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WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s removal of five members of Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Oversight and Management Board:
 

WASHINGTON– Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) reintroduced a resolution recognizing July 28, 2025 as World Hepatitis Day raising awareness about the issues surrounding hepatitis B and C and reaffirming Congress’s commitment to ending these preventable diseases.
 

WASHINGTON– Today, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Congressman Pablo José Hernández (D-PR) and Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), led a letter to the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) calling for stronger engagement with small businesses and academic institutions in Puerto Rico and other U.S.

BROOKLYN, NY- Yesterday, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) gathered local health care workers, hospital leadership, and Medicaid recipients at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick to speak out against the deep Medicaid cuts included in the Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill, which strips health insurance from 17 million Americans.

WASHINGTON— Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) reintroduced the Texture Positive Act of 2025, which will incentivize educational training in cosmetology schools across the country to increase the number of trained professionals with knowledge of working with textured hair.

NEW YORK — Today, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) led members of the New York congressional delegation in a letter to the Trump administration calling for the immediate release of over $400 million in federal education funding owed to New York public schools.

WASHINGTON — Today, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement after House Republicans voted to pass their so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” — a cruel and reckless plan that guts Medicaid, slashes food assistance, and delivers massive tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy while endangering the health and economic security of millions of New Yorkers.

BROOKLYN — Today, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-7) and Reps. Grace Meng (NY-6), Gregory Meeks (NY-5), and Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined IRS and CFPB employees to call on the Trump administration to act to immediately address overcrowded and unsafe working conditions at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) office in Brooklyn.