Samuel L. Jackson

I would like to suggest that one of the things you do is to cut not only his trips to Mar-a-Lago, but his trips overseas, because you are cutting $9 billion from the State Department.

I won't have to worry about shutting the government down because Americans will shut it this government down if the Trump betrayal budget ever passes.

You are going to eliminate the Community Services Block Grant, you are going to eliminate the Community Development Block Grant, you are going to eliminate Federal Emergency Management Agency State and local grants, all lifelines for…

I interpret that as a betrayal, betrayal of the children, seniors, working families, people who voted for Trump, cities, counties, and States.

We commit ourselves to make that zero as we work with our communities and our young people across the Nation.

We have a solemn obligation under the Constitution to act as a check on the executive branch and to hold the President Trump accountable.

We must have a full investigation and demand an investigation of the President, the Attorney General, and top White House aides.

If we are to keep our Democracy, there must be one commandment, 'thou shalt not ration justice.'

We need to ensure that those who live recognize that we never want to see any more tragedies and families not seeing their loved one come home.

If we ever lose sight of that, we are in trouble as a Republic.

I want a system that is not only respected, but worthy of respect, and there is not a system we have in our country that cannot be improved.

I think there are many ways that we can work together on really making the criminal justice system work for everyone.

I think that the work that the DEA and the ATF does is extremely important, and I think there should be a balance between treatment and enforcement.

Do you see the reforms helping with the gerrymandering aspect so that you don't draw in Beverly Hills along with maybe one or two blocks that are distressed?

As we have listened to some of the reforms, I just wonder why we sell ourselves so cheap, putting aside present governmental challenges. This is a great country to come to, a great country to invest in.

I think it is very important that this committee looks to improving distressed areas and creating jobs in all areas, both urban and rural, and I hope we can do this together.

I think many of us took a step back, step to the side, and were either aghast or were trying to struggle with the Constitution or court precedent to find out what the basis of that was.

Democrats intend to honor that oath by opposing the President's dangerous and unconstitutional Muslim ban.

The Executive Order issued nearly 2 weeks ago by the President is a radical departure from these principles and I call upon him to rescind this order immediately.

I thank the ACLU and other non-governmental organizations that went to work immediately to challenge the Constitutionality of the Executive Order and for their success in winning temporary stays of the order enjoining the Trump…

The independence of the Federal judiciary, and its role in providing a check on Legislative and Executive branches, is one of the crown jewels of American democracy and is indispensable to our system of government.

As a Member of the House Judiciary Committee, I find it outrageous that the President has launched yet another vicious personal attack against a sitting Federal judge simply because the judge issued a ruling that displeased the President.

I think that's why it's so important that we don't ever put politics ahead of women's health.

I think it's important to know that when the State of Texas shut down the Texas Women's Health Program and Planned Parenthood's ability to serve women, there are 25 percent fewer women in Texas that are receiving care as a result.

It just seems to me that this is not the appropriate time to be making decisions about defunding Planned Parenthood.