"Whether we are concerned about this for--whether we are concerned about this for a civil liberty reason, whether we are concerned about this for criminal justice reform reasons, about right to privacy, this is about who we are as America."
"It is so critical that part of our operation here as government and part of, as Mr. DeSaulnier expressed, is making government responsive and making sure that we are ahead of the curve so we are not c..."
"So we have a technology that was created and designed by one demographic that is only mostly effective on that one demographic and they are trying to sell it and impose it on the entirety of the count..."
"And right now companies, governments, agencies can essentially steal or use your biometric data from you without your consent and this is outrageous, right, because this is America and we have a right..."
"I would like to seek unanimous consent on how Amazon actually met with ICE officials over a facial recognition system that could identify immigrants."
"Justice Alito said it would be very unfortunate if privacy protection in the 21st century were left primarily to the Federal courts."
"Only legislation can respond to the real-time threats of real-time technology."
"I am concerned here that the war on drugs has not been solely limited to incarceration and that the negative impact of the war on drugs has not been limited to incarceration, but also, we have legisla..."
"NYCHA and public housing across the country has been starved by Members of Congress for over 15 years."
"I don't think, no matter what policy changes we make, that you can take food away from a child and then not understand why they can't or don't eat."
"I think it is important to note that this is not about throwing more money to the problem; this is about throwing the money at the problem."