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“Don't let anybody tell you you're not enough.”
“I cannot accept being silent in the face of injustice.”
“It is an honor to serve on the House Agriculture Committee.”
“While conservatives love to talk-the-talk on protecting individuals' constitutional rights, they continue to use backdoor, coordinated legal strategies to try and rip away those rights when they pertain to women.”
“Texas' 30th Congressional District is at its best when we all work together, and communicate effectively and efficiently.”
“I think that tolerance and respect and compassion and empathy is who my faith instructs me to be. I don't have to agree with you to love you, respect you. And I think that I can bring more people to Jesus by how I live.”
“I tell people all the time, you may not do politics, but politics will do you.”
“House Democrats stand united in our defense of children, seniors, and the disabled, who disproportionately are the largest recipients of SNAP benefits. Any suggestion to the contrary is nonsense.”
“If we want cut the deficit, let's talk about raising taxes on corporations and the wealthiest individuals - not putting air traffic controllers out of work.”
“Each and every day, I take pride in my heritage and my family and community's history.”
“I voted 'present,' on the House Resolution to denounce the horrors of socialism, a non-issue that the GOP has concocted for the sake of more political theater.”
“Our Democratic Women's Caucus looks and sounds like America - full of diverse, bold, and outspoken women not afraid to take up space and lead.”
“I do believe there's an even larger microscope on women of color.”
“Most Americans wouldn't buy a roast chicken or a cut of beef if they knew child labor had helped produce it - but thanks to serious loopholes in enforcement of labor law when it comes to migrant children, that's exactly what's happening.”
“Without food, our people cannot get healthy and stay healthy.”
“When you decide that Black history is not a part of American history or when you decide that any book that talks about LGBTQIA relationships or LGBTQIA people, because you don't understand them, should just be deleted, well, the reality is, you cannot delete a people.”
“Texans - and Americans - know it all too well: our backyards should not be battlefields.”
“How can anyone trust Republicans to solve our most complex issues around the border, national security, foreign affairs or the economy, when they literally can't even choose a speaker or pass a budget?”
“More competition improves food quality and brings down prices - everybody wins!”