“I see a theme.”
“The moment I was born on U.S. soil I was born a citizen, and I’ll be damned if Donald Trump tries to take that away from me.”
“Donald Trump and Republicans are attempting to take over free and fair elections. Again.”
“It’s not just, OK, let’s tax the billionaires.”
“I offered to resign last night, and President Trump said, 'Let’s talk about it tomorrow.'”
“we would love to see the regime there change.”

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On the recordNovember 6, 2017
I thank the gentlewoman so very much for her moving words. I know that this is an issue that is very close to her heart, being of Haitian-American descent, and we are grateful for her leadership on this, being supportive of the letters to the President, letters to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for her working in a bipartisan fashion to support the people of Haiti as well as other countries on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Richmond), the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus who is leading us in this discussion that is affecting the people of Haiti as well as other countries, along with the President's tax plan and how it would affect those Americans who are the least of us and would have the most repercussions for that.
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