun while the kids are sleeping, and you’re undocumented, you shouldn’t be here, right?

If you’re a murderer, a criminal, a rapist... and you’re undocumented, you shouldn’t be here, right?

We should protect people in New Jersey, especially with the Constitution.

Basic humanity is often missing from immigration debates.

The U.S. is on the cusp of a constitutional crisis.

The risks to Americans’ privacy and financial security from Musk’s unchecked access are not only unacceptable, but also outright dangerous.

The country is in crisis right now.

the country is in 'crisis right now' and that Democrats will use 'every tool possible' to protect Americans.

the country is in 'crisis right now'

These disparities are not accidents. They are the direct result of decades of unjust policies and systems that determine whether your air or water is clean, or how close your family is to a toxic waste site.

I missed the following votes, but had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 36 and YEA on Roll Call No. 37. Personal Explanation

the U.S. is on the cusp of a 'constitutional crisis'

Democrats are not looking to shut down the government.

If we have to take steps to be able to hold them accountable, use the levers that we have to force it.

So yes, look, if we have to take steps to be able to hold them accountable, use the leverage that we have to force it, I cannot support efforts that will continue this lawlessness that we’re seeing when it comes to this administration’s…

In a few weeks, the Republicans are going to try to figure out how they move forward, and they have, for the last two years, needed Democratic votes for every single continuing resolution, and they should not count on that this time.

This is about whether or not they can get the votes. They are the majority, and if they cannot govern that, then you know that’s for the American people to see.