Nydia Velázquez

Immigration and entrepreneurship have long stood together as pillars of the American dream.

The immigrant story is the American story, and it is a story that has fueled entrepreneurship in this country for centuries.

You call me selfish for fighting for the children in America? Shame on you.

We need to have a national conversation about homelessness in our nation, about the disrepair of public housing in our nation.

This budget is shameful. It is immoral. It fails American citizens just for the sake of scoring political points.

Twenty-five to 35 units--so you are going to put children on the streets to open up 25,000 to 35,000 units, and these are American children.

If you don't come out with a strong rule, then you are failing the American people.

If you don't come out with a strong rule, then you are failing the American people.

We need a rule that contains actionable requirements.

This outstanding package means the Citigroup CEO makes $486 for every dollar that the median employee at the firm is paid.

There is a lot of skepticism and cynicism regarding decisions that are made because of your lobbying work, so I encourage you to release the documents so the Committee can fulfill our constitutional responsibility of determining whether or…

So, sir, do you understand how cynical people are about decisions made under your leadership, given your previous lobbying work for Dow, the maker of these pesticides, and who opposed the ban that Interior reversed?

I would like to discuss some recent decisions the Interior made regarding dangerous pesticides, including Chlorpyrifos.

Small businesses truly are the backbone of our economy.

Earlier this year I introduced H.R. 963, the Home Loan Quality Transparency Act of 2019.

I introduced H.R. 963, the Home Loan Quality Transparency Act of 2019, which reinstates Dodd-Frank's expanded HMDA reporting requirements.

We are committed to promoting policies that encourage economic prosperity on Main Street.

When we talk about taking a risk, no one exemplifies that better than small businesses.

Today in America, there are 30 million small businesses that support over 56 million jobs.

Every year going back to the 1960s, our nation has recognized National Small Business Week.

Do you agree that the disaster relief money and spending will boost the economy in the short-term?

Fiscal accounting balance is not enough to drive the economy of the island.

The Board has been too quiet in pushing for economic growth measures.

Yes, but it will not have a longer impact because it is going to come to an end.

I disagree with Mr. Guzman to look at the whole thing as a single debt ball because each of these pieces of debt has different securities attached to them.