VELAZQUEZ, NYDIA M

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VELAZQUEZ, NYDIA M
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: Experience: House: District 7, 1993-Present; Home State: New York; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $662,933Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Nydia M. Velázquez

Gender: Female

Family: Husband: Paul Bader

Birth Date: 03/22/1953

Birth Place: Yabucoa, Puerto Rico

Home City: Brooklyn, NY

Religion: Roman Catholic

Education

MA, Political Science, New York University, 1976

BA, Political Science, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, 1974

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1992-present

Democratic Regional Whip

Council Member, New York City Council, 1984-1986

Current Legislative Committees

Financial Services, Member

Small Business, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Member

Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

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

Member, House Democratic Caucus

Member, Older Americans Caucus

Member, Out of Iraq Caucus

Professional Experience

National Director, Puerto Rico Department of Labor, Migration Division Office, 1989-1992

Director, Department of Puerto Rico Community Affairs in the United States, 1986-1989

Special Assistant, Congressman Edolphus Towns, 1983

Professor, Hunter College, The City University of New York, 1981-1983

Professor, University of Puerto Rico, 1976-1981

Additional Information

Awards:

Woman of the Year, Hispanic Business Magazine, 2003

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Support Abortion should be decided by a woman herself. It is an important part of their health rights and reproductive freedom.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Strongly Oppose The death penalty should be abolished. We should let judges and juries decide what penalties to apply in each case.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Support Flatter taxes benefit the wealthy more than the lower and middle class. We should focus tax relief on the majority of taxpayers instead of on the richest.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Support The federal government should intervene in the economy and inject as much funding as needed to recover from the Great Recession, including direct federal job creation.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Oppose Public schools are an important component of American society. We should improve public schools rather than destroying them with vouchers.
7. Make voter registration easier	Support Voter ID laws just make it harder for people to vote, but what we should do is to make voting easier.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Support Overuse of fossil fuels causes serious problems that we should deal with immediately. And green energy is absolutly a good option for us to Stop Global Warming.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Oppose Expanding the military is not important and integrant for U.S. now. But when the country meets with defiance or agression, it is acceptable to continue expanding our military.
11. Support & expand free trade	Oppose Trade should be Fair, not Free. Free trade poses a risk to job security, causes humanitarian problems overseas, or results in environmental damage.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Oppose Availability of guns should be absolutely limited, because more guns mean more killing.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Support Very few Americans have adequate health insurance. The government should make funds available for all citizens.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Support Immigration restrictions are racist because they keep out Hispanics and other non-whites. Social services should be offered to all residents of the United States regardless of immigration status.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Strongly Oppose Animals have inherent rights, and nature has inherent value. It is necessary to support vegetarianism and protect environment.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Oppose Church-state separation precludes the involvement of religious institutions in social services. Basically, we should not violate the Constitutional principle in this case.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Support Past discrimination should be corrected. Government should enforce Affirmative Action laws in companies.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Support In free country, people are free to choose their mate, whichever gender they like. Homosexual partners or marriages are equal with heterosexual ones.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Oppose Government should control the Social Security forever. The Trust Fund should not be invested in anything with risk.

Total: 185

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
12/15/2005	H.R.4565	Angels Nurture Growing Entrepreneurs into Long-term Successes (ANGELS) Act	12/15/2005 Referred to House Ways and Means (All Actions)
11/04/2005	H.R.4234	Small Business Gulf Coast Revitalization Act of 2005	11/04/2005 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. (All Actions)
10/17/2005	H.R.4067	TANF Recipients' Lifeline Act	10/17/2005 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
08/24/2005	H.R.3194	Housing America's Workforce Act	08/24/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. (All Actions)
07/25/2005	H.R.3203	Hispanic-Serving Institution Assistance Improvement Act of 2005	07/25/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. (All Actions)
05/19/2005	H.R.2517	To amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the indexation of deferred annuities; to provide that a survivor annuity be provided to the widow or widower of a former employee who dies after separating from Government service with title to a deferred annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System but before establishing a valid claim therefor, and for other purposes.	05/19/2005 Referred to House Administration (All Actions)
05/13/2005	H.R.1807	Community Environmental Equity Act	05/13/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
04/27/2005	H.R.1868	Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2005	04/27/2005 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. (All Actions)
05/06/2004	H.R.4215	Community Environmental Equity Act	05/06/2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
06/20/2003	H.R.2108	Hispanic-Serving Institution Assistance Improvement Act of 2003	06/20/2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. (All Actions)
06/17/2003	H.R.2298	Earning and Living Opportunities Act	06/17/2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. (All Actions)
02/28/2003	H.R.432	To amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the indexation of deferred annuities; to provide that a survivor annuity be provided to the widow or widower of a former employee who dies after separating from Government service with title to a deferred annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System but before establishing a valid claim therefor, and for other purposes.	02/28/2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization. (All Actions)
10/10/2002	H.R.4928	Hispanic-Serving Institution Assistance Improvement Act of 2001	10/10/2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. (All Actions)
09/25/2002	H.R.4768	Garment Consumer's Right-to-Know Act of 2002	09/25/2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. (All Actions)
07/05/2002	H.R.4960	Rebuild Infrastructure and Support Entrepreneurs Act of 2002	07/05/2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Technology and Economic Growth, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. (All Actions)
06/28/2002	H.Con.Res.424	Commending the patriotic contributions of the roofing professionals who replaced, at no cost to the Federal Government, the section of the Pentagon's slate roof that was destroyed as a result of the terrorist attacks against the United States that occurred on September 11, 2001.	06/28/2002 Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (All Actions)
05/21/2002	H.R.3837	To establish the Silver Scholarship program to provide transferable educational awards to individuals 55 years of age and older who perform certain volunteer services.	05/21/2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. (All Actions)
05/10/2002	H.R.4710	To amend title 44, United States Code, to reduce paperwork burdens for small-business concerns.	05/10/2002 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)
05/02/2002	H.R.2867	Small Business Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2001	05/02/2002 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 254. (All Actions)
04/24/2002	H.R.4586	Brownfields Use Invigoration Land Development Act	04/24/2002 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. (All Actions)

Total: 2882

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
06/12/2017	H.Res.380	Commemorating one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
06/08/2017	H.R.2855	To amend title II of the Social Security Act to enhance Social Security benefits and maintain the commitment and the long-term solvency of the Social Security program.
06/08/2017	H.R.2840	To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each State to ensure that each individual who provides identifying information to the State motor vehicle authority is automatically registered to vote in elections for Federal office held in the State unless the individual does not meet the eligibility requirements for registering to vote in such elections or declines to be registered to vote in such elections, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017	H.R.2827	To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and expand the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
05/22/2017	H.R.2404	Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2017
05/19/2017	H.R.2572	To establish humane practices for the repatriation of aliens at the border, establish effective standards for the treatment of certain aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
05/19/2017	H.R.2563	To codify the Small Business Administration's Entrepreneurial Education Initiative, and for other purposes.
05/19/2017	H.Res.347	Expressing support for designation of May 2017 as "National Brain Tumor Awareness Month".
05/18/2017	H.R.2519	To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th anniversary of The American Legion.
05/18/2017	H.Res.338	Recognizing the significance of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month in May as an important time to celebrate the significant contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States.
05/18/2017	H.Res.218	Recognizing the importance of the United States-Israel economic relationship and encouraging new areas of cooperation.
05/18/2017	H.R.1222	Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2017
05/17/2017	H.R.2508	To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States.
05/17/2017	H.R.2499	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to meet standards for the location and operation of polling places used in elections for Federal office, including a standard requiring States to ensure that no individual waits for longer than one hour to cast a vote at a polling place, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017	H.R.2477	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017	H.R.2475	To provide for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017	H.R.356	Protecting Our Democracy Act
05/16/2017	H.R.2440	Presidential Disclosure of Foreign Business Transactions Act
05/16/2017	H.R.2429	Puerto Rico Task Force Economic Empowerment Act of 2017
05/16/2017	H.Res.325	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should retain a protective pool of reporters for purposes of covering the official business of the President, and for other purposes.

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