"Addiction is a chronic medical condition."
"We know that addiction is a chronic disease, like diabetes. If only one in five diabetes clinics offered treatment with insulin, would that be acceptable?"
"Access is so key. In the 13th Congressional District, many homes are under $50,000 where it is nearly impossible to get a traditional mortgage company or folks to finance."
"I want to urge my colleagues, as I am working with Chairwoman Waters and her team on the Land Contract Homebuyers Protection Act, that I am hoping to provide eviction protections for buyers."
"Many buyers, many of our residents don't realize that and there are repairs that are needed, hidden fees and interest and so forth, again, not fully disclosed to the homeowner."
"In 2015, the Detroit News found that more land contracts than traditional mortgages have been filed with the Wayne County registrar in my district."
"between the 1930s and the 1960s, contracts were used to redline and prevent minorities from being homeowners."
"this seems to be a predatory process, a redlining process that hurts predominantly blacks."
"I'm proud to cosponsor H.R. 2340, the Fight Veteran Suicide Act introduced by Representative Max Rose of New York."
"I'm also very proud to cosponsor H.R. 2333, the Support for Suicide Prevention Coordinators Act, introduced by Representative Anthony Brindisi of New York."
"We continue to stand with you. You have fought and sacrificed for your country. And now it is our job in Congress to fight for you."
"Every contract should be recorded immediately. And then we also believe that the termination of the contract needs to be enforced through judicial foreclosure."