Adriano Espaillat actually said...

"I am proposing a doubling of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative program."

"We must establish our leadership again, but we must do it by assisting those nations to address some of the fundamental reasons why there is a large exodus of families for the most part."

"Violence and illicit trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean has become a more serious problem and I think that it deserves further attention from the U.S."

"Yet the appointment of an individual who was criminally charged for lying to Congress seems to particularly be irresponsible."