"Venture capital funding for new fintech companies goes overwhelmingly to those funded by White men."
"My bill would authorize $100 billion for a new grant program to provide assistance of up to 10 percent of the purchase price of a home to first-time, first-generation homebuyers."
"Everybody knows that does not make good sense. Nobody wants inflation."
"Maxine Waters... wherever these people show up, you push back on them, you tell them they are not welcome anymore anywhere."
"The National Flood Insurance Program is a key part of the Federal Government's strategy to be better prepared in the phase of climate change."
"A decade after we passed the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act, Congress must institute reforms that improve the long-term stability of the program."
"I think a pilot program may be too small at this point, but I do think that we have to start incrementally."
"It is unfortunate that the financial services and housing markets do not adequately serve persons with disabilities."
"Disabled people are disproportionately at risk of being homeless and living in poverty, and Black, indigenous, or Latinx people are at even greater risk."
"I have drafted legislation and have encouraged the SEC to provide investors with better information about which companies are accommodating the disabled community."
"I have long called for robust oversight of the bond rating agencies, particularly after Wall Street's and the financial market's overreliance on the often-erroneous credit ratings of just three agenci..."
"Thank you for holding this hearing, and I yield back the balance of my time."