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.

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

that power can be abused in some cases.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.