Press Releases
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As co-chairs of the Jewish Latino Congressional Caucus, we affirm the following:
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) announced a series of key policy and funding wins. Key among them was an amendment passed in the House of Representatives that would prohibit the Office of Refugee Resettlement and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from contracting with any for-profit contractor for the purposes of housing unaccompanied migrant children. Over the past few years, the Trump Administration has separated numerous families and is required to house children in adequate child-care facilities.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed Representative Adriano Espaillat's (NY-13) bill, the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act. This legislation would allocate nearly $75,000,000 per year from 2021 through 2025 to improve security cooperation with Caribbean nations and combat illicit drug trafficking, support justice sector reform and strengthen the rule of law, and address instability caused by natural disasters. |
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement on the passing of Congressman John Lewis:
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NEW YORK, NY – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) announced the release of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) information to New York's 13th congressional district by the Small Business Administration and U.S. Treasury Department:
NEW YORK, NY – Hoy, el congresista Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) emitió la siguiente declaración en respuesta a la decisión de la administración Trump de prohibir a los titulares de visas de estudiantes internacionales quedarse en el país si las instituciones de educación superior de EE.UU. solo les ofrecen clases en línea. |
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