"I sit on the Foster Care Caucus, and it is a high priority for me."
"I did enter a bill that would--the Timely Mental Health for Foster Youth, which would require all children to be mandated..."
"I have a very important issue. As you know, I represent Michigan, Detroit. At the end of September, ICE arrested nearly 500 people in 10 different cities and regions across country."
"It’s evident that many of these immigrants may not be dangerous. In fact, sometimes their only supposed crime is crossing the border before they work and pay taxes."
"Well, it needs to be looked at. And I can tell you in a community that's not on the southwest border that we have major issues in large immigrant communities of disparate treatment."
"Since 2010, the actions of the congressional Republicans have drastically reduced both the IRS budget and your workforce."
"How does cutting 2,000 workers during your tax season affect the quality of customer service that taxpayers expect when they call the IRS?"
"If you're having an increasing number of tax returns with significant budget reductions, who in here is going to tell me that the IRS has any chance of being effective?"
"So there's no question a cut in resources, in the terms of human relations and employees, will affect the length of time and the ability of taxpayers to receive assistance."
"I am concerned that the executive order will inhibit the permits ability to do that."
"This seatbelt rule could have saved some of their lives."
"I am impressed by this body displaying bipartisanship. It seems like all hands are on deck, but still we are in the same place of no action."