Adriano Espaillat

There is no tolerance by the United States of the human rights violations, murderous ethnic cleansing, and atrocities against civilians perpetrated by the Government of Myanmar.

I thank the gentlewoman from New York for yielding. Mr. Speaker, there are 2,400 DACA recipients in my district. ``We are not one,'' ``no somos uno.'' There are 30,000 DACA recipients in my home State of New York. ``We are not 100,'' ``no…

I think we need to be cracking down on drug cartels, not undocumented immigrants.

I stand with the support of the State of Israel, and I am proud to lend my support to these pieces of legislation.

I stand here today to shed light and to put a face on an imperative issue, the imperative issue of affordable housing. I am here representing neighborhoods like Marble Hill, Inwood, Washington Heights, Hamilton Heights, Morningside…

I want to thank the gentlewoman from Texas for her eloquent remarks regarding this pressing need, this national crisis of housing. Let me just share with you some other numbers that will further ensure that the American people understand…

Earlier, I talked about some of the proposed budget cuts that HUD has brought forward for this fiscal year. Let me tell you, the American people, what some of the programs are that will be negatively, adversely affected by these cuts on a…

I want to thank the gentlewoman from the State of California for her eloquent words. Mr. Speaker, I would like to highlight another factor that contributes to the problem of the lack of affordable housing, and that is the decreasing…

the lack of funding and pulling TPS and this misguided foreign policy direction by the Trump administration confer the cost, instability in the region.

By amending the Fair Labor Standards Act's broad definition of ``employ'' and creating a new extremely narrow definition of ``joint employer,'' H.R. 3441 upends the Fair Labor Standards Act's joint employer framework upon which we rely on…

I am proud to recognize and congratulate an immigrant advocate, and now MacArthur genius, Cristina Jimenez Moreta. Like me, she is a CUNY alumni and she grew up undocumented. Since founding United We Dream in 2008, Cristina Jimenez Moreta…

I am not sure we have seen evidence of that. Unfortunately, what we have seen is rising tensions between Washington and Pyongyang.

Administrations of both parties have failed to put a lid on the Kim regime's nuclear program over the course of decades.

But I feel that what's happening now--the President and the administration are undermining diplomacy in North Korea, where it is needed more than ever, hampering our ability to lead on the issue.

I am honored to rise today to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 728. This troop's longstanding commitment to instilling positive social values and building self-esteem and self-reliance in young men has provided a great…

Yesterday I was joined by many of our colleagues to echo the pleas of over 100 women who came dressed as brides here to D.C. to put a face on the brutal murder of Gladys Ricart, a victim of domestic violence who was killed in 1999…

Imagine waking up with no lights, imagine waking up with no running water, you cannot bathe yourself, you cannot feed your children, you get so desperate that you break into chemically contaminated water, into untreated sewage water, you…

Earlier today, close to 100 women in wedding gowns from all over our country came to Washington, D.C. They came here to give a face and a voice to victims of domestic violence. I was also floored by the courage of my colleagues, other…

This is a critical time of life and death for millions of U.S. citizens on the island of Puerto Rico and also in the Virgin Islands. The efforts to rebuild will be great, and we each have a critical role to play to help these families…

It is important to ensure that we get those resources to them in a timely fashion again to ensure survival and hopefully prospering.

A budget is a moral contract between elected officials--the government--and the people we were elected to represent. That is why I am proud to rise in support of the people's budget, presented by the Congressional Progressive Caucus. This…

Any comments that I make in Spanish, I will provide translation in English. Madam Speaker, I witnessed the devastation and humanitarian crisis this weekend when I traveled to the island of Puerto Rico with my colleague from Chicago…

Puerto Rico is facing a humanitarian crisis. Puerto Rico is in desperate need for us to assist them. Hurricane Maria, soon after Hurricane Irma, has left a trail of destruction for Puerto Rico's residents. Currently, 3.5 million American…

I, too, want to join the voices that echo the deep, troubling concern that we shared this weekend when we saw our President engage in a sterile fight, a childish, almost, type of fight with the NFL players. We all know that football…

September 5, 2017: that is a day that will forever be ingrained in the minds of immigrants and DREAMers as the day that Donald Trump crossed a moral line. The President is playing hot potato with a group of young people who, like me, came…