Nydia Velázquez: “Just last week, the Government of Puerto Rico finally acknowledged that Maria actually killed nearly 3,000 Puerto Ricans…”

I urge my colleagues not to engage in knee-jerk reactions that set back our real progress toward creating a more equitable criminal justice system.

We need to bring a national standard to ICE agents, and we need to bring transparency and accountability.

If their operations are legitimate and above-board, why is there a need for anonymity, and why don't they need warrants to come onto private property?

Republicans want to cut vital food and healthcare support programs to pay for a tax cut for billionaires and large corporations. The GOP wants working families to pay for their billionaire handouts.