We work here in Congress in a bipartisan way to provide tools for Puerto Rico to deal with the public debt.
Nydia Velázquez
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Nydia Velázquez is a U.S. Representative for New York's 7th congressional district, serving since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, she is notable for being the first Puerto Rican woman elected to Congress. Throughout her tenure, Velázquez has focused on issues such as economic development, small business support, and immigration reform. She has been an advocate for transparency and accountability in federal agencies, particularly in relation to immigration enforcement practices.
I would like to take this opportunity to encourage you to sit down and use the leverage of your agency in talking to lenders and trying to incentivize them to make smaller loans to women, minorities, because that is the area where we are…
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