Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia

The Trump Administration got border policy wrong. Their approach was inhumane, ineffective, and harmed the Federal government's long-term ability to process migrants through the system.

We are at a pivotal moment in the struggle for our country's identity, for our safety, and for our dignity.

The previous administration did all it could to break our immigration system.

A fair, humane, and functioning immigration system is vital to our national security interests.

Home ownership has historically been a way to build modest wealth for otherwise marginalized communities.

President Biden's strategic plan for countering corruption acknowledges the importance of a transparent and accessible beneficial ownership registry.

The Corporate Transparency Act is the most important change to U.S. anti-money laundering law in decades, and FinCEN's proposed implementation rule is a strong step in that direction.

At its best, FinCEN has the potential to set a strong anti-corruption agenda, disrupting the shadowy world of shell companies, oligarchs, and arms traffickers whose financial crimes have harmful consequences for everyday people.

I have introduced the Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act.

I do support the Military Lending Act.

Several States, including my home State of Illinois, passed a 36-percent rate cap last year.

One major way to close the racial wealth gap is by ensuring that all people have access to credit for pursuing homeownership, entrepreneurship, and financial solvency.

It is our job as lawmakers to study the origins of these problems so that we can identify them and root them out.

I am simply devastated about the ways that the horrific legacy of slavery is built into the very structure of the U.S. banking system today.

We need more air monitoring, and we need more programs for mitigation.

Those communities have been the victims of environmental injustice for decades, and we can do better.

Everyone deserves the right to breathe clean air.

For my district, environmental issues are not just health issues but also social justice issues.

My district now has the highest number of people that are uninsured of any district in the country.

I am proud to represent the Texas 29th Congressional District that includes part of Houston, South Houston, Pasadena, Jacinto City, and Galena Park.

This is not a discussion of a policy of any party, but it is, in fact, a very serious discussion about law, and law that was made by a court, and what we need to do to make some reforms, because reforms are needed.

There seems to be some confusion as to why we are even here, and it has been really hard to sit here and listen to some of the comments that are made from the other side of the aisle about the reason for this hearing.

Discrimination against Latinos in the appraisal process poses a serious harm to our community and contributes to the widening wealth gap in our nation.

Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2022: Members' Day Hearing

In January, 14 HBCUs received bomb threats. Even worse, on the first day of Black History Month, 18 HBCUs received bomb threats. That is more than 30 threats to our HBCUs in only 3 months. That is simply appalling and unacceptable. The…