Adriano Espaillat

The Heroes Act is what America needs. It is what my State of New York needs. Nearly $7 billion for public transportation, that is a compromise. Aid to struggling small businesses, including restaurants, that is a compromise. Billions of…

I have often tried to jealously guard the, you know, water's edge theory when it comes to foreign policy.

Oversight of the executive branch is something we do. It is core to what we do.

I thank Chairwoman Lowey for more than three decades of valuable service to our Nation. I joined Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on an amendment that directs NIAID, led by Dr. Anthony Fauci, to prioritize minority patient outreach and…

I thank the Committee for your work on this bill and ask that you help move it to the floor for a vote.

Congress should permanently authorize DHAP and automatically activate it after every disaster.

Congress should enact clarifying legislation to ensure that people experiencing homelessness prior to the disaster have access to the same emergency shelter and disaster relief assistance as other survivors.

Federal disaster housing response and recovery efforts must address and prioritize the needs of the lowest-income and most marginalized survivors.

Congress should enact the 'Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act,' (H.R. 2914), introduced by Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), which contains critically needed reforms to ensure that the lowest-income and most marginalized…

Congress must ensure that equity is a central and explicit goal of federal disaster housing response and recovery efforts.

We can whine and complain about China, but the fact of the matter is that they go in there and they take ownership of major projects.

I represent the 13th Congressional District in New York. It has many wonderful neighborhoods in it, the iconic neighborhood of Harlem, which has given birth to many luminaries, including the great late Adam Powell and, of course, the Lion…

When we heard of the Muslim ban being implemented, many New Yorkers, including our chairman, Congressman Nadler, rushed to JFK Airport to help families. What I witnessed there in many cases was, in fact, Muslim members of our Armed Forces…

I also want to stress my displeasure, my objection to the precedence of folks that have made anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ, Islamophobic statements...

Let me just say that it has been very difficult for the Latin American and the Caribbean and they are in dire need of test kits, of ventilators now, of course PPEs, and we are coming right into hurricane season.

I want to thank Chairman DeFazio, and I rise in strong support of the Moving Forward Act. It will make critical investment in all kinds of infrastructure. I am delighted that it includes the Transportation Alternatives Enhancements Act, a…

We want freedom for Hong Kong, not immigration from Hong Kong.

I thank Chairwoman Waters for her steadfast support of tenants. With close to 130,000 deaths that are COVID-19 related, 40 million unemployed, these are difficult times. But now we are facing a housing tsunami as millions of families go to…

we saw how the traditional banks favor their perceived customers.

small businesses were mad as hell. I was mad as hell. I am sorry to report to you, Madam Chair, that they are still mad as hell.

the PPP program originally was a disaster.

if the bank is shutting you out then, then we are in trouble.

In the Northwest Bronx, in Washington Heights, Inwood, in Harlem and East Harlem, this pandemic is still ravaging Black and Brown lives. The economic plight this virus will leave will be unprecedented. I am glad we are providing $60…

Small businesses on Main Street are the strength of our communities, and the COVID-19 pandemic has made that clear.

Today, the Census begins to reach out to households across America. All communities across the country must be counted, particularly those that are hard-to-count communities. The Census is for everybody. However, due to the coronavirus…