Mark Takano: “I thank the gentlewoman for her comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Rivas).”

“Progress is not permanent. Rights do not protect themselves. Democracy does not defend itself.”

America does not belong to one political party. America does not belong to a bloodline. And it certainly doesn’t belong to one man.

We fight for an America where nobody feels that they have to carry a passport to prove they belong.

The work of renewing and perfecting the idea of America does not happen on its own.