the CFPB's job would be much easier if the President honored his promise and finally cancelled student debt.

I am excited and grateful that you will be a partner at the helm of the CFPB.

I wanted to speak to you about an issue that I have been sounding the alarm on for over a year now, one I know you are very familiar with, the issue of educational redlining.

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for yielding and sister in service here, Congresswoman Leger Fernandez, for convening us here today. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of every worker, every parent, and every caretaker that has…

It can help protect our right to bodily autonomy and to advance reproductive freedom, especially for the most vulnerable and marginalized.

The Build Back Better Act must include investments to preserve and build new affordable housing.

Residents in my district are moving farther and farther away from work to find housing that is affordable.

This is a necessary part of Build Back Better, and there is no time like today to significantly invest in our nation's first-generation homebuyers.

So, passing legislation that creates millions of good-paying jobs is absolutely critical.

We can and we need to break this pattern.

Every elected official should stand ready to fix this.