Discover video-sourced quotes by politicians

Yadira Caraveo: “I am actually the first, not just the first Latina doctor…”

Featuring: Yadira Caraveo, Former U.S. House Representative, Colorado, District 8

My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen

Published March 24, 2023 | Video Starts at 39:47

I think that the way that I approach what can be disagreements or what can be differences of opinion in how different people approach problems is my background. You know, I am actually the first, not just the first Latina doctor from Colorado in Congress, I'm the first Latina doctor in Congress. It has been pointed out to me since I came here. Dr. Ruiz has pointed that out to me. (39:47–39:58)

CLAIM

Asserts that Yadira Caraveo is the first Latina doctor in Congress.

This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.

Discover more from

Yadira Caraveo

“Weld County [...] is the largest agriculture producing county east of the Rocky Mountains.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 04:44-04:55
“A big part of that work this year is going to be in crafting the farm bill, which we pass every five years on a bipartisan basis.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 04:59-05:07
“I'm also excited to be on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee using that science background that I have, because Colorado is…”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 05:17-05:27
“The Capitol [building] was under siege on January [6th].”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 06:19-06:20
“Weld county is a huge ag producing county in the United States.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 13:48-13:55
“Adams county is not far behind in terms of the state of Colorado.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 13:54-14:00
“Our first bill just dropped today, actually. It was introduced today. It's called the Tranq act, which has to do with xylazine.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 20:11-20:23
“Xylazine is a new non-opioid tranquilizer that has infiltrated the markets around the same way that fentanyl has.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 20:16-20:37
“This is not an opioid. And so all of the Education that we've done around the use of Narcan does not apply to this drug.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 20:36-20:46
“It's actually a veterinary tranquilizer that people like my cousin, who is a veterinarian have used in the past to tranquilize cows and…”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 20:47-20:58
“There's already been at least two overdose deaths in Colorado that we know of.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 21:15-21:20
“The farm bill is reauthorized every five years.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 22:42-22:46
“SNAP can be a lifesaver to families.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 23:36-23:40
“A lot of the money that comes out of the Farm Bill goes directly into nutrition.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 23:42-23:47
“It is one of the bills that absolutely will have to pass in this session.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 24:35-24:41
“We also touch on things like rural high speed Internet.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 25:53-25:57
“Rural broadband is going to be something that I'm really focused on.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 26:33-26:38
“You are part of the process [in Congress].”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 33:58-34:00
“I can think of it both as the daughter of immigrants, as a Latina, as a minority woman in the United States, and as somebody with a STEM…”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 40:23-40:41
“I spend it talking to members of the Teamsters groups that don't necessarily have a Lobbyist.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 42:00-42:10
“What I have always tried to do as a legislator is to be the lobbyist for the people who don't have one.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 42:29-42:35
“We are part of the Congress that has oversight abilities.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 50:53-50:58
“We are able to be part of a body that will go back and look as to whether the regulations worked.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 51:11-51:17
“We come here to work four or five days a week, and then we go back and we work in the district.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 53:02-53:10
“If you contact your congressperson, we can expedite [passport requests] for you.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 53:35-53:41
“Making sure that you're receiving your Social Security checks, that the different agencies like the IRS are responding to your needs.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 53:55-54:04
“Two thirds of my bills had Republican votes on them, if not a Republican co-sponsor.”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 57:34-57:42
“Whether it's the farm bill, whether it's the Xylazine bill that I talked about earlier or the bills that we have kind of coming down the…”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 57:44-58:00
“It's all infrastructure for us. So whether it's roadways, whether it's water lines, whether it's things around PFAS, it's really incredible…”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 1:02:17-1:02:31
“We have made our list of what we are submitting and it's going to come in different rounds because you submit to different subcommittees on…”
My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen | Uploaded March 24, 2023 | 1:02:33-1:02:44