Representative Nydia Velázquez (D)

Current Office: Representative
District: NY-12
First Elected: 11/03/1992
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Female
Family: Husband: Paul Bader
Birth date: 03/22/1953
Birthplace: Yabucoa, Puerto Rico
Home City: Brooklyn NY
Religion: Roman Catholic

Profession

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

Education

MA, Political Science, New York University, 1976 BA, Political Science, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, 1974

Committees

Financial Services
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity

Recent Votes

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1140 Prohibits Reductions to Strategic Nuclear Arms Required by New START
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

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