Occupation: U.S. Representative Birth: August 15, 1938
I don't have to give [Donald Trump] a chance..
Riot is the voice of the unheard..
We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines..
If sequestration takes place, that's going to be a great setback. We don't need to be having something like sequestration that's going to cause these….
The anger that you see expressed out there in Los Angeles, in my district this evening, is a righteous anger, and it's difficult for me to say to the….
Why do you think [Russians] hacked into our election? Because they have to make sure that Donald Trump got elected so that he could help them with wh….
I think that people should do what their heart and soul tells them to do..
Black women are going to have to take more leadership. I think we are prepared because we bring a tenaciousness with us. We do not fear losing friend….
Others say that that's not good for the country [to resist Donald's Trump ] and that they should work with this new administration on policies..
I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because ….
I am not afraid of anybody. This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'm concerned, the Tea Par….
Policy, for the most part, has been made by white people in America, not by people of color. And they have tended to take care of those things that t….
If [Donald Trump] wants to do good things, let's see it. Let him do it. I can't stop him from doing good things..
It's time for the bully pulpit of the White House to bring the gangstas in, put them around the table and let them know that if they don't come up wi….
If Hillary Clinton had won the White House, I believe that given what Comey did to her, and what he tried to do, she should have fired him..
I've been in this struggle for many years now. I understand racism. I understand that there are a lot of people in this country who don't care about ….
Some are arguing that the Democrats should resist at every turn [to Donald's Trump administration], and some Democrats are saying that's the strategy….
I don't try to think about how I can satisfy those who would criticize me, or plot and plan to work in ways that will not get criticism. I tend to fo….
You cannot be successful and continue to be a victim..
The most upsetting part of the new administration is discovering that the person who won the election and became the president of the United States o….
If you call it a riot, it sounds like it was just a bunch of crazy people who went out and did bad things for no reason. I maintain it was somewhat u….