Val Demings

Well you know, Joy, a long time ago someone told me I`d rather see a sermon in a day than to hear one. So Rubio can send out all of the bible verses that he wants to. We`re looking at not what he says but what he does. We`re talking about…

We want to know the complete story and we`re going to get to the bottom of it. And that`s exactly what the select committee will do with or without Kevin McCarthy, the minority leader.

Everybody counts, Joy, but as I`ve said many times before, everybody is accountable. And that includes everyone who had any kind of role in what happened on January 6th.

We know them by the fruit that they bear. We also know what happened on January 6th, although we`ve been asked to not believe our eyes and our ears. This is a sad day. It`s a sad reminder of what happened six months ago.

My colleagues way on the other side of the aisle asked a question: How can we better protect our Capitol Police? Well, as a former police chief, let me tell you how. First, do not replace truth with lies. Second, uphold the law yourselves…

Florida deserves someone who’s going stand up for them, deserves someone who will hear the voice of the people and it matters.

The filibuster doesn’t just mean a minority of senators can block critical legislation on everything from voting rights to the minimum wage. The filibuster undermines the basic principle that makes our democracy work, government of the…

The former president and those in the Senate and the House who support him believe that it is ok to lie, steal, and cheat -- to not follow the results of the people but to lie, steal, and cheat to get what you want.

Whenever there is a tool that obstructs critical legislation from moving forward, we need to get rid of it.

With the For the People Act, Democrats are trying to protect the right to vote. They`re trying to protect election integrity. Republicans are trying to obstruct your right to vote, stop your right to vote by any means necessary.

We are not giving up regardless of their procedural votes to obstruct, regardless of the filibuster -- look, when the filibuster stands in the way of good legislation going forward, then we need to get rid of it.

As John Lewis once said, the right to vote is almost sacred.

Marco Rubio is afraid of a tough fight. I`m not. I grew up poor, black and female in the South. The first time I was called the N-word, I was 4 years old. I know it`s not going to be easy. I do believe it`s doable.

Marco Rubio is afraid of a tough fight. I'm not. I grew up poor, black and female in the South. The first time I was called the N-word, I was 4 years old. I know it's not going to be easy. I do believe it's doable.

The government’s primary responsibility is to help the American people during some of the toughest of times. Marco Rubio chose not to do that and too many others chose not to do that.

The American people have a right to know the full extent of the abuses of power by the former president of the United States.

As you know, our Nation was created with the highest ideals and values. Our new Nation was set aside to be a beacon of hope where we could build our hopes and dreams and calm our fears. We are known as the home of the brave and land of the…

We’ve got to have people in the upper chamber and the lower chamber who support an independent commission that will get to the bottom of it yet again, so we will know exactly how it happened, you know, who planned it, who helped to fund…

His use of power for personal gain harm the national security of the United States. As the second article of impeachment charges, the president sought to conceal evidence of this conduct. President Trump did not take these extreme steps to…

There is a major threat to American democracy. Look at 1-6. I was in the Capitol on that day watching the peaceful transfer of power when all hell broke loose, an insurrection on our government.

I mean, it`s just -- every time you think we`ve heard at all, involving the former administration and the attorney general, the former attorney general, there`s always more to come.

If that means cleaning house in the Department of Justice, then that is exactly what we need to do.

What we’re dealing with is a former president who has no regard for the rule of law.

I’m running for the United States Senate because of two simple words, never tire.

I believe that as a nation, we failed law enforcement, we failed members of Congress, even those who are scrambling for their lives, and now say it wasn`t that big of a deal.