"The government of Myanmar-Burma must, if it wishes to continue to have international support, show that it is willing to defend the people who live there."
"We see millions of Tigrayans who face death from starvation and attendant diseases."
"Housing is infrastructure. The rents are too high."
"We need millions of new apartment buildings in the cities and suburbs of this country."
"That is why I am glad Section 40103 of the Build Back Better Act will provide at least the economic incentives to sweep away these exclusionary and restrictive zonings."
"It is not enough to decry the darkness. It is time to join with us in lighting a candle."
"We were all inspired by Tunisia in 2011, where a simple merchant, vegetable seller, started an Arab Spring."
"the idea that those who engage in legal business actually carry around huge quantities of cash is absurd."
"When you look at the casualties in conflicts, the enormous casualties come from deprivation of food and medicine and disease hitting civilian populations, and that is certainly the case with regard to..."
"The value of the dollar as a worldwide reserve currency is certainly not helped by us having the charade we are having here about whether we will even pay our bills."
"the fact that we are still providing tens of millions of dollars to help the Government of Myanmar/Burma achieve its economic objectives is a stain on the morality of the United States."
"Every dollar that we spend helping improve the economy of Myanmar/Burma increases the power of the regime and is taken away from the poor people in other places in the world, particularly Africa."