"I just hope this committee can do this important work without fueling that rhetoric, being very, I think, thoughtful."
"Congress should act to allow Taiwan to buy defense items that are still stalled in the Administration."
"I am proud that last Congress, House Democrats led the legislative effort to put an end to this violence by passing the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act."
"Look, classified information needs to stay in secure spaces. So, we'll wait to see the facts. But, you know, classified information needs to be in secure spaces."
"I stand with you, and I stand with poor people, regardless of their hues. White people need help too. I stand with you."
"I think one of the most important things that Congress can do is to continue to make large public investments."
"Let's talk about people who live in the streets of life. It is my opinion that the greatness of a nation will not be measured by how we treat people who live in the suites of life, but rather how we t..."
"Americans are much smarter than I think some of my colleagues on the other side think, and they knew that it was political and it wasn't reality."
"It is unbelievable that we would try to pin all of this on a President who has been able to manage our situation such that we are better off than most of the economies in the world."
"It is not controversial to me that China shouldn't have any advantage over other international issuers with respect to disclosure in PCAOB."
"I was assured at the time by people on my side of the aisle that Dodd-Frank would crumble like a sand castle in a hurricane."