WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice introduced H.R. 8570, the Teachers and Parents at the Table Act, which would create volunteer committees of public school teachers and families to advise the U.S. Secretary of Education and report to Congress on topics that affect public school students such as testing and assessment, teacher diversity and training, family engagement, school climate, and more. H.R. 8570 was created with the help of Marguerite Izzo, a fifth grade teacher in the Malve...
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GARDEN CITY, NY – U.S. Representatives Kathleen Rice (NY-04), New York State Senator Kevin Thomas, and New York State Assembly Member Taylor Darling sent a letter to Hempstead Town Supervisor Donald Clavin urging the Town of Hempstead to use the funding it received in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to reimburse the Hempstead Union Free School District for the purchase of 1,500 laptops and other technological devices needed to equip students for remote learning. Ri...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04), the Chairwoman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, & Operations, held a hearing yesterday to question Robert Perez, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Deputy Commissioner, about the management of Trusted Traveler Programs (TTP). Specifically, the hearing examined inaccurate and misleading testimony previously provided to the Committee by senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officia...
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GARDEN CITY, NY – U.S. Representatives Kathleen Rice (NY-04), Peter King (NY-02), Gregory Meeks (NY-05), Lee Zeldin (NY-01), and Tom Suozzi (NY-03) today sent a bipartisan letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) urging the agency to consider available options within its regulatory authority to provide targeted relief for individuals who have accumulated unused transportation benefits due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter also encourages the IRS to issue new guidance related to unused tra...
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GARDEN CITY, NY – U.S. Representatives Kathleen Rice (NY-04) and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran sent a letter to PSEG Long Island requesting the utility offer customers that experienced power outages lasting more than 48 hours after Tropical Storm Isaias a credit on their monthly utility bills. The letter is a follow-up to an August 9 letter requesting bill credits and reimbursement to customers for spoiled food and medication as a result of the outages. On August 17, PSEG Long Island anno...
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WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Honoring All Veterans Act (H.R. 3010), introduced by Representatives Kathleen Rice (NY-04) and Brian Mast (FL-18), to revise the mission statement for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to be more inclusive of women and LGBTQ veterans and their surviving family members. The bill passed unanimously by a voice vote. The VA’s current mission statement is gender-exclusive and fails to properly acknowledge the service of all our na...
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GARDEN CITY, NY – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) released the following statement on the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves behind an unmatched legacy as one of the most important forces for women’s rights in modern day history. She paved the way for women everywhere and she continued fighting, even until her last day. “Justice Ginsburg had an unwavering faith in the goodness of humanity, and she believed these trying times were only an a...
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GARDEN CITY, NY – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) today announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $314,155 federal grant to Nassau Community College (NCC) for its project, “Collaborative Research: Broadening Participation in Computing through Authentic, Collaborative Engagement with Computing for the Greater Good.” The project will expand computer science education at NCC with a focus placed on the societal benefits of computing in order to increase and broaden...
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QUEENS, NY – Representatives Kathleen Rice (NY-04), Peter King (NY-02), Gregory Meeks (NY-05), Lee Zeldin (NY-01), and Tom Suozzi (NY-03) today announced that Harley, a one-year old companion dog for a U.S. military veteran, has officially been granted entry in the United States and is set to be reunited with her owner, Staff Sergeant AJ Kirrish. Harley was previously set to be deported to Jordan as the result of a mistake with her paperwork when she arrived at JFK International Airport on Augus...
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Kathleen Rice (NY-04), Peter King (NY-02), Gregory Meeks (NY-05), Lee Zeldin (NY-01), and Tom Suozzi (NY-03) sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield calling for urgent intervention to save the life of an American veteran’s service dog. The one-year old puppy, Harley, was brought to the United States from Jordan by Paws of War, a Long Island-based organization that matches rescue dogs with American vet...
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