Filemon Vela: “Asylum is not a 'loophole,' as the Trump administration would like the public to believe.”

How we treat refugees seeking safety is not a test of our National security, but a test of our National character.

I would urge the Committee to once again include the San Francisco Bay Restoration Act in the upcoming infrastructure package with the same authorization level included in HR 2--$50 million annually over 5 years.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise in support of S. 2107, the Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019. I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this crucial bill. I introduced this important legislation in the U.S…

I worry that there are no reliable mechanisms in place to ensure that families can be reunified later.