"We need to start taking this seriously."
"We will start having these important discussions in a bipartisan way to figure out how and what can the Federal Government do."
"I know folks think that Democrats don't care about liberties or freedoms, but we do."
"I made my concerns about this technology pretty clear. You know, the dangers it imposes on communities of color when used by law enforcement."
"We will react, and we will start putting some limitations on it."
"This is a technology that is not going away. It is just going to get further and further integrated into our lives."
"False positives are not a big deal because for the people who are falsely identified... it is a big deal to them."
"Everyone must be counted."
"the census is not--shouldn't be used to marginalize communities, to silence voices..."
"the growing homelessness population. It is something that I know that there is a 130,000-plus homeless individuals in California, 58,000 in L.A. County alone."
"homelessness is not just occurring in California but throughout the country."
"This is an issue that I cared about when I entered into the California state legislature, and I started trying to figure out how do we tackle this issue."