Summer Lee

I joined my Democratic colleagues on the House floor in opposition to the President's Federal Government shutdown in an ill-conceived plan to force Congress to pay for his border wall.

Is that your oath to the American people or your oath to the President of the United States?

I believe if a horrific tragedy happens again, it is this committee and that in the Senate that will be looked to by the American people to devise the right approach.

Over of the past couple of months, I am very proud of the Members of this committee, particularly my colleagues on the Democratic side, who almost everyone have been to the border because of their desire to be proficient and efficient on…

It's mean-spirited. It's wrong. And it's going to hurt a heck of a lot of people.

We have three-quarters of SNAP recipients are working... two-thirds of SNAP recipients are children, the elderly, the disabled.

$220 billion in SNAP cuts... is cruel, and really morally wrong.

I am supporting the $85 billion for Supplemental Nutrition Program. I would always argue for more because SNAP is a cornerstone of the Nation's nutrition assistance.

This is a very, very serious issue and for everyone, especially in minority communities, in terms of diabetes amputations.

I co-chair the bipartisan Cuba working group and the bipartisan cannabis caucus.

I agree with Dr. Sugai who says that teachers want to do the right thing and it is really providing with them with the supports.

You need to be willing to make the time to communicate with people.

Restraint is never the goal.

I know we need to make changes and have a national guidance.

There is a big risk that low and moderate income Americans end up being worse off by this tax law.

Some of my friends across the aisle have already been rehearsing their calls to pay for the tax cuts by making cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid.

I think it is important for me to set the groundwork very quickly to indicate sadly that this GOP tax scam is a failure.

My opinion, and learn how to do it in a grant form.

I am a strong supporter of $8 billion and may need a little bit more for the census because I think we need to address concerns with our very diverse population.

I do not want it to open because its facilities are under investigation.

None of these are a threat to anyone here in the United States, but they were children younger than this.

The April 6th, 2018, zero-tolerance initiative of the Trump Administration was ill-timed, ill-considered, and inappropriate.

There are gaping holes with our cyber system.

Then they do need it because there are gaps.

But please know that my zero-day is not limited to nation-states.