"I, along with many of my colleagues, have been sounding the alarm for many years about rising bank branch closures in predominantly Black and Brown communities, and the negative impact that this will ..."
"It is no surprise, but egregious nonetheless, that Black-owned businesses received only 2 percent of PPP loans from the CARES Act."
"The Federal Government certainly has a significant role to play in deterring and ending domestic terrorism at the hands of violent white supremacists."
"In the district I represent, the Massachusetts 7th, Somali immigrants living in Roxbury are directly targeted."
"It is unacceptable for communities of color to bear the brunt of white supremacist violence at the hands of domestic terrorists."
"The mass incarceration crisis disproportionately impacts Black and Brown communities and, therefore, these communities face collateral consequences of incarceration."
"Haitian lives are black lives. And if we truly believe that black lives matter, then we must reverse course."
"Evictions are disruptive and violent. These are violent events which destabilize families."
"This policy failure has ended the lives of more than 10,000 Americans."
"I know firsthand the fear and the trauma that comes with an eviction notice on your door."
"Well, Chris, I`m not at all surprised by the draconian acts under the cloak of night by this extreme Supreme Court. What I`m looking to right now, is this Congress to act and we must."
"We need to codify Roe v. Wade. We need to pass my bill with Judy Chu. We need to abolish the filibuster. We need to expand the courts and we need to repeal Hyde."