GARDEN CITY, NY – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) today pledged to work with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to address building conditions and aging infrastructure at the Northport VA Medical Center following the release of a new investigatory report by the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG). The VA OIG released its report on June 4, 2020 following a hotline complaint received in March 2019 regarding building conditions and patient safety at the Northport VA Medical Center. ...
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GARDEN CITY, NY - U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) has received confirmation from the United States Department of the Treasury that local villages within the Town of Hempstead are able to receive financial assistance out of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding the Town has received to cover COVID-19 related expenses. The United States Department of the Treasury confirmed directly with Rice’s office that there is no prohibition on local governments disbu...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) released the following statement after the Never Again Education Act (H.R. 943) was signed into law on Friday, May 29 by President Trump. Rice is an original cosponsor of the bill and voted in support of it when it passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 393 to 5 on January 27, 2020. The bill will expand U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum education programming and authorize new Holocaust education training and resources for teachers nat...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) led a bipartisan letter to House and Senate Leadership calling for the expansion of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a federal relief program that helps businesses and other organizations keep their workforce employed, to include destination marketing organizations (DMOs), conventions and visitors’ bureaus (CVBs), and state tourism offices as eligible applicants. U.S. Representatives Tom Suozzi (NY-03), Elise Stefanik (NY-21), Anthony ...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) released a statement after voting in favor of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, which passed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 208-199: “Today the House passed a new coronavirus relief bill that provides critically-needed funding to address the unprecedented health and economic crisis gripping our nation. The HEROES Act authorizes $1 trillion for state and local governments, and will send m...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) led a letter to House and Senate Leadership with Representatives Gregory Meeks (NY-05) and Grace Meng (NY-06) calling for additional federal funding in the next coronavirus relief package to address the dire situation in nursing homes and long-term care (LTC) facilities in New York and around the country. “Our nursing homes and long-term care providers have been some of the hardest hit facilities during this pandemic,” said Rep. Kathleen Ric...
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LONG ISLAND – U.S. Representatives Kathleen Rice (NY-04) , Gregory Meeks (NY-05), Tom Suozzi (NY-03), and Long Beach City Manager Donna Gayden released the following statement calling on the Town of Hempstead to make the federal funding it received through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act available for use by Nassau County and other local municipalities: “Over the past eight weeks, County Executive Laura Curran has worked diligently to develop, scale and coordinate ...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) today called on U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie to issue clarification on the forbearance program available to borrowers with VA-guaranteed home loans during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure homeowners and veterans who take advantage of this program are not required to make lump sum repayments at the end of a forbearance period. The letter comes amidst ongoing confusion regarding the various mortgage repayment...
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GARDEN CITY, NY – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) issued the following statement after the third coronavirus response bill passed the House of Representatives today: “I am pleased that Congress has finally reached a bipartisan compromise and passed this urgently-needed $2 trillion stimulus package. This bill provides immediate support to Long Islanders in several ways, including increased funding for New York’s hospitals, direct stimulus checks to qualifying families, expanded unemploy...
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WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed a provision authored by U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04), a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, that will require all Members of the House to undergo annual cybersecurity and information security training, just as is already required for House officers and employees. The provision, originally introduced as a standalone measure with Representative John Katko (NY-24), was included in H.Res.756, a bipartisan resolution...
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