Political Quotes

I rise on this day to help shed light on an escalating crisis 700 miles from the shores of Florida. That crisis is in the island nation of Haiti. I thank my colleagues for anchoring this evening's Special Order hour as part of our mission…

People don't choose to leave their families and communities, their culture, their language on a whim. Most often people leave because their very lives are at stake.

I want to make sure that our friends from the Asian communities are not mischaracterized or misunderstood by who they are and what they are doing.

We are here today because Republicans are demagoguing and exploiting the xenophobic and white supremacist ideologies that are fueling the immigration debate in this Nation.