Nydia Velázquez: “H.R. 2070 and S. 865 reject and silence the will of voters in Puerto Rico.”

Today’s groundbreaking is the culmination of years of organizing by residents and community leaders for solutions to North Brooklyn's housing crisis.

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.

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

Representative Schneider has been a long-time champion of this bill which codifies the SBA's Boots to Business program.