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February 23, 2023

Reps. Velázquez and Grijalva Call on DOJ to Crack Down on Conflicts of Interest Among FOMB Advisors in Puerto Rico


February 9, 2023

Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced two pieces of legislation that aim to support and provide students with more access to music and arts in our schools.


December 23, 2022

Washington D.C.- Today, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) announced that she has secured $16,025,453 in Community Project Funding for New York's 7th District in the 2023 government funding bill. This funding responds directly to some of the most pressing needs across her District.


December 15, 2022

"Madame Speaker I rise today in support of H.R. 8393 ‘The Puerto Rico Status Act.'

"For 124 years Puerto Rico, the nation where I was born and raised, has been a colony of the United States.


November 16, 2022

Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) introduced the Lifting American Children from Poverty Act of 2022, legislation to address the crisis that has left one in every seven children in the United States living in poverty.


October 19, 2022

Brooklyn, N.Y.—Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) has issued the following statement in response to the tragic murder of Delma Mateo in a HUD-assisted housing complex in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.


October 14, 2022

New York, NY – U.S. Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) led a bicameral letter calling on the Biden Administration to establish a Recovery Task Force for Puerto Rico. The task force would be modeled after the successful Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force created by the Obama Administration in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

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October 12, 2022

Washington D.C.— Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) has sent a letter to the heads of federal regulatory agencies charged with overseeing the nation's financial institutions and consumer protection laws.


October 12, 2022

New York, New York –Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) announced that the United States Department of Transportation has awarded $1,600,000 in planning grants for the comprehensive long-term maintenance and fortification of four East River bridges: Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge and Queensboro Bridge.