Nydia Velázquez: “Without housing justice it is really hard to achieve racial justice.”

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.

Thank you. And I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and Mr. Mfume for this bipartisan effort, very important legislation.

these tax cuts have added a dramatic $10 trillion to the debt since their enactment

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