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February 16, 2018

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement recognizing the start of the Lunar New Year.


February 14, 2018

QUEENS, NY – U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-Queens) and Nydia M. Velázquez (D-Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan) yesterday sent a letter to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) urging an inspection of the highway-rail crossings in Maspeth after crossing signals failed to activate at the intersection of 56th Street and Flushing Avenue.


February 12, 2018

Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) commented today on the Trump Administration's Fiscal Year 2019 Budget proposal:


February 8, 2018

Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement regarding government funding legislation to be considered in the U.S. House of Representatives today:


February 7, 2018

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


February 6, 2018

Washington, DC –Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform passed a bill authored by Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) that would honor the groundbreaking life of Mabel Lee by naming a Chinatown post office in Lee's memory. Velázquez's bill, H.R. 4463 would rename a Post Office at 6 Doyers Street in Manhattan's Chinatown, the "Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office."


February 6, 2018

Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M.

Issues:Puerto Rico

February 6, 2018

Introduces Private Bill Protecting NYC Community Advocate from Deportation


February 2, 2018

Call for Inclusion in Other U.S. Statistical Programs


February 2, 2018

Salute Trailblazing Career of Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen