U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke, on New York City Mayor Bloomberg's proposed ban on the sale of sweetened beverages larger than 16 fluid ounces.
Chris Lehane, speaking on behalf of Airbnb to the U.S. Conference of Mayors last year. Most recently, the housing rental company has reached agreements with South Dakota to collect hotel taxes in the state.
Jim Pugh, a co-founder of the Universal Income Project, a San Francisco-based group that advocates for universal basic income, the idea that giving everyone cash -- regardless of their level of employment or pay -- without strings attached will help reduce income inequality and poverty.
Stephen Webber, chairman of the Missouri Democratic Party, after Democratic state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal posted -- and then quickly deleted -- a Facebook comment that said "I hope Trump is assassinated!” Her comment came in the wake of the president's remarks about the deadly protests in Charlottesville, Va. As of Friday afternoon, she refused to resign.
Tennessee state Rep. Micah Van Huss, a Republican who took to Facebook after the deadly protests in Charlottesville, Va., to "let my constituents know where I stand." The Confederate flag, he wrote, is "a symbol of freedom."
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, criticizing President Trump's remarks on Tuesday about the deadly protests in Charlottesville, Va. Trump placed blame for the violence on both sides, suggested that creating more jobs will eliminate racism and defended white supremacists' cause against the removal of Confederate monuments.
Texas state Rep. Chris Turner, a Democrat, speaking in opposition of a bill that will require women to pay an extra health insurance premium for nonemergency abortions. GOP Gov. Greg Abbott signed the legislation on Tuesday.