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George Floyd Justice in Policing Act remarks
June 25, 2020

NEW YORK, NY Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) made the following remarks today on the U.S. House Floor in support of H.R. 7120, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020.

The following are remarks by Rep. Espaillat, as prepared for delivery:

"Mr./Madam speaker, I rise in strong support of this bill.

"One month ago today, George Floyd was murdered.

June 24, 2020

NEW YORK, NY – Yesterday, Rep. Adriano Espaillat and Rep. Joaquin Castro, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and Vice Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Michael R.

June 19, 2020

NEW YORK, NY -- Hoy, el congresistas Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) elogió la aprobación en el Comité de Infraestructura y Transporte de la Cámara de Representantes de la Ley de Inversión en una Nueva Visión para el Medio Ambiente y el Transporte Terrestre (INVEST) en América, un proyecto de ley de cinco años para mejorar e incrementar la inversión federal en programas de infraestructura de transporte.

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Justice in Policing
June 9, 2020


NEW YORK, NY – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) announced support of the Justice in Policing Act, led by members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), which would take key steps to achieve transformational, structural change to combat the pattern of police violence:

June 9, 2020
NEW YORK, NYRepresentative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), a member of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, released the following statement today in recognition of PRIDE Month.
June 8, 2020

NEW YORK, NY – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) signed on as a Co-Sponsor of H.Res. 988, a resolution introduced by Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Ilhan Omar (MN-05), in partnership with Congresswoman Karen Bass (CA-37), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13), to condemn police brutality, racial profiling and the excessive use of force, with as original cosponsors.

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Faith & Unity Forum
June 5, 2020

NEW YORK, NYRepresentative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and local elected officials will hold a virtual town hall to address new legislation and federal, state and local efforts to end police brutality and stop the targeting of African Americans and Latinos in New York's 13th congressional district and communities around the nation.