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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. Around the country, Head Start centers support low-income children and their families by providing comprehensive early childhood education, health and nutrition services.


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. Velázquez (D-NY) commented today on a report in the New York Times regarding FEMA rewarding and then voiding a contract for emergency food delivery in Puerto Rico to a one-person firm with a history of previous botched contracts:

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


February 2, 2018

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement after President Trump approved the release of a memo written by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes:

"The release of this partisan spin memo is a disgusting attempt by Republicans to undermine our democracy. It is a sad day when Republicans make the cynical decision to push a misleading narrative in an effort to discredit our national intelligence and law enforcement agencies.