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Adriano Espaillat

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Adriano Espaillat is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New York's 13th congressional district since January 3, 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is notable for being the first Dominican-American to serve in the U.S. Congress. Espaillat has focused on various issues including immigration reform, affordable housing, and healthcare access during his tenure. He has been an advocate for the rights of marginalized communities and has worked to address the needs of his constituents in New York City.

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Sep 24, 2019

All roads lead to Ms. Velazquez's district. And I am not wrong.

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Sep 23, 2019

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 Forces, I entered what looked to be a…

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Sep 23, 2019

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

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Sep 23, 2019

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.

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Sep 9, 2019

I respectfully ask that the Committee continue to make this and addressing veteran homelessness in general a top priority.

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Sep 9, 2019

I wish to voice my support for the Housing and Urban Development Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program.

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Sep 9, 2019

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

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Jul 23, 2019

I think that your job is very important and what you do within the administration is very important, because I do think that this is ultimately a battle of ideas and philosophy.

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Jul 23, 2019

I am very optimistic about the future of humanity.

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Jul 16, 2019

I support H.R. 3501. The new cold war is not about the Berlin Wall, although our Nation, the White House is trying to build a wall somewhere else.

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Jul 16, 2019

I will not give up this fight until this prohibition is repealed.

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Jul 16, 2019

The U.S. Senate should only confirm a new FAA Administrator if the nominee agrees to safety reforms.

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Jul 16, 2019

The FAA plays too critical of a role in ensuring the safety of the traveling public to be shut down again.

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Jul 16, 2019

Our aviation system is the largest, busiest, and safest system in the world.

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Jul 16, 2019

Congress cannot punt on this issue any longer.

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Jul 16, 2019

FAA should establish an effective system requiring manufacturers, airlines, pilots and others in the industry to report potential safety problems or defects as an 'early warning system.'

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Jul 16, 2019

Any nominee for FAA Administrator who does not unequivocally agree to safety reforms at the FAA is not qualified to serve as the leader of this critical organization.

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Jul 16, 2019

The credibility of the US aviation system, and perhaps Boeing itself, cannot survive a third crash.

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Jul 16, 2019

The FAA surrenders too much of its authority to Boeing, and if Congress decides to endorse the FAA's status quo, Congress would be surrendering its authority to Boeing as well.

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Jul 16, 2019

The new cold war is about cybersecurity, fundamentally about, in this particular debate, about how Russia, as per Volume I of the Mueller report, interferes in our electoral system.

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Jul 16, 2019

I support this bill, Mr. Chairman.

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Jul 16, 2019

To have a foreign country which has ill will against America interfere, deliberately, pre-meditatively, maliciously interfere in our electoral process constitutes a clear and present danger.

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Jul 16, 2019

This is critical because the basis of our democracy, the deep-rooted basis of our democracy is our electoral system.

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Jul 16, 2019

the bottom line is we all know that the Russians interfered with our elections; the Russians hacked a major political party;

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