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WASHINGTON — Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) introduced a resolution recognizing Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) as a serious feeding and eating disorder and calling for urgent action to advance awareness, early identification, research, and equitable access to care.
WASHINGTON — Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), longtime leaders of congressional efforts to decolonize Puerto Rico, issued the following joint statement opposing the status legislation introduced today by Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera:
WASHINGTON —Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) today voiced her support for New York State legislation that would close a loophole exploited by predatory hedge funds to profit from nations and territories in financial distress. The bill, sponsored by Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas and State Senator Liz Krueger, would restore the legal doctrine of champerty, making it illegal to buy debt for the sole purpose of suing to collect on it. She released the following statement:
WASHINGTON —Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced a War Powers Resolution to terminate unauthorized U.S. military action against Cuba.
Washington, D.C. – With the Financial Oversight and Management Board set to certify a revised Fiscal Plan for the University of Puerto Rico , Congresswoman Nydia M.
BROOKLYN, NY — Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) presented two Community Project Funding checks totaling $1,100,000 for projects serving the East New York and City Line communities, delivering federal investments in immigrant workforce development and public infrastructure.
WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Democratic members sent a letter to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) raising concerns regarding a draft regulation prepared by Puerto Rico’s Integrated Transportation Authority (PRITA) to drastically increase passenger and freight fares of the Puerto Rico Ferry route between Ceiba and the Island Municipalities of Vieques and Culebra. If approved, the fee would represent increases of 462 and 400 percent, respectively to the only public transportation method that connects Vieques and Culebra to the mainland of Puerto Rico.
WASHINGTON — Today, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) introduced a War Powers Resolution to prevent U.S. involvement in military hostilities in Cuba with the support of Congress.