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July 22, 2019

NEW YORK, NY – Today at 6:00 p.m. EDT at the House of Justice located at 106 West 145th Street, New York, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) will host a ‘Speak Out' event to build public awareness and call for the immediate release of Americans Rakim Mayers a.k.a. A$AP Rocky, and his two team members, David Rispers Jr. and Bladimir Corniel, who have been unjustly imprisoned in Sweden for nearly three weeks. Rep. Espaillat will be joined by family members of the three Americans as well as civil rights leaders, artists and community activists.

July 15, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) and Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Co-Chairs of the Congressional New Americans Caucus, released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's tweets asking "Progressive Democrat Congresswomen" to go back where they came from:

July 15, 2019

WASHINGTON — This morning, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus will hold a press conference on President Trump's attacks on immigrants and Latino families.

July 12, 2019

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) voted to pass H.R. 1327, the "Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alverez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act," which takes long-overdue action to provide the financial security and support that 9/11 first responders, survivors and families deserve.

Issues:Healthcare
July 10, 2019

WASHINGTON, DCCongressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) joined Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Ruben Gallego (AZ-07) today to introduce the Complete Streets Act, legislation that would promote safer and more accessible transportation routes across the United States.

July 3, 2019

NEW YORK, NYRepresentative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement on the Administration's decision to not include the citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

July 2, 2019

NEW YORK, NY – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat(NY-13) issued the following statement in recognition of the anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act, signed into law this day in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson:

July 1, 2019

NEW YORK, NY - Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) will visit the Dominican Republic as a tourist from July 1 to 6 of this year, where he will also enjoy the country's tourist attractions with his family as he does every year, and his schedule will include meetings with government officials, executives from the tourism industry and officials of the United States Embassy in the country, with the purpose of continuing to support tourism on the Caribbean island and collaboration with the authorities in search for security models for the pr

July 1, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (R-NY-13) and Representative Paul Cook (R-CA-08) introduced the Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act (SEERA), a national security bill to stop the flow of electronic waste (e-waste) to China. China regularly uses e-waste to counterfeit electronics while returning these dangerous faux products, including critical military equipment, back into the market.

June 27, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement on the Supreme Court decision in U.S. Department of Commerce v. New York to withhold the Trump Administration's citizenship question from the 2020 Census.