Tina Smith actually said...

"The Federal Government has explicitly advanced policies that have not only contributed to this gap but that have built this gap."

"What I am taking from your testimony is that the wealth gap that we see in our country is not an accident of our history. It is a design of our history."

"I want to first associate myself with the comments that Senator Hoeven made about missing and murdered indigenous people."

"language is culture, and too often we think of students that need to learn English as--their first language, if it is not English, is a barrier that they have to overcome rather than an asset"