Jahana Hayes: “I am a Representative for Connecticut's Fifth District. And we have some of the largest equity gaps in the Nation.”

I am pleased to see the U.S. Small Business Administration approve federal assistance for parts of the Fifth District and our state.

We just have to have a different conversation, and it doesn’t mean that I think aid should be off the table, because that’s not where I am.

Literacy is essential for success in life.

The people who can afford it don’t apply for these programs, the people who can afford it don’t need student loans, the people who come from communities like mine and just want to go back and serve those communities are the ones who are…