Nydia Velázquez: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing, important to the communities that I represent, communities…”

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.

We would never accept it if the NYPD operated in masks without names or badges—and we shouldn't accept it from ICE either.

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.

I don’t trust Elon Musk with this information, and I know the American people don’t, either.