No wonder people say we do things that don't make sense.

You can count on me to support your legislation. And if you need an original cosponsor, I am here to serve, sir.

Our diversity is one of our strengths, and it is one that should make us all very proud.

there is nothing I hate more than payday lenders, quite frankly, because I think payday lenders just make poor people poorer.

So if the regulation were put in place, how many of those would be children?

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.

Now, we are seeing more women and children.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, and thank you so much for your leadership and also welcoming us to your district.

It takes a long time to figure out what the issue is.

I just don't see where that gets us, and quite frankly, I don't like hardly any of these at all.

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?

We need to let them make their own choices?