Adriano Espaillat

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

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

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

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

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

I wear my mask in solidarity and support for the families, the children, the seniors being impacted by the Canadian wildfires. I rise today to call attention to the climate crisis, which we are all witnessing before our very own eyes. Air…

Republicans packed their expensive suits and dresses this morning, and they are leaving town. The American economy is being held hostage by Republicans as they try to push their harmful agenda to strip millions of dollars from Americans…

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.

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

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

New York City is again serving its traditional role as a beacon of light of opportunity for this Nation when it comes to the humane and just treatment of asylum seekers. Madam Speaker, that lady still stands at the harbor telling us…

As vice chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, I will highlight some of the ongoing work my colleagues and I from the CHC's Working Group on Migrant Families are doing. Last month, in anticipation of the elimination of title 42, a…

Harry Belafonte was a lifelong public servant and civil rights advocate who selflessly used the power of his voice to entertain us through songs, as well as to build awareness and bring attention to numerous social and political causes for…

I stand here in opposition to the default on America act. House Republicans' debt default bill before us here today holds the economy hostage in exchange for slashing investment in American families to the tune of $4.5 trillion in cuts…

The common denominator in most homicides across the country is a gun. It's a gun.

If there's one thing that I really learned during those two decades was that you cannot really simply talk about crime without talking about guns.

Eighty percent of the homicides are committed by guns.

I think that the airlines need to be held accountable, that there is rampant delays and cancellations, and travelers are just not getting compensated justly for that.

I am working with Congressman Ritchie Torres for that.

Displacement continues to be a major problem in blue States, red States, purple States.

The contributions of women run deep throughout the history of America and the fabric of our entire Nation. One such woman was Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery and dedicated her life's mission to ensuring freedom for others. Building a…

The funding that--whatever funding we agree on, Mr. Chairman, which I hope is not a decrease, will never be enough for the courageous men and women of the Capitol Police.

Congratulations on all the work that you accomplished in the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress over the last 4 years.