"It is not lost on me that before murdering 10 people at the supermarket last year, the shooter wrote, and I quote, 'We are experiencing an invasion on a level never seen before in history.'"
"This body's job is to address the problems in our country, not to spew more hate."
"I sincerely hope we can look beyond the politics and work together to achieve comprehensive immigration reform and address the causes and the concerns we have around this opioid crisis."
"It is up to us, all of us in the room today, to ensure that every single student veteran receives the assistance they need so that no one gets left behind."
"Our veterans have rightfully earned their GI Bill benefits."
"Let me repeat that, our veterans have rightfully earned their GI Bill benefits, and they should rightfully be restored when bad actors have targeted our vets to make a profit off of them."
"If you remember nothing else today, what I want everyone in this committee room to know - what I want every American to know--is the physical and mental toll that the lack of permanent housing has our..."
"This nation owes a debt to our returning soldiers."
"Thank you, Chairman Bost and Ranking Member Takano for convening a Members Day where I am here to speak to you about the importance of supporting our student veterans."
"it is clear that the replacement theory and other white supremacist ideas are leading to an increase in violence targeted toward black and brown people and immigrants specifically."
"We have got to do research before we start joining organizations, because if we are going to be fighting violence against women and we are joining organizations that incite violence, that is inconsist..."
"My colleagues to the right only care about the border because they want to care the narrative that asylum seekers and refugees are illegals, they are an invasion, when we know this is really about a d..."