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Rep. Nydia Velázquez

Representative for
New York’s 7th District

pronounced
NIH-dee-uh // vuh-LASS-kess

Velázquez
is
the representative for New York’s 7th congressional district
(view map)
and is a Democrat.

She
has served since Jan. 3, 2013.

Velázquez is next up for reelection in 2026 and serves until Jan. 3, 2027.

She is 73 years old.

She was previously

the representative for New York’s 12th congressional district
as a Democrat
from 1993 to 2012.

Velázquez is a member of

Congressional Progressive Caucus,
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and
Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Caucus membership information may be incomplete or out of date.

Velázquez's Official Website

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Misconduct

Velázquez was arrested at a protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building on July, 19 2022. The same month the Committee published a committee report indicating they will pay a $50 fine.

Jul. 29, 2022

House Committee on Ethics

published a committee report indicating they will pay a $50 fine

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Velázquez is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below.
Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives
positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills legislators have sponsored and cosponsored
from Jan. 4, 2021 to June 22, 2026.
See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Velázquez sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Small Business
Ranking Member

House Committee on Financial Services

Financial Institutions,

Housing and Insurance

subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Velázquez was the primary sponsor of 18 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

H.R. 7352 (117th): PPP and Bank Fraud Enforcement Harmonization Act of 2022

H.R. 1192 (117th): PRRADA

H.R. 1191 (117th): For the relief of Ravidath Lawrence Ragbir.

H.R. 3867 (116th): Violence Against Women Veterans Act

H.R. 4463 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Doyers Street in New York, New York, as the “Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office”.

H.R. 5236 (115th): Main Street Employee Ownership Act of 2018

H.R. 5178 (115th): Puerto Rico Small Business Contracting Assistance Act of 2018

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Does 18 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Velázquez sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Commerce (35%)

Health (16%)

Finance and Financial Sector (11%)

Education (11%)

Arts, Culture, Religion (7%)

International Affairs (7%)

Housing and Community Development (6%)

Transportation and Public Works (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Velázquez recently introduced the following legislation:

H.Res. 1365: Recognizing Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) as a serious feeding and eating disorder …

H.Con.Res. 106: To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or …

H.Con.Res. 99: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to …

H.J.Res. 169: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, …

H.R. 8563: Investing in the American Dream Act

H.R. 8534: Small Business Territories Support Act

H.R. 8282: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2026

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Velázquez voted Nay

H.R. 1103 (118th): Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) Certification Act

Passed 413/3 on Sept. 10, 2024.

Velázquez voted Nay

H.R. 6572 (118th): Deploying American Blockchains Act of 2023

Passed 334/79 on May 15, 2024.

Velázquez voted Yea

H.Res. 1160 (118th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8034) making emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to the situation …

Passed 316/94 on April 19, 2024.

Velázquez voted Not Voting

H.R. 7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Passed 329/101 on July 14, 2022.

Velázquez voted Nay

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of …

Velázquez voted Nay

H.R. 1265: Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act

Passed 401/2 on April 13, 2015.

Velázquez voted Nay

H.R. 1259: Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act

Passed 401/1 on April 13, 2015.

Velázquez voted Nay

H.R. 360: Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2015

Passed 297/98 on March 23, 2015.

Velázquez voted No

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sept. 17, 2014.

Velázquez voted No

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on June 23, 2011.

The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack …

Missed Votes

From Jan 1993 to Jun 2026, Velázquez missed 800 of 20,944 roll call votes, which is 3.8%.
This is
worse than

the median of 2.1%
among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving.
The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absences, major life events, and running for higher office.

Show the numbers...

Time Period

Votes Eligible

Missed Votes

Percent

Percentile

1993 Jan-Mar

127

2

1.6%

38th

1993 Apr-Jun

190

13

6.8%

59th

1993 Jul-Sep

164

7

4.3%

74th

1993 Oct-Nov

134

7

5.2%

81st

1994 Jan-Mar

95

2

2.1%

37th

1994 Apr-Jun

219

6

2.7%

54th

1994 Jul-Sep

142

13

9.2%

75th

1994 Oct-Nov

51

0

0.0%

0th

1995 Jan-Mar

279

9

3.2%

73rd

1995 Apr-Jun

189

4

2.1%

33rd

1995 Jul-Sep

232

10

4.3%

83rd

1995 Oct-Dec

185

24

13.0%

90th

1996 Jan-Mar

110

5

4.5%

63rd

1996 Apr-Jun

182

2

1.1%

29th

1996 Jul-Sep

163

4

2.5%

39th

1997 Jan-Mar

71

5

7.0%

82nd

1997 Apr-Jun

174

11

6.3%

88th

1997 Jul-Sep

232

9

3.9%

68th

1997 Oct-Nov

163

1

0.6%

24th

1998 Jan-Mar

89

0

0.0%

0th

1998 Apr-Jun

185

2

1.1%

34th

1998 Jul-Sep

199

30

15.1%

94th

1998 Oct-Dec

74

1

1.4%

34th

1999 Jan-Mar

77

1

1.3%

26th

1999 Apr-Jun

184

4

2.2%

47th

1999 Jul-Sep

204

3

1.5%

37th

1999 Oct-Nov

146

3

2.1%

47th

2000 Jan-Mar

95

2

2.1%

29th

2000 Apr-Jun

277

26

9.4%

87th

2000 Jul-Sep

130

6

4.6%

76th

2000 Oct-Dec

101

5

5.0%

47th

2001 Jan-Mar

75

0

0.0%

0th

2001 Apr-Jun

135

4

3.0%

61st

2001 Jul-Sep

149

13

8.7%

91st

2001 Oct-Dec

153

8

5.2%

74th

2002 Jan-Mar

79

2

2.5%

60th

2002 Apr-Jun

203

6

3.0%

57th

2002 Jul-Sep

141

21

14.9%

96th

2002 Oct-Nov

61

2

3.3%

64th

2003 Jan-Mar

94

3

3.2%

71st

2003 Apr-Jun

239

12

5.0%

82nd

2003 Jul-Sep

193

15

7.8%

93rd

2003 Oct-Dec

151

5

3.3%

54th

2004 Jan-Mar

104

1

1.0%

20th

2004 Apr-Jun

221

12

5.4%

80th

2004 Jul-Sep

161

7

4.3%

59th

2004 Oct-Dec

58

1

1.7%

52nd

2005 Jan-Mar

90

2

2.2%

37th

2005 Apr-Jun

272

12

4.4%

65th

2005 Jul-Sep

146

5

3.4%

77th

2005 Oct-Dec

163

11

6.7%

89th

2006 Jan-Mar

81

0

0.0%

0th

2006 Apr-Jun

276

2

0.7%

17th

2006 Jul-Sep

159

2

1.3%

46th

2006 Nov-Dec

27

2

7.4%

63rd

2007 Jan-Mar

213

1

0.5%

23rd

2007 Apr-Jun

393

1

0.3%

8th

2007 Jul-Sep

317

2

0.6%

14th

2007 Oct-Dec

263

3

1.1%

28th

2008 Jan-Mar

149

1

0.7%

10th

2008 Apr-Jun

321

13

4.0%

71st

2008 Jul-Sep

205

13

6.3%

85th

2008 Oct-Dec

15

0

0.0%

0th

2009 Jan-Mar

174

5

2.9%

63rd

2009 Apr-Jun

303

26

8.6%

96th

2009 Jul-Sep

268

15

5.6%

86th

2009 Oct-Dec

246

15

6.1%

82nd

2010 Jan-Mar

195

5

2.6%

48th

2010 Apr-Jun

219

9

4.1%

69th

2010 Jul-Sep

151

13

8.6%

91st

2010 Nov-Dec

99

8

8.1%

79th

2011 Jan-Mar

212

1

0.5%

22nd

2011 Apr-Jun

281

2

0.7%

34th

2011 Jul-Sep

247

3

1.2%

40th

2011 Oct-Dec

208

9

4.3%

72nd

2012 Jan-Mar

151

6

4.0%

78th

2012 Apr-Jun

299

57

19.1%

99th

2012 Jul-Sep

152

5

3.3%

73rd

2012 Nov-Dec

51

5

9.8%

84th

2013 Jan-Jan
112th Congress

5

0

0.0%

0th

2013 Jan-Mar

89

4

4.5%

74th

2013 Apr-Jun

215

5

2.3%

57th

2013 Jul-Sep

200

11

5.5%

84th

2013 Oct-Dec

137

5

3.6%

70th

2014 Jan-Mar

148

9

6.1%

82nd

2014 Apr-Jun

219

20

9.1%

88th

2014 Jul-Sep

147

9

6.1%

86th

2014 Nov-Dec

49

2

4.1%

73rd

2015 Jan-Mar

139

2

1.4%

45th

2015 Apr-Jun

244

0

0.0%

0th

2015 Jul-Sep

139

1

0.7%

31st

2015 Oct-Dec

177

4

2.3%

69th

2016 Jan-Mar

137

2

1.5%

30th

2016 Apr-Jun

204

8

3.9%

71st

2016 Jul-Sep

232

3

1.3%

53rd

2016 Nov-Dec

48

2

4.2%

79th

2017 Jan-Mar

208

4

1.9%

61st

2017 Apr-Jun

136

8

5.9%

87th

2017 Jul-Sep

199

0

0.0%

0th

2017 Oct-Dec

167

1

0.6%

27th

2018 Jan-Mar

129

6

4.7%

76th

2018 Apr-Jun

184

1

0.5%

16th

2018 Jul-Sep

102

2

2.0%

60th

2018 Nov-Dec

85

13

15.3%

91st

2019 Jan-Mar

136

7

5.1%

87th

2019 Apr-Jun

294

6

2.0%

68th

2019 Jul-Sep

125

0

0.0%

0th

2019 Oct-Dec

146

0

0.0%

0th

2020 Jan-Mar

102

4

3.9%

69th

2020 Apr-Jun

31

0

0.0%

0th

2020 Jul-Sep

80

1

1.2%

54th

2020 Oct-Dec

40

0

0.0%

0th

2021 Jan-Mar

97

1

1.0%

43rd

2021 Apr-Jun

107

0

0.0%

0th

2021 Jul-Sep

108

2

1.9%

65th

2021 Oct-Dec

137

2

1.5%

64th

2022 Jan-Mar

102

0

0.0%

0th

2022 Apr-Jun

197

0

0.0%

0th

2022 Jul-Sep

178

5

2.8%

89th

2022 Nov-Dec

72

0

0.0%

0th

2023 Jan-Mar

182

1

0.5%

40th

2023 Apr-Jun

107

2

1.9%

56th

2023 Jul-Sep

224

2

0.9%

49th

2023 Oct-Dec

211

6

2.8%

70th

2024 Jan-Mar

104

6

5.8%

81st

2024 Apr-Jun

231

16

6.9%

82nd

2024 Jul-Sep

120

9

7.5%

85th

2024 Nov-Dec

62

5

8.1%

82nd

2025 Jan-Mar

85

2

2.4%

52nd

2025 Apr-Jun

100

3

3.0%

59th

2025 Jul-Sep

97

0

0.0%

0th

2025 Nov-Dec

80

3

3.8%

74th

2026 Jan-Mar

108

8

7.4%

87th

2026 Apr-Jun

116

4

3.4%

72nd

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records

Office of Nydia Velázquez for the photo

GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

Pronunciation Guide

Rep. Nydia Velázquez [D-NY7, 2013-2026] is pronounced:

NIH-dee-uh // vuh-LASS-kess

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

letters

as in

N

not

IH

pin

-

d

day

ee

meet

-

uh

cup

letters

as in

v

van

uh

cup

-

L

leg

A

cat

SS

miss

-

k

king

e

bed

ss

miss

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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