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July 15, 2020


NEW YORK, NY – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) announced that he has successfully secured no less than $500 million for international climate financing through the Green Climate Fund. This funding will assist developing nations in the creation of programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, mitigate the impacts of climate change on some of the most vulnerable global communities, and adapt to a changing climate.

July 13, 2020

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:

July 9, 2020

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.

Issues:Education
July 9, 2020


NEW YORK, NY - Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement in response to the Trump administration's decision to bar international student visa holders from U.S. institutions of higher education.

Issues:Education
July 1, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) announced more than $400,000 in federal grant funding through the CARES Act economic stabilization efforts to help support several cultural institutions located in New York's 13th congressional district.

June 26, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C.Hoy, el congresista Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) votó para aprobar la H.R. 7120, la Ley George Floyd de Justicia en la Vigilancia Policial. Este proyecto de ley tomaría medidas clave para lograr un cambio estructural transformador para combatir el patrón de violencia policial.

June 26, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) voted to pass H.R. 7120, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. This bill would take key steps to achieve transformational, structural change to combat the pattern of police violence. Among the many strong provisions of this bill, Congressman Espaillat's bill, H.R.

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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.