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Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement recognizing the start of the Lunar New Year.
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.
Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) commented today on the Trump Administration's Fiscal Year 2019 Budget proposal:
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:
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.
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."
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