Nydia Velázquez: “we have an abiding commitment to promote and protect our public health and the environment, to empower our workers and…”

So, make no mistake, the real issue in this hearing is not CEQ's small budget request, it is, unfortunately, an attempt by some of my colleagues across the aisle and their big corporate donors, to undermine the Council's ability to protect…

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

when House Republicans talk about the debt, they frequently fail to acknowledge the true cause of the debt level rise

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.