"I could not in good conscience sit through this speech and give an audience to someone who operates with lawless disregard for Congress..."
"I could not in good conscience sit through this speech and give an audience to someone who operates with lawless disregard for Congress and the people of this nation."
"You do not get to dictate how I recite articles for the record. And I take particular umbrage as a survivor of sexual violence. I will enter into the record, this is my right!"
"I will enter into the record. This is my rights."
"Your brilliance is undeniable. Your clarity is a call to action."
"Joy, your brilliance is undeniable. Your clarity is a call to action. Your laugh is infectious. Your essence is inspiring."
""shameful" amid the "unspeakable violence" in Haiti."
""no reason other than being Haitian"."
"We find ourselves in a moment of emboldened white supremacy and anti-Black racism, and a weaponized Supreme Court that is actively gutting protections and progress that has been made."
"We have a hostile administration working actively to roll back decades of progress and more recent progress when it comes to our civil rights."
"I’m working actively to blunt the assaults from a hostile administration that means harm to everyone that calls this country home, but will have a disparate impact on Black Americans."