"Just have more hearings and meetings and let it be brought to the table, the specific needs of the women."
"Now, we are seeing more women and children."
"So if the regulation were put in place, how many of those would be children?"
"We need to let them make their own choices?"
"It takes a long time to figure out what the issue is."
"I have had some real concerns, even in my own City, about the criminalization of homelessness."
"if you lost your job today and lost your house and lost everything and became homeless, would this be the way you would want to be treated, to get a ticket because you were sleeping in a car?"
"I am talking about what I call--some of the things that a lot of cities are doing to target the homeless to, 'get them off the street and not be seen,' especially in downtown areas."
"Your presence here today is a strong indicator of your concerns and your sentiments on this issue."
"I just don't see where that gets us, and quite frankly, I don't like hardly any of these at all."
"Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, and thank you so much for your leadership and also welcoming us to your district."