I am going to help show the American people that they too cannot trust him, that this is a man that does not live up to his promises, and this is a man who cheated students in the so-called Trump University.
— Maxine Waters
Priebus has been trying to clean up for Donald Trump for far too long. When he was making outrageous statements, when he was basically lying.
We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines.
My spirit tells me I cannot be silent.
Ben Carson was appointed to be the HUD secretary. He knows nothing about the mission of HUD. He doesn't care about people in public housing. He believes that if you are poor, it is your own fault. And he doesn't know the difference between an immigrant and a slave.
Women are prepared to run for office. They're prepared to show up. Oh yeah, women have big roles to play, and they have stepped up to the plate already.
This country cannot tolerate the fact that someone worked with Russia to undermine our democracy.
The constant drip drop of fraudulent activities coming out of Wells Fargo is absolutely outrageous.
We should have hope because we've earned it. We've worked for it! It's ours.
It's very important that people who are feeling the need to do something... get activated.
A lot of young people don't have a lot of faith in politicians. You can't depend on what they say. They talk in circles. They don't speak the kind of language that has truth to them. I'm speaking differently.
I'd like to say to women everywhere: don't allow these right-wing talking heads, these dishonorable people, to intimidate you or scare you.
I think that people should do what their heart and soul tells them to do.
I want our millennials and our young people to do what they started out doing with meet-ups, to talk about what is going on, and spread the education.
I was working at the telephone company in the late '80s as a service representative.
I've seen a lot of poverty - coming up as a young child, lost hopes and dreams and people that never had a chance to have a decent quality of life. I believe we can do a lot greater than that.
It's unusual for elected officials to step outside of the box.
I have been working hard trying to implement Dodd-Frank reforms. We went through a terrible crisis in 2008. Many people lost their homes.
As you know in this committee, we have all of HUD, and HUD is responsible for so many programs that determine the quality of life for women and families.
Policy, for the most part, has been made by white people in America, not by people of color.
I'm not running for anything but my own seat.
If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will.
I think the Democrats' role is to be vocal.
Why is it that Michael Flynn, who evidently has a great relationship with Putin, who has received payments for so-called speeches and who's spent a lot of time in Russia and was accused of talking about sanctions, he lied about it, and he got caught?
I believe that Trump is a danger. I believe that he wants to tighten and build up his relationship to Russia for whatever reasons.
I am talking about strategies that were developed, working with the Trump campaign. I really do believe that much of what you saw coming out of Trump's mouth was a play from Putin's playbook.
There are people who love and appreciate this country, but they don't talk about it that way. Now is the time to talk.
I had to ask my grandchildren, 'What does it mean? I threw shade?'
I know some people like to follow the tradition, and that's who they are. That's not me.
We use language that has been designed to keep order, and to keep people in line.
I am one who believes in the power of the people. I am inspired when I see people hit the streets, who challenge their elected officials, and are willing to stand up and fight. I encourage it.
I could not remove myself from this debate about Trump. I could not abide his indecency. I could not live with the way he treated other people.
Some people see me as someone who makes other people look bad... I often get a feeling most people don't know who I am, or have a clue, and I live with that. I don't try to prove anything by talking.
We know that when a woman speaks truth to power, there will be attempts to put her down... I'm not going to go anywhere.
If I never do anything else in this career as a member of Congress, I'm gonna make somebody pay for what they've done to my community and to my people!
Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal would be about socializing.
We moan and groan all the time about a lack of involvement of young people. But they have taught me a lot about what moves them.
I don't have any presidential aspirations. If the millennials want me to do it, I'd do it, though.
My Millennials, 'stay woke'.
I want to be the kind of elected official who not only pays attention but who acts on behalf of people - just average people. Fancy lobbyists get to tell their story, but the average person doesn't.
That's why investigations are so important, to drill down and to connect those dots and to get the facts. What we have is a lot of smoke that causes us to want to know more about what has happened.
Everyone has a part to play. We have the power. You can do it.
We have suffered discrimination. We have suffered isolation and undermining. But we stand up for America, oftentimes when others who think they are more patriotic, who say they are more patriotic, do not.
I saw the real difference between politicians who supported programs like Head Start and those who didn't. I started getting really excited about politics.
I'm so proud of this connection that I've made with these young people.
Donald Trump has defined himself very well, not only in the primary election where he was absolutely disrespectful to his colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle and for Fiorina, who he basically said, 'Who would vote for you? Look at her face.'
Reaching out to other people is important work. I am so pleased and honored that I'm getting the attention from the young people on social media. It's been missing.
The women's movement was just coming into being, and I got involved with Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug and all these great women. We then got involved with Carter, who was running for president, and we created the first International Women's Conference or the National Women's Conference for Carter.
I have been an organizer and then activist and a legislator, all of that. But then there's this big gap after I advanced in Congress and ended up as the ranking member of financial services committee. It took me into the financial services issues and Wall Street and Dodd Frank. And it took me away from the things that I did years ago.
Some people see me as a rabble-rouser. Some people see me as someone who does not care about what other people think about me.
