“We have zero tolerance, zero tolerance for cheating in our markets.”

Washington, D.C., City Council members, regarding the approximately 5,200 migrants from Texas and 1,100 from Arizona who have been bused to D.C. since April and May. New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser have asked the Biden administration for help managing the situation; some Republicans seem gleeful over the pleas, claiming they are evidence of the nation’s immigration crisis. (Associated Press — July 21, 2022)

Rep. Kathy Manning, regarding a bill that would ensure the right to use contraceptives that the House passed in response to concerns that the attack on reproductive rights could go further than just the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. (Associated Press — July 21, 2022)

Scott Jennings, a longtime Republican strategist, regarding the role that former Vice President Mike Pence may play in the future of the Republican party. Many praise Pence for his willingness to stand up to Trump when others refused to cross him. (Associated Press — July 20, 2022)

Cook County, Ill., Treasurer Maria Pappas, regarding a report that proposes scrapping or modifying the state’s Scavenger Sale law in favor of tax-cutting and other programs that would help homeowners of color accumulate generational wealth. The study blames the deterioration of many neighborhoods of color and the Black exodus from Chicago on redlining, which the Scavenger Sale law was supposed to be a solution to but it didn’t work. (Associated Press — July 19, 2022)