Kathleen Rice

I believe all violent criminals should be punished to the full extent of the law.

I also know for a fact that the vast majority of immigrants in this country are not criminals--they are usually the victims of crime rather than the perpetrators.

this is why people have no faith in government. You pass a historic bill like this and the agency that is charged with implementing it doesn't have the tools it needs to implement it and it is just insane.

I'm going to -- I'm waiting like everyone else to see exactly what the facts are there.

Both parties were slow to address the seriousness of this issue.

Congress has a whole -- is not going to have clean hands in this issue, unless we show that we're taking it seriously.

I think for his accusers, he went far enough and that he's no longer going to be a United States senator.

This is discussion that has been long overdue I think in American discourse.

Now, there a certain -- does anyone really expect Donald Trump, the president of the United States to be critical of Roy Moore?

Where are the professional consequences for the abusers? We in Congress, right here right now at this seminal moment in this country's history have the opportunity to say we are going to lean on this issue and we are not going to allow…

I think that one thing that--if you speak to employees they would want to make sure that you have their back.

I would like to align myself with the comments of my colleague, Mrs. Watson Coleman from New Jersey.

I want to thank you so much for coming to New York and visiting our VA in Northport.

I guess my question is, how do I assure those veterans that this push to doing more care in the community... is not going to mean taking resources away from their VA?

If there is any Committee in Washington, D.C. that has the political courage to do what is necessary, it is this one.

I think this administration has made it very clear through hiring freezes, reductions to employee retirement programs, and just overall budget cuts, that the Federal worker is just simply not a priority for this administration.

If the President of the United States is not putting an emphasis on protecting Federal workers----

I think it's important to recognize that under the Obama administration, we saw the creation, evolution, and implementation of effective counterterrorism policies that helped lead to the deaths of several key al-Qaeda leaders, most notably…

Days after the 9/11 attacks, President Bush reminded us that while our war on terror would begin with al-Qaeda, it would not end until every terrorist group that seeks to do us harm was found and defeated.

we have a Secretary of State who is saying I am fine with that.

if you take away the budget of the State Department and you decimate that, then I am just going to have to buy more bullets, basically.

As we gather to discuss the evolution and the current state of core al-Qaeda and its affiliates, we know that there may be no clear-cut end to the war on terror.

I want to say how incredibly grateful I am for all those who work so hard and sacrifice so much in this fight.

If you take away the budget of the State Department and you decimate that, then I am just going to have to buy more bullets, basically.

There is no partisanship when it comes to fighting terrorism.