Nydia Velázquez: “He has very aggressively, very well served as the Ranking Member of the Investigations, Oversight, and Regulations…”

Republicans want to cut vital food and healthcare support programs to pay for a tax cut for billionaires and large corporations. The GOP wants working families to pay for their billionaire handouts.

Dozens of homes and businesses across Queens and the surrounding boroughs suffered major damage, and many are still working to get back on their feet.

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.

Of particular concern to me are the barriers that women, minority, and rural entrepreneurs face each and every day.