Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia

Submitted by the Honorable Sylvia Garcia

It seems to me that if you want to help the unbanked and do all these great things-- that you would work in an approach that would include the U.S. Government.

But Mr. Marcus is under your control?

You don't know how many lawyers you have working for you here in D.C.?

Most boards are governed by an executive committee or a Chair. Otherwise, it is just a bunch of people in the room having coffee and reading a board agenda.

Even though you have been very careful of calling it an independent association, I am suspect of that.

This is a national security risk. We cannot afford to have terrorists. We cannot afford to have money laundering made easier.

I think that Facebook has acquired too much power, it has become too big, and we should seriously consider breaking it up.

How much wealth and power is too much for a single private corporation?

Facebook acts as a de facto government with you at the helm.

I don't think that we can trust you.

As a Black woman who has fought my entire life against voter suppression efforts and tactics, I implore you to ensure your platform does not become a dark place for fringe elements to amplify hate, racism, and bigotry.

As my colleague Ms. Jayapal noted earlier, the Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russian interference in 2016 election states that many--disinformation campaigns and cyberthreats do not just manipulate just one platform.

That is disappointing to me. That seems to run counter to the model that has governed FHA for decades.

Part of that plan involves introducing tier-based pricing and FHA-guaranteed loans.

That is why the role of the GSEs and FHA are so critical in helping communities regain wealth and homeownership.

Rents in America have steadily increased, while working-class people have seen their wages remain stagnant.

Inadequate affordable housing is a major issue that people in Chicago face, especially the working-class families that I represent on the southwest and northwest sides of the City.

So those who have struggled financially, economically, are going to be charged more--

I personally have experienced receiving a purging letter. I have experienced getting to the poll and being told that my name was on the list.

To protect our voting rights of eligible voters, today I introduced PASA, the Polling Access Safety Act, a bill that will prohibit interior immigration enforcement around polling places.

Franchising our minority voters will have widespread benefits for all Americans and will strengthen our democracy, already the strongest democracy in the world.

One of our past national presidents is Representative Sylvia Garcia.

I can imagine that you were pretty outraged to read about the $20 million in buybacks that Walmart's board authorized through 2018 and 2019.

You can have a seat at the table, but if you are not given a voice or are not part of the conversation, you may not really be there.