Nydia Velázquez: “Nearly 95 percent of the people currently in prison will be released, and one of the biggest obstacles they face is…”

the Republicans on the Appropriations Committee approved an estimated $131-billion cut to the topline spending level for Fiscal Year 2024

almost 1 million tenant-based and project-based Section 8 participants will lose their assistance

I want to thank the sponsors for their bipartisanship and efforts on this legislation. I support the bill and I yield back my time.

Short-sighted attacks on the Council, by some of my colleagues across the aisle will only compromise our ability to appropriately protect the air and water quality and public health that our communities rely on.