Adriano Espaillat

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.

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…

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…

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

Thank you, Chairman.

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

This is day three of the Trump shutdown. How many more extensions are Republicans going to ask for before passing a long-term budget? Yes, as we speak right now, the Senate is getting ready to pass yet another temporary continuing…

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

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.

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

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.

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.

I stand on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives as the clock keeps ticking for us to act on behalf of DREAMers and DACA recipients. Tonight, this House approved a continuing resolution funding government to continue to stay open…

I want to take this opportunity to thank the Congressional Progressive Caucus for allowing and facilitating this Special Order hour on DREAMers and DACA. On my previous intervention, I highlighted how we contemplated tonight, as this House…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 51, nays 331, not voting 49, as follows: [Roll No. 5] YEAS--51 Bonamici Brady (PA) Capuano Castor (FL) Castro…

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.

We need to be investing more in our peacekeeping operation and other State Department efforts like USAID.

Secretary of Defense Mattis said if we don't fund the State Department fully then we need to buy more ammunition ultimately.

It just baffles me that we can probably put a man or a woman on Mars soon and we can't find out where these girls are.

My feeling is that the tax incentive is sort of a touch of a feather, as far as the incentive that it creates for a company that is in real need of attracting a strong workforce.

The GOP tax plan is more than a bad deal for most working class and middle class Americans. It is a tax scam. Many families that will be hit the hardest by this tax plan are New Yorkers. It will cost New Yorkers a total of $17 billion, and…

Let me remind you that you're talking about premium increases and you, yourself, have said that companies consider this to be a tax.

But you said that if we do nothing this it's doomsday down the road.