
But I hope we do not negate the progress that we have helped build in that country and the sacrifices, particularly that our troops have made by pulling out with a plan in place to create and sustain lasting peace.
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But I hope we do not negate the progress that we have helped build in that country and the sacrifices, particularly that our troops have made by pulling out with a plan in place to create and sustain lasting peace.

you are no more diminished than Tamir Rice; you are no more diminished than Eric Garner.

Congress must require that States collect data on all police-community encounters and must ensure that the death in custody reporting law, which requires an accounting of deaths in police custody, is enforced by the Department of Justice.

every human being deserves to go home to their family.

We won't get together if we fall into the divide of the emerging White nationalism and White supremacy.

Do you believe that law enforcement, however, should not engage in racial profiling?

I hope that we will pass H.R. 40, the Commission to Study Reparations, so we can address the systemic issue and the impact of slavery.

We need to pass the End Racial Profiling among other very important legislative initiatives.

If that's what the law said, I'm going to go back up what Mr. Scott said and say then how did 99 percent of people misread the law?

It is unconscionable to me that people would be advocating for the erosion of the safety net at a time when producers are looking for any lifeline available to keep their family farms in business.

Please extend my appreciation to all the hardworking folks in USDA that are under your responsibility.

I actually think that a wealth tax is very important because it would hit white families much more than families of color.

Loan forgiveness programs, let us be clear, were intended to encourage people to enter public service.

Listen, earlier this week this Committee in a bipartisan manner passed the Older Americans Act, which provides critical nutrition, legal, and transportation services for older Americans.

We cannot talk about income inequality without talking about racial inequality.

Earlier this year, as the Chair Bonamici talked about, we passed a bipartisan, again POWADA, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act.

Chair Dhillon, as you said earlier, age discrimination charges are about 20 percent of the charges the EEOC receives.