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Nydia Velázquez
DRunning, 2024 New York U.S. House District 7, General Election
Won the General, 2022 New York U.S. House District 7
New York U.S. House, District 7 (2013 - Present)
To be claimed
Chair, Business and Economic Development Task Force
Member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
Member, Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
Member, Congressional Census Caucus
Member, Congressional Children's Caucus
Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus
Member, Congressional Jobs and Fair Trade Caucus
Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus
Member, Congressional Urban Caucus
Member, Education, Immigration and Livable Communities Task Force
Member, Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community Caucus
Former Member, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Member, House Democratic Caucus
Former Member, Housing and Insurance Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Member, Older Americans Caucus
Member, Out of Iraq Caucus
Former Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Financial Services), United States House of Representatives
Chair, Business and Economic Development Task Force
Member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
Member, Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
Member, Congressional Census Caucus
Member, Congressional Children's Caucus
Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus
Member, Congressional Jobs and Fair Trade Caucus
Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus
Member, Congressional Urban Caucus
Member, Education, Immigration and Livable Communities Task Force
Member, Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community Caucus
Former Member, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Member, House Democratic Caucus
Former Member, Housing and Insurance Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Member, Older Americans Caucus
Member, Out of Iraq Caucus
Member, Committee on Financial Services
Chair, Committee on Small Business
Member, Natural Resources Committee
Member, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis
Member, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions
Member, Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance
Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Natural Resources)
Member, Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife
Astrological Sign:
Aries
— Awards:
— Father's Occupation:
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes
2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Yes
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
1. Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- No
Do you support increasing defense spending?
- No
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No
2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Yes
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No
1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- No
2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Yes
Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- No
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Yes
2. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- No
2. Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
- Yes
3. Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders?
- No
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
2. Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
3. Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes
1. Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline?
- No
2. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes
3. Do you support increased regulations on the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry?
- Yes
1. Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No
Do you support same-sex marriage?
- Yes
1. Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- No
Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?
- Yes
1. Agriculture
- Maintain Status
2. Arts
- Greatly Increase
3. Defense
- Slightly Decrease
4. Education
- Greatly Increase
5. Environment
- Greatly Increase
6. Homeland Security
- Maintain Status
7. International aid
- Maintain Status
8. Medical Research
- Greatly Increase
9. Scientific Research
- Slightly Increase
10. Space exploration
- Maintain Status
11. United Nations
- No Answer
12. Welfare
- Slightly Increase
13. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
14. Capital gains taxes
- Maintain Status
15. Corporate taxes
- Slightly Decrease
16. Small business taxes
- Greatly Decrease
17. Excise taxes (alcohol)
- Slightly Increase
18. Excise taxes (cigarettes)
- Slightly Increase
19. Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
- Maintain Status
20. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Greatly Decrease
21. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Greatly Decrease
22. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Greatly Increase
23. Inheritance taxes
- Slightly Increase
24. Payroll taxes
- Maintain Status
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes
2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Yes
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Yes
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No
Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Yes
1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- No
2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- No
Latest Action: House - 06/21/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Tracker:Latest Action: House - 06/20/2019 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Tracker:Latest Action: House - 06/20/2019 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Tracker:
Coronavirus pandemic Select a topic from the dropdown below to learn more.Political responses overviewState reopening plansDocumenting America's Path to RecoveryElection changesChanges to vote-by-mail and absentee voting proceduresFederal responsesState responsesState executive ordersStay-at-home ordersMultistate agreementsNon-governmental reopening plansEvictions and foreclosures policiesTravel restrictionsEnacted state legislationState legislative session changesSchool closuresState court closuresInmate releasesLocal government responsesDiagnosed or quarantined politiciansBallot measure changesArguments about government responsesThe 1918 influenza pandemicPandemic Response Accountability CommitteeUnemployment filingsLawsuitsSubmit After speaking to the House attending physician, Nydia Velazquez announced on March 30, 2020, that she likely contracted COVID-19 and is self-quarantined. COVID-19, also known as coronavirus disease 2019, is the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The first confirmed case of the disease in the United States was announced on January 21, 2020. For more on responses to the coronavirus outbreak, .
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