Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia

It has troubled me because I come from Texas, and we fought the bathroom bill, you know, just tooth and nail.

I would submit to you that we never know any way who is lying that they really have a deeply-held religious belief.

I think we will successfully get the Equality Act on the committee and then we will face the challenge of the votes in the House, and then the Senate, of course.

That power can be abused in some cases.

The President can decide, in some cases, that an injustice occurred or that somebody is entitled to mercy and a second chance in redemption.

It just seems that with Puerto Rico, it is just damn slow, and we need to get it going.

The key to an audit is, to go in and do it quickly as possible, as effectively and efficiently as you can

There are more tarps than I wanted to count. I went to Ponce with the mayor, I visited San Juan, and I just was stunned at the lack of response.

I was really troubled with your responses to the chairwoman regarding the disaster recovery dollars for Puerto Rico.

The one thing is that direct allocation for Harris County and the City of Houston would be beneficial and would cut a lot of the red tape.

Let us learn from what we have heard here today so that we aren't back here after the next season of hurricanes.

It is beyond frustrating that we sit here today, 578 days after Harvey made landfall, still trying to grapple with these recovery programs.

I think Houston is beginning to feel like a pinata. We have been beaten up by one flood after another after another.

We will be watching closely on that front.

I was afraid that you were listening to the lenders and not to the poor consumers.

I always tell everybody payday lenders do nothing but make poor people poorer.

I just want to point out that matters like the MOU and the student loan study are very, very important.

It is a priority to have the conversation with the Department of Education on that.

Latinos comprise about one-third of the folks who are not currently making payments on their student loans.

It takes more than just preparing a preparing a pamphlet in Spanish.

I would encourage you to do more of that.

I really do hate anchovies, eggplant, and payday lenders.

I think the better button might be, just like we had, It is the economy, stupid; it should probably be, It is the Constitution, stupid.

It is the Constitution, stupid.

We do not want this wall, and we do not see a crisis, especially rapists, gang members, or an invasion.