"The fact that nearly a quarter of the immigrant population in the United States is undocumented is a failure of our system."
"Our immigration system generally takes a one-size-fits-all approach to punishment."
"My colleagues on both sides of the aisle talk about the importance of second chances."
"Now, I'm incredibly happy to say that just a few weeks ago Many became a U.S. citizen because he received a pardon from Washington State Governor Jay Inslee."
"Deportation is a one-size-fits-all punishment that is unnecessarily cruel and costly both economically and on a human level."
"There's really no other area of U.S. law that just has one consequence, and I think that this is a critically important area for us to focus on to establish scaleable consequences that are fair, encou..."
"the COVID relief bill is among other things the right place and the right time and the right way to push a raise in the minimum wage."
"That`s totally fair, and you are right on when you said we shouldn`t care whether Republicans are going to vote for this or not, because the vast majority of the American people support this package, ..."
"We`ve got to do what we promised. We`ve got to get these $2,000 checks -- $1,400 in addition to the $600 out to people."
"This is a core important issue and structural reform that will also persist past COVID."
"It is stunning, absolutely stunning that Republicans would seat Marjorie Taylor Greene on the Education Committee given exactly that view of, you know, Jewish funded lasers being the cause of wildfire..."
"This is about the Republican Party. This is about the Republican leadership. And Marjorie Taylor Greene represents what I have come to believe are three fundamental truths about where the Republican P..."