Nydia Velázquez: “Yes, but it will not have a longer impact because it is going to come to an end.”

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.

It is a disservice to our nation's small firms to oversimplify this issue, as a mere consequence of federal spending.

my colleagues on the other side of the aisle constantly use this fact to call for dramatic spending cuts

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.