In a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no American should be too poor to live. We are going to guarantee healthcare, housing, and education as rights. There is no other way around it.

This moment, this opportunity is a gift from the gods of liberal women in politics.

I do want to commend you for your decision, and Chase's decision to pull out of financing for private prisons.

I was really going back and reviewing these last 10 years and I have concerns about how much things have really changed.

In my district, I represent Rikers Island. I represent kids who go to jail for jumping a turnstile because they can't afford a Metro card.

If you can write off billions of fines as the cost of simply doing business, how are overdraft fees anything other than an ideological tool to simply further punish the poor?

they knew about the scientific basis of the greenhouse effect. They knew that this was true, but... their primary goal was to sow doubt.

some of the first scientists to sound the alarm about climate change came from within ExxonMobil

Wow. Well, so it was almost like the lobbyists were the pitcher, and they were kind of giving these hand signals letting the delegates know what they can and cannot vote on based on lobbyists' interests.

I would encourage my colleagues to actually read the resolution presented so that they can speak to it responsibly and respectfully.

the question is no longer whether someone will leave but when.

there's been a coordinated effort to confuse the American public about dire threats to their health and livelihoods.