Ritchie Torres

But you would agree that if the confidentiality of a whistleblower were compromised that that is the kind of breach of trust that would inflict irreparable damage to the integrity of an inspector general?

I think common sense dictates that DHS is more likely to reinstate if it is recommended explicitly by the inspector general.

If your office found evidence of retaliation against a whistleblower but fails to recommend reinstatement, do you think that DHS is more likely or less likely to reinstate a wrongfully fired whistleblower in the absence of an OIG…

For what it is worth, for me it is inexplicable that the OIG would decline a referral regarding the improper exercise of power at the highest echelons at DHS.

Formally authorizing the Department of Homeland Security's mentor-protege program will ensure the continued success of this important small business program. John Crosby, the famous conductor, once said, ``A mentor is a brain to pick, an…

I have no further speakers, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

The affordability crisis, it turns out, is not only bad morals, but it is also bad economics.

As a matter of good governance, we should allocate resources according to need, and the need lies with the lowest-income Americans.

The lack of affordability in the American housing stock underscores the urgent need for housing vouchers for all programs.

We need to create more affordable housing to bridge the gap between supply and demand, but we also need to ensure that the housing we do create is affordable to the poorest Americans.

The systematic defunding of public housing is a bipartisan tradition.

The Federal Government has the resources. We invest well over $100 billion annually in housing.

Nowhere has the Federal Government shown a greater disregard for human life than in public housing.

NYCHA has been so savagely starved of funding at the hands of the Federal Government, that it has $40 billion worth of capital needs.

I would not be in the United States Congress were it not for public housing and the stability it gave me and my family.

Isn't it true that during the Trump administration families might have been too fearful to come forward and take custody of children in Federal custody?

So is it fair to say that the seeds of the present border crisis were planted long before you assumed office?

Isn't it true that the Trump administration canceled the Central American Minors program which would have enabled children to apply for asylum from their home country without migrating to the U.S.-Mexico border?

Isn't it true that the Trump administration cut humanitarian assistance meant to address the root causes of migration from Central America?

Isn't it true that there was a border crisis before then, in 2014, during the Obama administration?

Isn't it true that there was a border crisis in 2019, not so long ago, during the Trump administration?

Payment for order flow perversely incentivizes the highest payment for the broker rather than the best execution for the customer.

Permanent child tax credit would do for children what Medicare and Social Security did for senior citizens. It would end extreme poverty among the most vulnerable Americans.

It is real money. The South Bronx is said to be the poorest congressional district in America and there is no single policy that would do more to lift the South Bronx out of poverty than the American Family Act which would permanently…

As a person of color who has seen in my own life the dehumanizing effect of stop-and-frisk policing in New York City, I know firsthand that the Achilles' heel of American policing is the absence of accountability. We, as a country, have a…