Anti-Asian racism is pervasive in this country. Republican rhetoric and policies have helped to normalize it.

The Chinese Communist Party is adept at Russian propaganda efforts to interfere in our elections and advance its own objectives.

As policymakers, we have the responsibility to weigh our words carefully, especially during discussions like the one that we are having here today.

We should address that issue seriously, and we can and must do so without stigmatizing and discriminating against people based on their identities.

Our constituents are depending on us to help them, not endanger them with racist rhetoric.

People are certainly entitled to their opinions, but not to their own version of the truth.

These Republican attacks against the Bureau are baseless. They do nothing to support or benefit the people, our shared constituents.

Despite this, Republicans are trying to overturn this rule. They are choosing to defend a deeply exploitive late fee practice.

According to a recent poll, 82 percent of all voters, including 77 percent of all Republicans, support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its mission to protect consumers.

This is deeply unjust.

I will continue to fight to affirm abortion care as the fundamental human right that it is.