Nydia Velázquez actually said...

"While approximately 100,000 restaurants, bars, and caterers have received $27.5 billion in funding, there are hundreds of thousands of restaurants and millions of employees whose future hinges on this..."

"If we continue to leave out those that support the live entertainment industry such as audiovisual rentals, specialty entertainment services, wedding operators and more, we will neglect a critical com..."

"We should honor our commitment to these small businesses and look to pass my colleague, Congressman Blumenauer's Restaurant Revitalization Fund Replenishment Act of which I am a co-sponsor."

"Could you imagine the framers in 1787 saying let's keep the Articles of Confederation and not convene the convention because Washington might all of a sudden become a dictator?"