Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia

Can we reverse decades of corporate concentration to avoid what we see happening today? What is the first step?

High inflation poses significant hardships, especially on those least able to meet the higher costs of essentials like food, housing, and transportation.

Incorporating frontline workers' voices in our banking regulatory system would improve the information we have and diversify the voices that get heard.

I was on the no-fly list probably for two or three years and it took me probably another two or three years to get off that list.

Hate crimes, racial profiling, and harassment have become widespread in our innately diverse nation because of hateful, racist, and divisive rhetoric stemming from our own political and governmental institutions.

I sympathize deeply with our Muslim, Arab, and South Asian communities.

If we are going to take on the pandemic, climate change, and hunger successfully, we can't be stuck on the same policies of austerity that got us here.

Unfortunately, the IMF plans to attach conditionality to these recycled SDRs.

As Members of Congress, we have a duty to our constituents and the Nation to develop a robust and comprehensive healthcare system to meets the needs of all Americans, especially our most vulnerable communities.

It's been a very interesting topic. I know that this hearing alone won't just--adds so much more and highlights the very many contributions that immigrants have made and will continue to make in the United States of America.

We are creating this system that is just going to help those who already have and leave the have-nots out of the picture.

A lot of folks don't have cell phones. That has been my pet peeve of the entire vaccine rollout.

I am worried about conversion fees. I am worried about accessibility to be able to get those funds.

My question is, how are we going to make sure that there is true equity... and that it will be accessible?

I don't want us to create a system that is just going to repeat what the banks have been doing, which is leaving us out.

Today's hearing reaffirms the unwavering commitment of this Committee and this congress to advance in equity, racial justice, and opportunity.

I think this is a fitting way to kick-start, if you will, National Black History Month.

I think that is something that certainly we can work on that shouldn't be insurmountable, and I would be willing to work with you and the rest of the committee on that.

I think it is critical that we look at the whole picture when we talk about diversity and inclusion.

Thank you to my colleague and friend, Mr. Deutch, for his leadership on this issue.

I will advocate for them because they are instruments of information, they're a family in our communities.

That is why we believe that we are asking that a voting rights bill be passed to protect the rights of every citizen to have a fair shot at voting.

Even though the population growth was people of color, their results were that they packed Democrats into districts and created more White Republican districts.

Suppression is alive and well in Texas, whether or not you want to admit it.

We cannot let this stand. We must take action. It is our responsibility, our duty, to protect voting rights for every American.