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Decades Old Rules Left Puerto Rican Investors Vulnerable

Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement regarding funding in the Fiscal Year 2017 Omnibus Appropriations Act to bolster Puerto Rico's Medicaid program:

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) spoke on the House floor regarding the pressing need for Congress to approve funding to address Puerto Rico's Medicaid shortfall. The text of her remarks is as follows:

Washington, DC –Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement after a court stayed the President's Executive Order to block funding for cities that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities:

Washington, DC –Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) has written to New York Police Department Commissioner James O'Neill, praising the Department for declaring certain parts of Chinatown as "permit free zones."

Velázquez's district, New York's 7th, includes Manhattan's Chinatown.

Calls for Meeting with CEO

New York, NY –Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) today wrote the following letter to the President and CEO of United Airlines. The letter is also available online here.

April 12, 2017

Mr. Oscar Muñoz
President and CEO
United Airlines
233 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606

Dear Mr. Muñoz:

Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement regarding the military strike in Syria:

"The use of chemical weapons in Syria must be condemned in the strongest terms. There is no moral or legal justification for those atrocities.