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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) testified before theUnited States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works in support of Alejandra Y. Castillo's nomination by President Biden to serve as the next Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development:
The following are remarks by Rep. Espaillat, as prepared for delivery:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) spoke on the United States House floor in support of H.R. 3642, The Harlem Hellfighters Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021, which passed in the House earlier this afternoon.
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NEW YORK, NY -- Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement in recognition of the ninth anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, commonly known as DACA, first announced by President Obama in 2012.
NEW YORK, NY – Today, on the eve of New York City’s first citywide election with ranked-choice voting, U.S. Representatives Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), Jerry Nadler (NY-10), Nydia Velázquez (NY-07), Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), Gregory Meeks (NY-05), Yvette Clarke (NY-09), Grace Meng (NY-06), Thomas Suozzi (NY-03), Ritchie Torres (NY-15) and Jamaal Bowman (NY-16) released the following joint statement:
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) announced that he has taken full advantage of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s solicitation of requests for member-directed projects in the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization bill. Three of Espaillat’s member-directed projects, totaling $20 million, have been included in the draft bill, which is slated to advance to the full House later this month.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) joined his colleagues, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Congressmen Frank Pallone (NJ-6) and Albio Sires (NJ-08) to reintroduce the Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2021. This legislation would overturn an outdated 1986 law to build a framework of commonsense standards for handgun ownership in the United States by creating a federal licensing and registration process for gun ownership with minimum requirements that:
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) joined his colleagues, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Congressmen Frank Pallone (NJ-6) and Albio Sires (NJ-08) to reintroduce the Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2021. This legislation would overturn an outdated 1986 law to build a framework of commonsense standards for handgun ownership in the United States by creating a federal licensing and registration process for gun ownership with minimum requirements that:
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) issued the following statement in support of his resolution, The Cecil Corbin-Mark Global Environmental Justice Resolution — named in honor of the life and legacy of the late environmental justice leader Cecil Corbin-Mark, the former Deputy Director and Director of Policy Initiatives at WE ACT for Environmental Justice.
NEW YORK, NY – Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement on receiving the 2021 Queens College President’s Medal, the highest administrative award designation from President Frank H. Wu:
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Reps. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-25), and Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-3) as co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Latino-Jewish Caucus, released the following statement in response to the recent rise in antisemitic incidents in the United States and globally: