Adriano Espaillat actually said...

"I entered the facility, Mr. Hoffman, and I say facility because it had all the characteristics of a jailhouse."

"Well, let me just State for the record, Madam Chair, that in my efforts to advocate for three folks, including a student at NYU high school--at NYU college and two relatives of Members of our Armed Fo..."

"Now, we can do better than that, and we must do better than that and the NO BAN Act will help us do better than that."

"I would ask the Committee to examine this disparity and explore a means to broaden the eligibility."