Adriano Espaillat

Each of your agencies has a tremendous responsibility and provides crucial functions to our democracy.

I hereby remove myself as a cosponsor of H. Res. 1068. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Moore of Alabama). The gentleman's request is granted. ____________________

I would like to propose that the Harlem Rucker Park educational aspect is one that fits perfectly through a cooperative agreement.

Together, let us ensure that Rucker Park remains a shining example of the power of sports to uplift and unite all of us.

Today, I urge you to support H.R. 6852. By granting Federal recognition to Rucker Park, we can ensure its preservation for future generations.

Rucker Park isn't just a basketball court; it is a symbol of resilience, empowerment, and unity.

Today, I stand before you to advocate for a cause that is not only rooted in history, but also deeply ingrained in the cultural fabric of our nation: the Federal recognition of Holcombe Rucker Park.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Before I begin, I would like to motion to submit roughly 25 letters from community leaders in support of the Holcombe Rucker Park Landmark Act into the record.

Many of my colleagues in Congress are millionaires, and so as a result, they are unable to penetrate and reach out of the bubble and see what the American people are going through on a daily basis.

The Trump tax cut benefited the very wealthy, the very rich, not the police officer, not the teacher, not the civil servant, the very rich.

Some of us felt that they usurped appropriators like myself that Constitutionally have the power of the purse, and that wasn't enough.

You want to kill a good idea? Build a commission. You want to stop innovativeness? Give it to a task force.

Budgets are political documents. They pretty much state what our values are, what do we believe in, how do we look at the state of the economy in America.

The way to protect them is to give them a safe environment where they can be safe with their families.

In 1907, over 1.25 million people came through New York City through Ellis Island.

60,000 migrants have stayed in New York City. Out of those 60,000, 20,000 are children.

90,000 New Yorkers have left the labor force since the pandemic began.

99 percent of fentanyl in the United States is smuggled into the United States by some of our own citizens.

Words can be used to bring about solutions to complicated problems or words can be used to throw gasoline on fire.

``There is no fair in life and death. If it were, no good men would die young,'' said acclaimed author Mitch Albom. Eleven-year-old Alfa Barrie and his friend Garrett Warren, age 13, vanished on Friday, May 12, in my district. In what…

This is an artificial crisis that was tried to be created that has real consequences in the job market.

There is no evidence to suggest that these increased work requirements would decrease reliance on safety net programs.

This effort to talk about spending and gut programs that are so essential to workers and families in the United States, this effort to create a theater leading us to a potential precipice, is about to end today or tomorrow.

This theater is about to end. The curtain will come down on this theater that has occurred 78 times, including 49 times under Republican administration.

Eighty percent of the homicides are committed by guns.