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“A federal framework for regulating crypto, especially one that commands bipartisan buy-in, will take time to develop because almost nothing in D.C. happens overnight.”
“There's a sense in which the media narrative diminishes me. I resist the temptation to fit into a preconceived narrative.”
“Congress is a long game. It takes a long time to wield influence in Washington, D.C.”
“Communities of color, like the South Bronx, have long been exposed to elevated levels of air pollution that gravely impact all aspects of our health: physical, mental, and emotional.”
“Ranked choice voting restores power where it belongs, with the people themselves.”
“Through bipartisan contributions and key provisions from the House Financial Services Committee, the COMPETES Act will bolster the economic security of our country and the financial security of our families - ensuring that America will continue leading in the twenty-first century and beyond.”
“I want to break the stigma, the silence and shame that often surrounds mental illness.”
“I often wonder: Will I be accepted for who I am? A gay man, an Afro-Latino, a millennial sometimes surrounded by older colleagues with more experience?”
“The Financial Oversight and Management Board represents a cardinal sin against the sovereignty and self-determination of Puerto Rico. It is the single most egregious example of modern-day colonialism in Puerto Rico and must be disbanded.”
“The gun violence epidemic is out of control and it's a crisis that is too glaring to ignore.”
“If you can't trust your father, your stepfather, who can you trust?”
“New York is a tale of two cities. You have the gilded city and the other city, and the core of the other city is the New York City Housing Authority.”
“Like Native Americans and African-Americans, women and LGBTQ people, Puerto Ricans should be seen as part of the same overarching struggle for equality - in a nation whose greatest vice is the perennial failure to practice the virtue it preaches.”
“There's no topic on which I face more hatred and harassment than on the subject of Israel.”
“My younger self could not imagine standing on the floor of Congress as a member of Congress voting on legislation that, if enacted, would make me equal in the eyes of the law.”
“Your home is supposed to be a sanctuary.”
“I partnered with the LGBT Chamber of Commerce to persuade America's largest city to adopt a certification program for LGBTQ enterprises.”
“I lived in public housing and had to struggle with depression and substance abuse.”
“I'm a Bronx boy to the core.”
“There's a natural marriage between the pro-Israel Jewish community and the African American community.”