Stacey Plaskett actually said...

"I also read that each senator is authorized $40,000 for state office furniture and furnishings, and this amount has increased each year to reflect inflation."

"I can tell you about my own food insecurity and the nights I went to bed hungry so my kids could have seconds, and I was employed full time as a Head Start teacher."

"So I want to thank my colleague, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, for her bill and the work that this committee is doing to address these issues."

"The current poverty guidelines are ridiculously out of touch."