Retire through Ownership Act
House roll call 314 · Sep 16, 2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Result: Passed
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House · NY · Democratic
Open full interactive profile ↗Nydia M. Velázquez
District 7th · Office phone: (202) 225-2361
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Career and professional background
- Education
B.A., University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, 1974
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M.A., New York University, New York, N.Y., 1976
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faculty, University of Puerto Rico, Humacao, P.R., 1976-1981
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adjunct professor, Hunter College, City University of New York, N.Y., 1981-1983
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staff, United States Representative Edolphus Towns of New York, 1983
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member of the New York, N.Y., city council, 1984
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national director, Migration Division Office, Puerto Rico department of labor and human resources, 1986-1989
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director, department of Puerto Rican community affairs in the United States for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 1989-1992
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elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-present)
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chair, Committee on Small Business (One Hundred Tenth, One Hundred Eleventh, One Hundred Sixteenth, and One Hundred Seventeenth Congresses).
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Recent recorded congressional votes
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Water Resources Development Act
House roll call 313 · Sep 16, 2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗Ratepayer Protection Act
House roll call 312 · Sep 16, 2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision”
House roll call 311 · Sep 16, 2026
On Passage · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗PROOF Act
House roll call 310 · Sep 16, 2026
On Passage · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
House roll call 309 · Sep 16, 2026
On Passage · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
House roll call 308 · Sep 16, 2026
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
House roll call 307 · Sep 15, 2026
On Agreeing to the Resolution · Result: Passed
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FEC record H2NY00010
2026 cycle · Reporting through 10/14/2026
- Reported receipts
- $180,257
- Disbursements
- $270,684
- Cash on hand
- $69,140
- Debts owed
- $0
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