I am not impugning his reputation. He didn't lie on any forms. He simply exposed the flaws of a failed system.

It was clear that it was just yet another part of this attack on poor people.

we should be talking about how you expand that benefit, and instead we are talking about how we can throw people off of the benefit.

He intentionally defrauded the Federal Government. That is, in my opinion, breaking the law.

Receiving a check from our social safety net programs should not be easier than applying for a job.

You willfully and maliciously gained SNAP benefits. You, an alleged millionaire, used mischaracterizations of your finances to cheat the program.

What we expect is that people, decent people, in this country would do the right thing and try to help people as opposed to hurt them.

we need to be thinking about how we can do what Dr. Davis is doing in Mississippi and craft supports that make it easier for them to work.

we ought to take a good look at defense contractors and all the cost overruns.

I represent one of poorest districts in the United States. They come to my office every day wanting to find a job.

If you want to talk about defrauding the Federal Government, I mean, we ought to take a good look at defense contractors and all the cost overruns.

I am strongly opposed to a similar change in the farm bill, because, according to the Congressional Budget Office, it would take school meals away from 265,000 children nationwide.

the average SNAP benefit is about $1.40 per person per meal. You can't even buy a cup of coffee for that.

And I think it is right that we ask the question here: what about the poor people? How do we help them?

The party of states' rights seems more interested in a one-size-fits-all approach based solely on conservative ideology.

there are close to 40 million people in this country who don't know where their next meal is going to come from.

But I also am concerned about the fact that someone would intentionally try to take resources from people in need.

We should be talking about how you expand that benefit, and instead we are talking about how we can throw people off of the benefit.

Again, I ask what do Congressional Republicans and this Administration have against poor people?

I hope that the time has come for the U.S. to once again lead, along with the rest of the free world.

The Communist Party today in China is using technology to stay in power.

The Magnitsky Act could be a powerful tool against the perpetrators of the Tiananmen massacre and human rights violations.

the U.S. Government will not allow enforced amnesia to silence truth, and that you stand with the Tiananmen Mothers

It was a great mistake for the United States to allow China to enter the WTO with the firewall.

If we do not speak out for human rights in China because of economic concerns, we lose all moral authority to talk about human rights in any other place in the world.