Nydia M. Velazquez: “I appreciate the work of my colleagues on this bill, and I urge its adoption. I yield back the balance of my time.”

I applaud Representatives Chu, Finstad, and McIver for their bipartisan work on this bill. I encourage all my colleagues to vote ``yes,'' and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I once again thank my colleagues in the Senate for their hard work in bringing this together, as well as our House partnership of myself, Chairman Williams, Chairman Babin, and Ranking Member Lofgren for working in a…

Finally, let me say that this bill is a much-needed first step. It is not the entire answer. We must all recognize that we still need substantial monetary investments in housing programs to ensure effective development and reconstruction…

Look, she won, and I wish her well. And I offered myself to sit down with her and discuss the transition. But this is how democracy works.