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June 30, 2023

NEW YORK, NY – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) issued the following statement regarding the latest Supreme Court rulings decided this week.

"I am deeply disheartened by the latest slate of rulings from this far-right, extreme Supreme Court that seeks to roll back decades of progress we have made as a nation," said Rep. Espaillat. "To deny service to anyone based on who they love is an affront to our American values and a bigoted violation of the basic rights we all deserve simply because we are human.

June 29, 2023

NEW YORK, NY – The ongoing national security concerns related to the United States’ unchecked export of electronic waste (“e-waste”)—such as old cell phones, computers, servers, and other gadgets—have prompted Representatives Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26) to reintroduce the Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act (SEERA). The bill would curb the flow of U.S. e-waste to China and other foreign nations, which is on track to reach 27 million tons by 2030. Upon its arrival in foreign nations, U.S.

June 29, 2023

NEW YORK, NY – Thursday, June 29th, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) will welcome U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to his district for a tour of select health facilities and a roundtable discussion to highlight the ongoing success of the Inflation Reduction Act to constituents of New York's 13th congressional district.

The roundtable will take place at 10:00 a.m. at the New York Academy of Medicine, Presidents Gallery Room, located at 1216 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10029.

June 26, 2023

NEW YORK, NY – This weekend, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) joined Catholic Democrats to issue the following statement of principles to mark the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision:

June 23, 2023

– As Prepared For Delivery –

Thank you, Chairman Amodei.

Also, thank you to the minority staff, Faye Cobb and Raquel Spencer, along with my Legislative Director, Monica Garay, and the majority subcommittee staff, Michelle Reinshuttle and Jacqueline Ripke, for all they do in their roles on the Committee.

As you noted, the FY24 Legislative Branch bill before us contains $5.3 billion, excluding the $1.4 billion requested by the Senate. This total allocation of $6.7 billion is $252 million below the FY23 levels.

June 22, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee’s Legislative Branch Subcommittee, issued the following opening remarks during the Committee’s markup of the Fiscal Year 2024 Department of Defense appropriations bill.

**As prepared for delivery**

Thank you, Madame Chair.I rise in opposition to this bill, which fails to support critical climate change initiatives. Scientists agree that once Earth reaches 2.7 degrees of global heating, we reach the “point of no return” for climate change.

June 21, 2023

– As Prepared For Delivery –

Thank you, Chairman Amodei.

Also, thank you to the minority staff, Faye Cobb and Raquel Spencer, along with my Legislative Director, Monica Garay, and the majority subcommittee staff, Michelle Reinshuttle and Jacqueline Ripke, for all they do in their roles on the Committee.

As you noted, the FY24 Legislative Branch bill before us contains $5.3 billion, excluding the $1.4 billion requested by the Senate. This total allocation of $6.7 billion is $252 million below the FY23 levels.

June 21, 2023

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Thank you, Madame Chair. Unfortunately, the DHS appropriations bill before this Committee today is a non-starter for immigrant communities like my own district, and I refuse to support it.

This overtly partisan bill provides $2.1 billion dollars in wasteful spending to build a needless border wall. It also significantly increases funds for ICE removal operations, which break up families, force immigrant communities to live in fear, and do not keep us safer.

June 20, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC --Representatives Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Nanette Barragán (CA-44) have introduced H.R.3689 - the American Aviation Diversity Act (AADA), key legislation intended to diversify the racial and ethnic makeup of the American aviation industry.