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Adriano Espaillat

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Adriano Espaillat is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New York's 13th congressional district since January 3, 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is notable for being the first Dominican-American to serve in the U.S. Congress. Espaillat has focused on various issues including immigration reform, affordable housing, and healthcare access during his tenure. He has been an advocate for the rights of marginalized communities and has worked to address the needs of his constituents in New York City.

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Dec 6, 2017

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.

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Dec 6, 2017

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

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Dec 5, 2017

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.

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Dec 1, 2017

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…

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Nov 28, 2017

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

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Nov 28, 2017

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

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Nov 14, 2017

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

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Nov 14, 2017

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.

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Nov 14, 2017

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…

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Nov 14, 2017

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

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Nov 8, 2017

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…

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Nov 8, 2017

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…

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