"It is critical that we stand against these inciteful messages and assuage fear in our communities."
"One group we haven't heard much about are the 2.3 million people who are in prison or jail."
"So, an annual check-in not too much to ask, and that is exactly why, with the support of the AFL-CIO and the Communications Workers of America, I introduced the Greater Supervision in Banking Act."
"Congress established your national charter, Congress created the deposit insurance your bank enjoys, Congress stood up the Federal Reserve to be a lender of last resort, and Congress developed the leg..."
"Under the failed leadership of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, the OCR has abdicated this critically important responsibility."
"This administration continues to abandon our LGBTQ+ neighbors by removing protections and barricading justice for the most vulnerable while funneling taxpayer dollars into discriminatory organizations..."
"We have not passed laws like the Equality Act that are absolutely fundamental to ensuring equality for all Americans in this country."
"The Ending PUSHOUT Act, which I introduced, would invest in the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights."
"Elevated rates of PTSD among our LGBTQ children--trauma linked to bullying, familial and religious rejection, higher rates of homelessness."
"Millions of individuals across the Nation have been arbitrarily and permanently stripped of their right to vote due to involvement in the criminal injustice system."
"We reject false choices that purport that access to the polls must be bartered between vulnerable and disenfranchised folks."