Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) joined House Democrats to pass the FY 2019 Department of the Interior and EPA appropriations bill to prevent the degradation of New York's six national monuments and allow the EPA to resume its critical activities in protecting clean air and clean water for New York families. New York's $222.3 million in EPA state grants are currently at risk because of the Trump Shutdown.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) joined House Democrats to pass the FY 2019 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development appropriations bills to re-open these two essential government agencies and rescue the hard-working New York families who are at imminent risk of being evicted while ensuring air travel and highway transportation are safe for all Americans.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Representative Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) introduced the This Land Is Our Land Act to prohibit the Department of Homeland Security or Department of Defense from constructing any new border barriers, including walls or fences, on federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) joined House Democrats to take action to protect New Yorkers' health care by passing a resolution that strengthens Congress's hand to intervene against the Republicans' monstrous Texas v. U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) will host the first annual Dominicans on the Hill, a day at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, February 7th from 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. EST. During the one-day event, Dominican-Americans from communities around the nation will attend workshops on issues ranging from immigration, education and the workforce, the U.S. economy and trade.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement upon his return from a fact-finding mission to the Sally Port of Entry and Lordsburg Border Patrol Station in New Mexico following the death of 7-year old Jakelin Caal Maquin while in CBP custody. Rep.
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) announced his support of the "Green New Deal," a proposal being touted by Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) aimed at overhauling energy use, reducing carbon emissions, and creating new jobs.
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) is pleased to announce a joint collaboration with the State University of New York (SUNY), the City University of New York (CUNY), the Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic (MINERD), the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology of the Dominican Republic (MESCYT) and the New York State Education Department, which will be finalized during a signing of the Memorandum of Understanding at 4:00 p.m.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) will host a post office renaming ceremony in honor of the Tuskegee Airmen on Monday, November 19th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the United States Post Office (USPS) facility located at 99 Macombs Place in New York, which will be renamed as the "Tuskegee Airmen Post Office Building" following passage of Rep. Espaillat's bill, H.R. 4406, which was signed into law earlier this year.
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) issued the following statement on the death of politician, businessman and academic José Rafael Abinader Wassaff, father of former presidential hopeful Luis Abinader Corona.