I regret that a logistical conflict prevented me from making the vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 170.

It belongs to the person who fell ill to the crack cocaine and opioid crisis...

It belongs to the 18-year-old in prison for marijuana possession...

I think it is critically important that we remember that until a person is convicted, they maintain that right to vote in every state, and we, therefore, need to have measures that make sure that that right to vote is protected.

It belongs to the more than 6 million Americans who are caught in a criminal legal system...

It belongs to the incarcerated mother who is primary caretaker of her daughter...

In cities across the country, including those in my district, the Massachusetts Seventh, the housing supply lacks both in quantity and quality.

Unfortunately, these situations are plagued by split incentives where owners see repairs more as sunken cost than as investments in their properties.

First, I want to say thank you, Chairwoman Waters, for renewing this committee's sense of urgency around this issue and framing the conversation to reflect the real gravity of it.

In the universe with payday lending, is one answering the question of how to make poverty a sustainable profitable enterprise? A lot of people are getting rich off of keeping people poor. And so how do we reform anything that is based on…

Well, as we consider proposals to reform the Postal Service, it is critical we remember the men and women who work for the Postal Service.

The Postal Service is certainly a fundamental pillar of the interconnectivity of our global economy, a critical resource for communities across America.