Adriano Espaillat

Protection from bad actors seeking to take advantage of small business products is harmful to their success and longevity.

I know that Congressman Evans mentioned the STRONGER Act. That bill would roll back a number of those protections and leave small businesses and startups vulnerable again, as vulnerable as they used to be.

I am concerned about the predatory practices of even rogue countries that are out there violating intellectual property rights.

I am proud to support all six bills today, including to cosponsor H.R. 5141, the United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act.

Thank you because the Rental Assistance Demonstration Project, RAD, was included this year.

If we take our eye off the ball, China and Russia will fill that void.

I wanted to talk a little bit about Indian Housing Block Grants.

I ask for unanimous consent to enter a comment letter submitted by state attorneys general in opposition to the Department of Labor's proposed association health plan rule.

H.R. 4681, also known as the No Assistance for Assad Act, will limit assistance for areas of Syria that are under Assad's control.

These human beings are being referred to as merchandise and sold for a few hundred dollars. This is horrible and wrong.

I was an original co-sponsor of the House Resolution 644 to condemn slave auctions of migrants and refugees in Libya.

I think it is very much connected that if people of the same sex holding hands down a street are viciously beaten because they're married, or killed, and there is a vicious pattern of that, I think that constitutes a very big violation of…

So we must regain the ability to invest in the region so that we could, again, fill that vacuum and we do not yield that vacuum to a country that is already very much present there.

Much has been said about the vacuum of leadership that has been left open by the United States for decades and decades, and we may think that the main beneficiary of such vacuum are countries like Venezuela. But I submit to you that I…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I yield my time.

America should not be at the mercy of folks that may have an intent to do something and cannot be stopped.

Thank you, Chairman.

If you see them, Anderson, if you look in the young faces, that you see what they stand for, their aspirations, their energy and their love for this country, you really can't say no to them.

We live to fight another day, but I'm here to fight for the DREAMers. That's one of the reasons why I got elected and came into Congress and will be -- we'll be waiting again on the 8th.

The promises that were made by the leader in the Senate are true promises.

I'm concerned that the Republicans will resort to this type of tactic, to create a crisis every three or four weeks and to try to score some cheap political points.

This is a dysfunctional way of running government and is a far broader than the DREAM Act.

I looked at the calendar today and saw there was no Dream Act vote on the floor this week. As we approach tomorrow, a potential CR, Republican and Democrats must support this bipartisan Dream Act. These are hardworking men and women, young…

This will help improve Ukraine's ability to respond to Russian-supported disinformation and propaganda efforts in cyberspace.

This will hopefully get us one step closer to curbing money laundering related to human trafficking.