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“I take an expansive view of infrastructure. For me, infrastructure is more than roads and bridges. It's about the quality of the water we drink and the air we breathe.”
“Wall Street loves to extol the virtues of diversity, but we are asking Wall Street to put its money where its mouth is.”
“No one has handed me anything on a silver platter. I've had to fight for everything that I have in my life.”
“What's the point of winning the presidency and the Senate and the House if we cannot pass legislation, if we're hopelessly hamstrung by the filibuster?”
“I grew up in a public housing development right across the street from Trump Golf Course.”
“My father was born in Puerto Rico.”
“Exercising dominion over Puerto Rico, as the U.S. has done for more than a century - without granting Puerto Ricans the full franchise in federal elections - is the essence of colonialism.”
“Extroverts are energized by social interaction. I'm often exhausted by it. I am someone who needs personal time for deep thought and reflection.”
“There's a romanticized vision of the filibuster as the best hope for bipartisanship it's given us nothing but gridlock. It has made Washington, D.C., ungovernable.”
“You know, the Democratic Party is the party that believes in governing, and we are hamstrung by the filibuster.”
“I've had family members entangled with the criminal justice system.”
“A comprehensive decolonization of Puerto Rico is long overdue.”
“I am proud to work with the House Homeland Security Committee to provide DHS with the best tools to defend its networks.”
“I never thought I would be elected to office because in truth I am an introvert in a business mostly designed for extroverts.”
“I feel like if I'm going to be a congressman who represents the South Bronx, I have to be the most visible and vocal champion of the urban poor and of working people.”
“I'm a legislator at heart; I'm a fighter at heart.”
“Whether it's public housing, or project based Section 8, or mandatory inclusionary housing, or rent regulated housing, there should be a national strategy for maximizing the amount of social housing in the United States.”
“It's painful to see people you love who are the leaders of your family, the strong matriarchs of your family, struggle in their final years and become shadows of their former selves. And it's part of the reason I feel so strongly about home care. I want for every elder in America what I would want for my own grandmother.”
“As cyberattacks become increasingly frequent and sophisticated, it is crucial that DHS has the capacity to protect its own networks and enhance its visibility into information and communications tech or services that it buys.”
“What does it say about our society that we invest more in a golf course than the homes of Black and brown Americans?”