Adriano Espaillat

Do you have Spanish speaking personnel, and is there an assistant from the Pan American Health Organization to Puerto Rico going there?

If we don't continue to advance and support the people there at ensuring that this government in Guatemala, the current government, understands that we will not stand for their elitist corruption behavior.

We like to hear that DACA is the top of the priority, the legislative priority. And this really comes as a result of all the mobilization of the Dreamers and advocates and even some CEOs, some good companies out there that understand that…

I think it's important to layout that this is far from being amnesty. Amnesty is what Ronald Reagan did. You know, he says, you can come in now, go to your local police precinct, and get fingerprinted. You know, they're going to have to…

He doesn't have to send it back to Congress. In fact, in Congress, we have several pieces of legislation that takes care of the problem. We have the Dream Act that is sponsored by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal Allard and Ileana…

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It is with both sadness and pride that I rise today to honor the memory of a leader, a hard worker, and an outstanding member of our community, Police Officer Miosotis Familia. Officer Familia served in the New York City Police Department…

the Caribbean is an important region for us not only because of its proximity and its geopolitical importance but for the economic and security partnership that traditionally has characterized the relationship between the United States and…

It is deeply troubling to me that the White House and Secretary Tillerson have proposed a 37 percent cut. Congress must reject it.

We owe it to the people of Puerto Rico to have a final resolution to the political limbo that they find themselves.

there was a vet owner, an IT contractor, highly experienced with excellent references.

Our responsibility in the U.S. Congress is to provide for a fair, open, inclusive process that will allow for the people of Puerto Rico to resolve that issue once and for all.

I want to thank Congressman Kelly for his statement regarding our people in the military.

we need to fix that problem at the source.

Puerto Rico is a colony and we need to resolve that issue.

we do not have even a veteran outreach center for SBA.

we filed H.R. 2429, which is a bill, a bipartisan bill that has a lot of ideas regarding small business on the island.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I think that is a very good question.

This particular program, the Job Corps program, I think is an example of what we can do for our -- the people that we represent.

I don't think that we should dismantle this program. I think that we should strengthen it.

I know this firsthand because I benefitted from a summer youth job program in New York--in fact, it was my first job opportunity as a young teenager--and can attest to how critical funding for these programs are.

I will encourage that as technology continues to play a bigger role in small businesses that there is a full effort to try to engage those that are really knowledgeable in assisting small businesses in that endeavor.

What about diversity? How are you planning to make the agency be fully diverse? And what are you doing to recruit from different groups?

The British people are well known for their stiff upper lip, their resolve, and resilience. We have seen all these traits on display in the recent days in the proud European cities of Manchester and London as the dead are mourned, the…