Adriano Espaillat

NYCHA has 360,000 residents, and it has over 177,000 apartments. But they are in dilapidated conditions.

It requires an investment. But it has a direct impact on the quality of life, obviously, of all Americans.

I think that maybe even from the Reagan years forward the Federal Government has become an absentee landlord.

I also want to stress to my colleagues in the committee that this also provides a social equity component that I think is so important to the communities that we represent.

I want to thank you for your recent compensation program for flights delay and cancel and the dashboard page that you have available for consumers.

The cost of flying back home for many of these families is exorbitant.

We stand committed to working through any of those to make sure that this is delivered now that the funding is in place.

We are looking forward to getting to a conclusion on a modernized agreement for what is the largest Caribbean market for U.S. travelers.

I would also like to take a moment and thank all the officers, officials, and their staff for their extraordinary work over the past year to uphold the safety and the integrity of the legislative process and those who serve within that…

I look forward to working with you on this year's series of activities and commend your efforts to work on the Visitor Center and other major initiatives.

In fact, I have drafted the Earth Act bill, which is a very comprehensive bill that highlights the importance of environmental conservation and sustainability.

Good morning, Dr. Hayden and Mr. DiPietro. I echo the chairman's words and welcome you to discuss your agencies' budget requests for fiscal year 2025.

Thank you, Chairman Valadao.

But the people I met from Russia are just like Americans. They may or may not love their government, but they love their country, and I respect that.

Have you made an analysis of what it would take to expand to let's say getting folks from Venezuela or, you know, the continent, right, right in our backyard, right next door where, you know, there is a strong presence and a real push by…

I am very supportive of the work you do, especially at a time when, in Congress, we continue to file bills that undermine labor rights, climate, OSHA, and roll back wage protections.

As the first Dominican American to serve in Congress, I am encouraged by the international outreach of your organization to share American politics, accountable governance, and citizen diplomacy.

I am of the belief that, unfortunately, a potential next attack will not be an angry, racist mob but it could be a different mode of attack.

I think that the investment of--the deployment of officers will be limited.

Let me suggest that I believe that, whatever outfit you have at the airport, it should be visible, because deterrence is a big factor.

I believe we need greater presence of you there.

I don't think no one can deny here that it is nasty out there, right?

And so we are concerned that the safety of our family members and ourselves, staff, and our constituencies are at stake.

Your agency does provide great work and bipartisan work, and I commend you for your efforts.

We will have some follow-up questions for the Capitol Police during the hearing.