"I think you are absolutely right in your initial words that this is absurd as that. But he -- Trump is playing to his base. And he has intimidated so many of the members of Congress, on the House and the Senate side, that I think they actually believe that and those who don't are too fearful to come..."
"And I think you had a great analogy when you compare it to what happened with apartheid in South Africa. They feel that we are less than them, and that's why racism is a national crisis."
"I have voted against it dozens of times."
"I was very disturbed when, on September 22nd, the President issued Executive Order 18950, which seeks to halt certain forms of diversity and inclusion training in contracting with programs in the Fede..."
"I would like to request that the committee use its powers and resources if necessary to subpoena documents from the OCC related to previous lending discrimination investigations."
"This is my life mission, to make sure that women and minorities, and, specifically for me, African Americans, stand a fair chance in the world that you operate in and in the world that you run."
"I have a piece of legislation, thanks to our chairwoman, called the Beatty Rule that was put into legislation and actually passed."
"I am very sad because you can't answer half of the rest of my questions since you didn't even take the time to look at the report."
"I just recently introduced a bill closing the racial wealth gap, which requires the Federal Reserve to further break down the data."
"the wealth gap that is getting wider. It is not coming in. And while we are talking about unemployment rates being better, many people have to work 2 and 3 jobs just to try to survive."
"Could we be a little more creative in looking at the data based on some of the things that I am hearing from the group who came in?"