Nydia Velázquez: “I look forward to continuing to work with this Committee and the body to protect and defend this Nation and our small…”

Representative Schneider has been a long-time champion of this bill which codifies the SBA's Boots to Business program.

We have to break down the barriers that keep women, minority, and rural entrepreneurs from reaching their full potential.

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

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.