"It is very much discriminatory and dehumanizing to be asked about education level, to be asked about marital status."
"I want to thank my colleagues, Representative Kennedy and Representative Takano."
"The Federal Government can act to underscore the dignity and worth of transgender people."
"If I want to be a, you know, unapologetic Muslim Palestinian woman who wants to speak up about other people's oppression I should be able to do that and not be labeled as some sort of, you know, perso..."
"I am also here today in support of the Every Child Deserves a Family Act so we can put an end to these bigoted restrictions once and for all."
"When you allow people to discriminate against those couples, you deprive children of good moms, dads, families who are going to love them."
"But there is a role for the Federal Government to play."
"I would ask my colleagues, especially Members of Congress, before you make decisions about people sit down with them..."
"The fact that trans women are being murdered on our streets, particularly trans women of color, is terrifying..."
"I support Representative Kennedy's Do No Harm Act, which is so important to clarify that religious exemption laws guaranteeing fundamental civil and legal rights is not a license to discriminate."
"Religious liberty--I am going to put it in quotation--is simply this administration's latest excuse to continue its painful oppression of other people, including our LGBTQ neighbors."