"Our ability to provide adequate and nutritious food to consumers is a matter of national security."
"I came to Congress 3 years ago this week on a special election to fill one of the several seats that were vacated that year because of #MeToo issues."
"One of the first laws that was enacted within a month of my arrival... was the Congressional Accountability Act reforms."
"It is rather bizarre that at this late date, 40-some-odd years after Roe v. Wade that we have to have a hearing on this."
"SB 8 does so by creating a tortured legal fiction to avoid judicial review, and in the process, threatens other constitutional rights."
"We, as legislators, must ensure that anyone who becomes pregnant can access a full range of safe medical care, free from fear, coercion, or lawmakers who want to insert themselves into a medical pract..."
"Thank you, Attorney General Garland, for appearing here today in a timely manner and responding to our questions, as well as for your efforts to be responsive to the issues facing America today."
"the far right's lies about election integrity have led to intimidation and threats of violence and death being made against elected officials and their families."
"In Pennsylvania we have lived with the reality of political gerrymandering."
"The right to trial is established in our Constitution. However, we know that over the past few decades plea bargains have largely replaced trials in our justice system."
"This so-called 'trial penalty' punishes individuals for exercising their constitutional right."
"It is that trial penalty, the mandatory minimums, and the discretion in sentencing taken away from judges and given to prosecutors that really informs our outcomes."