Nydia Velázquez: “I believe it should be doing more to provide financing opportunities for businesses in Puerto Rico and the other U.S.…”

You know how we win? Not by chanting, but by knocking on doors.

We must confront the challenges that cause timelines of project approvals to grow, particularly lack of agency staffing, however, undermining the agencies responsible for protecting our environment is not the solution.

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

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.