"We have only a brief window to act to prevent the most severe consequences of climate change."
"the United States is the only democracy... that denies the residents of its capital voting representation in the national legislature."
"Watching parents continue to bury their children because they sent them to school... is despicable."
"I have only been here for five months, but I have seen House Democrats sponsor numerous gun reform and gun violence legislation."
"And yet we are not doing anything to stop mentally ill people from being able to buy AR-15s and unlimited ammunition in this country."
"They are part of an effort to deny Americans who live in Washington the right to participate in representative government."
"We cannot continue to take these hearings serious when we are talking about crime if we are not going to talk about gun violence."
"You see, he thinks it is her fault that he sexually abused her."
"The data is clear on gun violence. The numbers do not lie, and yet, we are ignoring it."
"You see, that is what Pence gets for not doing what he was told by Donald Trump."
"Doesn't women's health warrant even a single hearing under these crisis conditions?"