Adriano Espaillat

The diversity issue should be a strength. But if you don't have the systems there in place to keep people from engaging in this kind of behavior, it will continue to be a problem.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.

So you have a dollar amount in view already to handle this appropriately?

Thank you, Chief. Thank you for your efforts to make us safe right now.

Yesterday, the House of Representatives heard from Ukrainian President Zelenskyy as he painted a haunting picture of pain inflicted on the Ukrainian people and the war crimes being waged on Ukrainians trying to keep themselves and their…

Co-Sponsors of the Justice in Power Plant Permitting Act

As we come off the historic Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday, it is incumbent upon all of us not just to reflect on his legacy but to really honor it. Honoring his legacy means really using our political strength, much of which was given…

We are seeing a wave of voter suppression efforts show their ugly heads across this country, a crisis of unprecedented proportion that is cracking at the very foundation of our democratic process. Republicans have continued to push lies…

I thank Representative Bowman for yielding. Don't forget, I also represent Manhattan. I am a Latin from Manhattan. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for giving me the opportunity to address this incredible issue. Madam Speaker, I rise…

I think if we are going to combat global warming and this climate crisis, and if we are going to make sure that this program, this new initiative will be successful to the Civilian Climate Corps, we must ensure that the dollars reach those…

The Build Back Better Act provides major investment in national service obviously, and it includes 7 billion dollars to establish a civilian and climate corps.

Last week, we celebrated Veterans Day. In that spirit, I rise today to honor a man of exemplary service, unwavering dedication to our country, and someone I am proud to call a constituent, Mr. Herb Barret. Mr. Barret is someone who has…

I also rise today to honor Dr. Juan Tapia-Mendoza, a fellow Dominican immigrant and New Yorker who has fought tirelessly to achieve the American Dream--and that he did. Before Dr. Tapia-Mendoza opened his pediatric practice, he was a…

Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 363.

My question is regarding discharging students? loans, which is almost impossible under bankruptcy procedures.

Congress should enact the 'Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act,' (H.R. 3037) introduced by Representative Adriano Espaillat and Representative Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon.

Today I rise in strong support of H.R. 2119--the Family Violence Prevention and Service Improvement Act. This bill heavily invests in resources and programs to protect and support women like Gladys Ricart, a 39-year-old-woman and former…

We thank the committee for its work on this bill and ask that you attach the legislation to any upcoming emergency disaster supplementals or appropriations language.

I rise on behalf of every single TPS holder, DACA recipient, essential worker, and farmworker in this country who have pleaded for this Congress to act; not just today, Madam Speaker, but for the last 35 years. During the pandemic, our…

Just let me say in closing that in New York State I was involved in a lawsuit that established disparities in funding, regional disparities in funding in the New York City public school system.

We are living through a 21st century assault on the right to vote--the likes of which we haven't seen since Jim Crow. Without a doubt, it's the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War--and future generations will never…

I'm working on a bill that would allow Pell Grant flexibility for applicable students.

It has my pleasure to introduce Darleny Suriel, who I am proud to say is an Afro-Latina of Dominican descent.

I'm very supporting of expanding Pell Grants. I think they're critically important.

I enthusiastically support the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act. I am glad that Congress is finally taking action to formally memorialize Juneteenth as a Federal holiday just a year after my home State of New York took this step…