Veronica Escobar: “Unfortunately, our colleagues on the other side of the aisle don't hear the suffering happening in our communities…”

I appreciate Ms. Manning's powerful voice. Mr. Speaker, many of the sponsors of the bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill, the Dignity Act, are relatively new to Congress, including Ms. Scholten and Ms. Manning, who you heard…

Governor Greg Abbott, under the auspices of what a Republican colleague of mine just described as Texas defending itself, has actually created an incredibly hostile environment for my community of El Paso, Texas.

I thank Ms. Slotkin for those very powerful words. She mentioned something that I think is so important to repeat. As I have been talking to colleagues on both sides of the aisle about the Dignity Act, they have pointed out things they…

I have said multiple times from the dais to my colleagues on this committee many of the challenges facing our service members around quality of life, housing, food insecurity, access to world class health care providers, mental health care…