My constituents, my neighbors are living on minimum wage. In L.A. County, it is nearly impossible to do that.

So is that a recommendation to change? Because if you are holding, you know, landlords accountable for having a reserve, where is your responsibility for a reserve?

And when I look at domestic violence shelters--which, as a former 911 dispatcher, I am very keen to the needs of shelters and ensuring that they have funding available for domestic violence victims to be relocated and moved away from their abusers, not just the female or male victim but also the children involved in that family unit.

There is no place to send a victim of a domestic violence if they don't have the funding.

The lack of real wage growth to keep pace with the cost of living has increased the number of people who are now considered a cost burden when it comes to housing.

I pray to God that, you know, this President would not shut down the government once again, but who knows what he will do if he doesn't get his way.

I think that we can all agree that Aung San Suu Kyi has failed to stand up against the Burmese military.

It is incredibly offensive to humanity the crimes that we are seeing coming out of this place.

Where is the international community--something as simple as this--to send a clear message that, as human beings, we are not going to tolerate this?

He is not our friend, and let us be clear about that. Russia is not our ally.

The American people deserve to know.