Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia

Thank you for your steadfast leadership of this committee as we come to the closing days of the 117th Congress.

Redlining and other discriminatory lending practices contributed to making Chicago, my hometown, one of the most-segregated cities in the country.

Thank you, because that is my concern, that the people who are harmed get the benefit of the penalties.

I was especially pleased that the Bureau is standing up for consumers.

You have been a breath of fresh air, knowing that you are always open to listening to us.

I have been following in Congress, and you and I have talked about before.

The impacts of inflation on rent prices, demonstrating that prices in Houston are becoming troublingly-unaffordable.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.

I recently led a letter asking the FTC and the DOJ to investigate RealPage for anticompetitive practices.

This crisis will only get worse if Congress does not act to address it.

I represent a working-class district, a majority Latino community in Chicagoland.

I had a complaint from one of my local high schools, and I toured the facility. I mean, it was really deplorable.

It just seems to me that every service person and every member of the ROTC should be treated equally and have the same access to a complaint system and to be able to talk to someone.

I mean, why do you all have a short list? I mean, we sent you all a list of about six or seven items.

Five years is a long time. The article came out I think it was August or September.

I'm just almost flabbergasted at the lack of real action coming from the Department of Defense and all the military branches.

Hispanic is not a language.

It is important for the economy that everyone has the same opportunity for financial health, no matter what language they speak.

It's really important for us to continue our oversight role in this committee which, as you know, we've been doing and continue to do today.

Latinos make up 8.8 percent of the insurance workforce, which is less than 10 percent. That, frankly, is pathetic.

I think enough people have probably already focused on the employment numbers that I just want to kind of change the tone a little bit.

I do see you, and I do hear you, and I feel you, and I think we are committed to making some changes.

Regretfully, women do deserve better, and particularly those that serve in our military.

A group of extremists across the country have tirelessly fought for the last 50 years to strip women of their rights to have autonomy over their bodies.

Abortion care is essential to a person's health and is central to their economic and social well-being.