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Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez

Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez

Nydia Margarita Velazquez Serrano is an American politician serving in the United States House of Representatives since 1993. A Democrat from New York, Velazquez chaired the Congressional Hispanic Caucus until January 3, 2011. Her district, in New York City, was numbered the 12th district from 1993 to 2013 and has been numbered the 7th district since 2013. Velazquez is the first Puerto Rican woman to serve in the United States Congress

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Velazquez Secures Federal Funding for Local Projects in Final Government Funding Package

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Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) announced that she has secured $16,025,453 in Community Project Funding for New York's 7th District in the 2023 government funding bill.

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Wagner Supports Transformative Housing Legislation to Lower Costs

Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Chair of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, released the following statement on the bipartisan amendment to the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act: