Adriano Espaillat: “Congress should permanently authorize DHAP and automatically activate it after every disaster.”

[The] disclosure to ICE imperils effective tax administration, the reliance of millions of taxpayers, and Congress’s clear prerogative to decide when and how sensitive tax information may be used for non-tax purposes.

Here we have someone who is standing up for his grandchild, for his ill wife, for his community. He is standing up for family values, and yet he has to stand here and defend himself. His decision to step down is very personal and his…

Make no mistake: they did this at 4AM so no one would see, no ceremony, no real recognition.

When I came to this nation as a young, immigrant boy, I never could have imagined I would be a member of Congress.