Zoe Lofgren

That is intolerable from a democratic perspective, and I think it is something that should unify all of us as Americans.

I want to rise in support of the SHIELD Act. I am very enthusiastic about this legislation, and I want to thank the Chair for her leadership in bringing it forward.

I think this amendment is ill-advised. I would urge that it be defeated.

But I am going to deem that to be an aberration and just not something that we will see repeatedly.

Fraud is fraud. So the strictness of the law really proved inconsequential to prevent election fraud.

They should still have the right to vote, make their voice heard in our elections.

Special Counsel Mueller, in his report, said there was a campaign for sweeping and systematic interference in the U.S. election by Russia, by the GRU.

It would be very useful for the United States to play the lead to try and help those countries stabilize so that people don't have to flee for their lives.

We need to reform our immigration laws because right now they are an incentive for all these people to have to travel thousands of miles from Central America to come here.

In December of 2017, the Trump Administration ended what had been a presumption that if you are pregnant, that you will be released from custody because of the vulnerability you have as a pregnant woman.

Asylum is part of American immigration law. It is not illegal to apply for asylum.

I feel a need to take action, so that you can't have a weapon that can do so much damage in under 60 seconds.

It's not where you're from, it's where you're going to that makes you an American.

What we want to do is to make sure that anybody who's coming from any country doesn't pose a threat, and not really make that based on where you were born or what your religion is.

Public Law 114-113, the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015

I really think it's an abuse of power on the part of the Department of Justice...

If I may, my time is limited because...

The lawsuit that is going to be engaged in is going to-- you've created chaos here...

I think I speak for the entire Committee of how proud we are of the Institution, of the Smithsonian Institute.

One of the things that has always caught my attention was the fact that Campaign Chair Paul Manafort shared with a Russian operative, Mr. Kilimnik, the campaign's--and this is a quote from the report, ``strategy for winning Democratic…

Criminals, rapists, drug dealers, that is how then-Candidate Trump described Mexicans when he launched his campaign.

Many of us were absolutely stunned when, at a Florida rally in May, the President rhetorically asked the crowd what he should do with migrants who cross the border.

Recent polling from the Pew Research Center found that 57 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say that the U.S. risks losing its identity if America is too open to foreigners.

Anti-immigrant rhetoric is on the rise today, and it is inflamed by President Trump.

He has called immigrants animals, and the rhetoric has only escalated over time.