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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement today regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to list the Gowanus Canal on its Superfund National Priorities List:
Washington, DC – Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, H.R. 4626; legislation that will lower health care costs by promoting competition among providers. In 2009, the average monthly premium for family coverage was 13 percent higher than the year before.
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement regarding the President’s State of the Union speech this evening:
U.S. Representative Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) has sent the following letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder calling on him to reconsider holding the trials for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other terrorist defendants in Lower Manhattan’s federal courthouse.
Below is the text of the letter:
January 27, 2010
U.S. Representative Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) has sent the following letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder calling on him to reconsider holding the trials for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other terrorist defendants in Lower Manhattan’s federal courthouse.
Below is the text of the letter:
January 27, 2010
Washington, DC – The New York City Congressional delegation, led by U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Representative Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), have called on local and State leaders to address the City’s Section 8 funding shortage. Last December the program was overextended causing nearly 2,600 families to have their vouchers revoked.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) secured $2.65 million in federal dollars to help rejuvenate the local economy and enhance the quality of life for New Yorkers.
Washington, DC –U.S. Representative Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) today released a statement condemning the brutal murder of Jorge Steven López Mercado, a Puerto Rican teenager who was the victim of a hate crime. The following is Velázquez’s statement:
Washington, DC –The U.S. House of Representatives today passed H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, by a vote of 220-215. U.S. Representative Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) applauded the legislation. The following is Velázquez’s statement:
