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House of Representatives

Liberty and Justice for All

2026-09-01

“I'm here to talk about a man who died. An ICE agent shot him. The man was unarmed and not a criminal. He was just going to work. The ICE agent did not give any warning. The man's family found out on Facebook. That's sad and bad. ICE is not good. We need someone to check on them. We want the truth.”

Official Congressional Record

Thank you to the gentlewoman from California for the time. Mr. Speaker, I am here to speak about a killing in my district. On July 7, an ICE agent shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, an unarmed man with no criminal record, who was not even the target of their investigation. He was headed to a construction job when ICE aggressively pursued his van in an unmarked vehicle. No sirens, no body cameras, no dash cameras, just two unmarked cars following him. Then, an ICE agent fired through the open passenger's side window where Mr. Lorenzo's brother was sitting and killed him. Afterward came the same disgraceful playbook we saw after the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. They claim Lorenzo, who was the driver, had weaponized his vehicle and that an agent had acted in self-defense. I spoke directly with two of the men inside that van. They told me ICE never identified themselves, never gave commands, and no agent was ever in front of the van. Then, in an added layer of cruelty, DHS, the Department of Homeland Security, released Mr. Salgado's name publicly before notifying his family. I was at the hospital when his son had to learn, through Facebook, that his father was dead. It was sickening. It was disheartening. It was despicable. Days later, DHS tried to smear Lorenzo even further by suggesting that drugs had been found in the van. It was not drugs. It was a homemade electrolyte mix workers use to survive the Texas heat. This is an outrageous abuse of government power. ICE pursued the wrong van and killed an unarmed man who wasn't their target and had no criminal record, and now we are expected to trust DHS to investigate itself. That is laughable. Absolutely not. No way. We need a real, independent investigation. We need all evidence released, and we need real accountability. We also need the truth about what happened to Mr. Salgado. His family deserves the truth. The public deserves accountability. We need justice for Mr. Salgado, and we need justice for all those killed at the hands of ICE or those in the custody of ICE. We demand accountability, and as the gentlewoman has said, we need real justice for all.

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House of Representatives

Local Access to Courts Act

2026-08-31

“I want to say how I would vote. I would vote yes on these bills.”

House of Representatives

Main Street Capital Access Act

2026-07-21

“I want my colleagues to vote for my motion. We should send this bill back to committee. I want to change this bill. I don't want Wall Street to win. I say this bill is bad.”

“I don't like this bill. It won't help regular people. It only helps Wall Street. It weakens rules that protect consumers. I want to send this bill back to committee. My amendment stops big banks from dodging regulations. This bill is bad for regular people.”

Official Congressional Record

Mr. Speaker, I rise against H.R. 6955. Instead of the Main Street Act, this bill, Mr. Speaker, should be called the Wall Street wins Main Street loses act. It does not help end the affordability crisis, feed hardworking Americans, or keep a roof over their heads. Instead, this bill sneaks in deregulatory measures, further weakens the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and weakens community reinvestment and anti- discrimination safeguards. For this reason, at the appropriate time, I will offer a motion to recommit this bill back to committee. If the House rules had permitted it, I would have offered the motion with an important amendment to this bill. My amendment would limit the provisions of this bill from applying to any globally systemically important bank holding companies. Simply put, it ensures that the bill's deregulatory provisions do not apply to megabanks. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment into the Record immediately prior to the motion to recommit.

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