Press Releases

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) is traveling with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a Congressional Delegation visit to Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and McAllen, Texas.

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) announced that local education centers within New York's 7^th Congressional District have received federal grants to continue their Head Start and Early Head Start programs.

Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), the Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Rep.

Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) has crafted bipartisan legislation to improve services for veterans of all gender identities who have experienced domestic abuse and violence.

Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) have written to the Acting Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, expressing concerns with how the Administration is handling Temporary Protected Status (TPS) with regards to Guatemala, Venezuela and Nicaragua.

Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) have introduced H.R. 4074, the Clarifying Law Around Insurance Marijuana (CLAIM) Act, which would help businesses operating in the rapidly growing cannabis sector to obtain insurance products.

Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) has written to the New York City Council's newly formed Taxi Medallion Sale Prices Task Force, encouraging it to explore ways to provide monetary assistance to thousands of medallion holders.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.), Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Congressman Steve Stivers (R-Ohio) introduced bicameral, bipartisan legislation, the Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act ("IDEA Act") of 2019.