Keith Ellison

I know it seems like it is somewhat rare to get a chance to come together on a bipartisan basis to do something good for the American people.

I don't support blanket assertions that we need fewer cops on the beat in the financial market.

Yes, but it's also about making -- it is also -- I think it is those things, but it's also about marginalizing and alienating a certain group of Americans who she does not view all American enough.

Yes. On the training material issue, they had a whole host of materials that were simply inaccurate and, in many cases, biased.

I think it just is the worst of guilt by association. It is -- it is a stark affront to American values about treating people for what they did and how they behave themselves.

I'm standing up for America's freedom of thought in America today and that, you know, just simply being a member of a particular religious group does not make you radioactive.

No, it's 16 pages worth of nothing. It's 16 pages worth of repeated false allegations. Just regurgitated nonsense.

It's about some people in our country thinking that if you're not in the, quote/unquote, 'mainstream,' then you have no place.

If she really believes this, why is she broadcasting it? She should go to the responsible authorities to investigate it.

Good people were afraid to question Joe McCarthy because they thought he would be their target. But this is an occasion where good people got to stand up and say we've seen this before. We're not going to let it happen again.

Complying--the regulations might be perfectly legitimate. I am not questioning the value of the regulations, but they are expensive.

I am still a very proud bleeding heart liberal.

It is just not true and it is an abuse of this process.

And if I may also add, we underfund an agency, and then when a Madoff situation comes up we blame the agency...

I applaud this Committee, Mr. Chairman, and, of course, our Ranking Members for looking into the good use of the public dollar.

The more efficiently we can use dollars for Medicaid, the more people we can help, and that is very important to me.

I want to urge you to continue that effort, because it seems to me that one of the problems we get into in this committee... is that we start with a simple idea: What is the ratio of CEO pay to other average employees?

I still support this process, but I will note that there are many important and innovative steps being made to improve the quality of health care in Minnesota of which I am very proud.

I can't escape the fact that our Nation was brought to the brink of financial collapse in October 2008.

While any profiling of Americans based on race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin is disturbing, I think it is important also to note that it is poor law enforcement.

religious or ethnic or racial stereotyping is simply not good policing, and it threatens the values Americans hold dear.

Our budget, our people's budget, must put Americans back to work rebuilding our great country.

Are we really willing to continue funding outdated weaponry while cutting veteran training and employment services?

It is also time we replace a broken tax system that favors corporate special interests with one that works for the majority of Americans.

Millionaires are not job creators, they are profit maximizers.