WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) today voted for H.R.3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The bill, colloquially referred to as the “bipartisan infrastructure bill/framework” or “BIF”, passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 228-206. The $1.2 trillion-dollar bipartisan bill will create thousands of jobs and send billions of dollars to New York State for roads, ports, bridges, public transit, airports, drinking water, and other critically needed physica...
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WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.Con.Res.44, the bipartisan Fiscal State of the Nation Resolution, authored by Representatives Kathleen Rice (NY-04) and Andy Barr (KY-06), which requires the U.S. Comptroller General to present the Financial Report of the United States annually before a joint hearing of the House and Senate Budget Committees, open to all members of Congress. It passed the House by a voice vote. “The American people are sick of Congress playing the bl...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed a short-term funding bill to reauthorize surface transportation programs, but failed to bring up the bipartisan infrastructure bill: “I’m relieved the House voted today to pass a short term surface transportation reauthorization, preventing the furlough of nearly 4,000 federal employees and resuming work nationwide on important infrastructure projects. But this was the ...
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LONG BEACH, NY – Today U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) was joined by local environmental and labor leaders at a press conference calling for the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) to designate final Wind Energy Areas in the New York Bight and hold new lease auctions before the end of 2020. Earlier this morning, Rice sent a bipartisan letter to DOI formally calling for the designations with her New York colleagues; Representatives Tom Reed (NY-23), Tom Suozzi (NY-03), Jerrold Nadler (NY-...
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GARDEN CITY, NY – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice announced today that the National Science Foundation has awarded $1,199,752 in federal grant funding to Adelphi University’s Adelphi's Scholar Teacher Education Program to recruit, support, and prepare 24 science teachers, including those from typically underrepresented groups, to take STEM teaching positions in high-needs school districts. This project is a partnership between Adelphi University, Mineola Public Schools, New York City Departmen...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice is calling for eligible communities in New York’s fourth congressional district to be designated as Opportunity Zones, which will incentivize long-term investment of private capital in low-income communities. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 established a new community development program that provides tax incentives for investors to re-invest in low-income urban and rural communities that have been designated as Opportunity Zones. Communities are ...
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives last night passed S. 504, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2017, which is identical to bipartisan legislation introduced in the House this year by Reps. Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Dan Donovan (R-NY), Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Dave Reichert (R-WA). The legislation permanently reauthorizes the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Travel Card (ABTC) program, which provides access to fast-track immigration lanes at...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Dan Donovan (R-NY), Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Dave Reichert (R-WA) today introduced legislation to permanently reauthorize the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Travel Card (ABTC) program, which provides access to fast-track immigration lanes at airports for travelers who conduct verified business in the APEC region. APEC, a forum of 21 Pacific Rim countries including the U.S., created the ABTC program in 1997, and the U.S. sta...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice today introduced a House Resolution that supports the official designation of the week of November 14th, 2016 as National Apprenticeship Week, recognizes the important role that apprenticeships play in developing a well-trained and highly skilled work force, and commends organizations and employers that actively support apprenticeship programs. Original cosponsors of the resolution include Reps. Bobby Scott (D-VA), Ranking Member on the House Commit...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice announced today that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has awarded $1.5 million to the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) to fund the New York State Apprenticeship Expansion Grant project, which aims to expand apprenticeship training and employment opportunities throughout the state. The funding will be used to create an unprecedented outreach campaign to promote apprenticeships as a key workforce development tool for the 21st century. NYS...
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