"I believe it's at the very heart of why the late Congressman Cummings saw the need to have a series of hearings to talk about protecting children."
"Healthier air means their employees don't take time off work to tend to sick loved ones."
"Truth matters. It really does."
"The facts have not changed, and mothers know this."
"It seems to me that there is a lack of a sense of urgency in trying to help middle-class families not become targets of these criminal schemes."
"Chairwoman McWilliams mentioned this opt-out, but States should not have to opt out."
"The moral integrity of a Nation can be measured by how we deal with poverty, and by that measure, we are failing every single day in this country."
"the cost of that injustice has already been borne by black communities, native communities, and communities of color."
"If you are a kid from a working class or poor background, or comes from poverty like I have, and if you get messages over and over and over again that you cannot exist in this society, that you cannot..."
"We are not here representing the banks and big corporations. We are elected by the people, not by them."
"Yes, you can say that, but it doesn't make it right or wrong, right?"