"Just to make a note, Mr. Chairman, that just because someone has a person of color, a Black person working for them, does not mean they aren't racist."
"I do not call Mr. Meadows a racist."
"I was not referring to you at all as a racist."
"The fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman, in this chamber, in this committee, is alone racist in itself."
"I do not call Mr. Meadows a racist. I am trying as a person of color, Mr. Chairman, just to express myself and how I felt at that moment."
"I want to introduce a bill that basically says that you can't provide credit scoring... because there is no connection with somebody's driving record and what their credit score is."
"I want you to know, my first bill, the Justice For All Civil Rights Act, is going to basically be able to say we have to--you can show disparate impact to be able to get some sort of legal resolution ..."
"I feel like the only way is to always have this overwhelming oversight no matter who's in control here and who's in the body."
"It was actually President Ronald Reagan who passed--did you all know--the low-income tax housing--it is incredible to read that he birthed this approach, this, what I would call, win-win in many ways."
"I think For the People, H.R. 1, is important in trying to restore public trust and to this institution."
"I cannot believe this is not illegal already. That this is not something that we push up against, and say, Enough."
"Oh, I just want--the constituent you spoke about, do you know in 2017, for example, Saudi lobbyists spent $217,000 to reserve rooms at Trump-owned hotels."