Nydia Velázquez: “Thank you, Madam Chair.”

We would never accept it if the NYPD operated in masks without names or badges—and we shouldn't accept it from ICE either.

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

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.

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.