Nydia Velázquez

This bill essentially incentivizes offshore drilling and imposes fees on states that are working to employ more sustainable energy resources.

The Democratic Women's Caucus has four pillars, and one of them is childcare, to help women.

Under the President's request, New York City will lose approximately 15,000 Section 8 vouchers, and more than 200,000 housing vouchers will be lost nationwide.

The bill provides $3.6 million to U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, which President Trump sought to eliminate in his Fiscal Year 2019 budget request.

And do you support legislation that will require the federal government, specifically USPTO, to collect data on gender, race, and income gaps in patenting and their impact on small business and entrepreneurship?

And that is one of the reasons I introduced H.R. 3517, the Women Inventor Development and Equity Act.

Individuals with autism, spectrum disorder or Down syndrome have an unemployment rate significantly higher than the national average.

For most people, work is closely aligned with feelings of self-worth, independence, and a general sense that one is contributing to society.

If I have to introduce legislation to go to the original affiliation issue, I am going to do that.

If we are to restore the quality of life in Puerto Rico, small businesses will be central to that equation.

I strongly believe that when it comes to small-business issues, there is no Republican or Democratic approach.

Months after the hurricanes some areas still look as they were hit yesterday.

The truth is before the hurricanes made landfall it was widely known that if a natural disaster... were to hit the island, the most vulnerable asset was Puerto Rico's energy grid.

I am here today because the people in Puerto Rico are losing hope.

Congress plays a critical role in ensuring regulations are not too burdensome.

Transparency and communication are the key to an effective system of regulation.

It is critical that agencies are considering the economic impact of their regulations and paperwork requirements on small firms.

Regulations serve an important purpose in the world we live in.

After taking extraordinary steps to stand the losses and stabilize the economy, Congress enacted the Dodd-Frank Act in July 2010 to address the loopholes that caused the collapse.

A decade ago our nation faced one of the greatest economic downturns in history, and stared into the abyss of another Great Depression.

Do you think the people of Puerto Rico are any less entitled to restoration of essential services than any other U.S. citizen?

Would this be acceptable in Houston, Louisiana, or Florida? I am sure people would be rioting in the streets.

Tell me, which country around the world pays Federal taxes to the U.S. Treasury? Puerto Rico does.

Let us be clear: The new tax law discriminates against Puerto Rico, removing the special incentives that the island relied on.

The history between the United States and Puerto Rico is one full of legal, political, economic, and social injustices.