It has troubled me because I come from Texas, and we fought the bathroom bill, you know, just tooth and nail.

I think we will successfully get the Equality Act on the committee and then we will face the challenge of the votes in the House, and then the Senate, of course.

I would submit to you that we never know any way who is lying that they really have a deeply-held religious belief.

that power can be abused in some cases.

the President can decide, in some cases, that an injustice occurred or that somebody is entitled to mercy and a second chance in redemption.

Let us learn from what we have heard here today so that we aren't back here after the next season of hurricanes.

There are more tarps than I wanted to count. I went to Ponce with the mayor, I visited San Juan, and I just was stunned at the lack of response.

It is beyond frustrating that we sit here today, 578 days after Harvey made landfall, still trying to grapple with these recovery programs.

the one thing is that direct allocation for Harris County and the City of Houston would be beneficial and would cut a lot of the red tape.

the key to an audit is, to go in and do it quickly as possible, as effectively and efficiently as you can

I was really troubled with your responses to the chairwoman regarding the disaster recovery dollars for Puerto Rico.

it just seems that with Puerto Rico, it is just damn slow, and we need to get it going.