Madeleine Dean

Every moment we wait is another opportunity to chip away at the foundation of our Constitution.

I thought that the references to specific individuals and investigations, such as former Vice President Biden and his son, struck me as political in nature, given that former Vice President is a political opponent of the President.

This President has shown that he repeatedly abuses the power entrusted to him by the people.

What is plain is that "wait" means "never." We must not let this President disregard, defy, and delay justice.

Words matter. ... The Constitution explicitly lays out that a President may be impeached for treason, bribery, high crimes and misdemeanors.

Congress needs to provide strong oversight to ensure that those statutes are followed.

A lot of it is fear on the part of the bureaucrats who are supposed to be conducting background checks on these individuals. They're afraid to approve anyone.

They're putting themselves in extreme danger. Many of them have been killed, their family members have been murdered because they've sided with the United States in a conflict overseas.

We can't operate in those countries effectively if we don't have people by our side who speak the local language and understand the local culture.

I'm not in favor of naturalizing anybody who doesn't meet the requirements to become an American citizen, and certainly a foreign spy does not meet the requirements to become an American citizen.

The problem has been canceled. It's a problem that existed during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War.

They are laughable and bizarre.

This makes no sense.

It's driven by xenophobia.

We take this very, very seriously, and I can see that you do too.

I am struggling just trying to help constituents match up to employment and employers who are actively intentionally seeking to be inclusive in that way.

The majority white panels tended to pick people who look like them.

We are not being intentional at all.

That's very valuable. Thank you very much.

Nothing is more important than the security of our elections. Nothing in this democracy is more important than that.

We should pass immediately red flag laws. Absolutely, we should have the ability to interfere, to intervene to save lives.

This is a question of our common humanity. We have crossed a threshold no country should have ever crossed.

One party has made this a priority, and it is us. It shouldn't be us alone.

America has suffered more than 300 mass shootings per year.

Unfortunately, President George W. Bush was not able to persuade enough of his Republican colleagues, and the ban expired through inaction.