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 consistently operating out of a reactive…

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 country?

Only legislation can respond to the real-time threats of real-time technology.

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 to privacy.

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 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 legislative rippling effects that also seem to…

NYCHA and public housing across the country has been starved by Members of Congress for over 15 years.

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.

Out of every 10 people that need PrEP, nine of them cannot access it, and that is largely due to the price.

the existence of these programs happen because of the public, and also we pay when the HIV epidemic gets spread as well.

It shows that everyday people, no matter your age or your identity, can make changes.