STATEMENT FROM CONGRESSMAN ADRIANO ESPAILLAT AND CONGRESSMAN DAN GOLDMAN ON JUDICIARY COMMITTEE FIELD HEARING IN NEW YORK CITY

NEW YORK, NY – Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) issued the following statement on attending the House Judiciary Committee field hearing in New York City on Monday, April 17, 2023.

“The pro-crime Republican Party’s latest political stunt is to come to New York City and interfere in an ongoing criminal investigation. At the explicit direction of Donald Trump, they are coming to the safest big city in America with the sole aim of abusing their power to serve as a taxpayer-funded arm of Donald Trump’s legal defense team.

“While they talk about crime, they have refused to pass common sense gun control legislation that would stop the proliferation of guns to cities like New York City and to communities around the nation that continue to ravage families.

“At this very moment, Republicans are attempting to defund federal law enforcement agencies while endorsing a man for president who was impeached twice, is facing a 34-count felony indictment, and is the target of at least four other criminal and civil investigations in three states. While we are disappointed that Chairman Jordan has limited our time to address these issues, we look forward to attending this hearing and exposing the hypocrisy and corruption of Donald Trump’s MAGA extremists.”

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Representative Espaillat is the first Dominican American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and his congressional district includes Harlem, East Harlem, West Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill and the north-west Bronx. First elected to Congress in 2016, Representative Espaillat is serving his fourth term in Congress. Representative Espaillat currently serves as a member of the influential U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for funding the federal government’s vital activities and serves as Ranking Member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the committee during the 118th Congress. He is also a member of the House Budget Committee and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), where he serves in a leadership role as the Deputy Chair as well as Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI). Rep. Espaillat is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) and serves as a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus. To find out more about Rep. Espaillat, visit online at https://espaillat.house.gov/.