Several States, including my home State of Illinois, passed a 36-percent rate cap last year.
It is our job as lawmakers to study the origins of these problems so that we can identify them and root them out.
One major way to close the racial wealth gap is by ensuring that all people have access to credit for pursuing homeownership, entrepreneursh...
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.
My district now has the highest number of people that are uninsured of any district in the country.
Those communities have been the victims of environmental injustice for decades, and we can do better.
We need more air monitoring, and we need more programs for mitigation.
Everyone deserves the right to breathe clean air.
For my district, environmental issues are not just health issues but also social justice issues.
I am proud to represent the Texas 29th Congressional District that includes part of Houston, South Houston, Pasadena, Jacinto City, and Gale...
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...