The 2017 Republican tax law gutted this essential deduction, not for large corporations, but for families.
Bob Menendez
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Robert Menendez is a prominent Democratic politician currently serving as a member of the United States Senate, representing New Jersey. He was first elected to the Senate in 2006 and has since been re-elected multiple times. Menendez has played a significant role in various policy areas, including foreign relations, immigration reform, and healthcare. He has served on several Senate committees, including the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he has been an advocate for human rights and democracy abroad.
In the 109-year history of the Federal Reserve there has never--never--been a single member of the Board of Governors or regional bank president who has the lived experience of being Latino in the United States.
Right now the Biden administration has a clear opportunity to make history with its next nomination to the Board of Governors.
We are the largest minority group in the country. We account for nearly 20 percent of the United States population.
We want people to work. We have 11 million jobs that are going unfulfilled in terms of human capital to do so.
The 2017 Republican tax law gutted this essential deduction, not for large corporations, but for families.
I urge my colleagues to join me in strongly supporting funding for CDFIs as we deal with the 2024 appropriations.
Keeping our pipelines secure is critical to the safety and well-being of the communities we represent.
If we want to have an honest discussion, I think we have to look at all sides of the ledger at the end of the day.
I worry that if we see a weakening of our core Federal housing programs what we are going to see is an increase in the homelessness situation that people will face.
HUD's most recent Annual Homelessness Assessment Report, or AHAR, shows that the number of individuals experiencing chronic homelessness has continued to increase.





