Promise Tracker › Nydia M. Velázquez
U.S. Representative, New York 7th district · Democrat
Nydia M. Velázquez
32 statements indexed, set against 676 recorded votes.
676 recorded votes
- Voted for25738.0%
- Voted against38056.2%
- Did not vote365.3%
Turned up for 94.2% of the votes they could have cast, below the middle of the House, which is 97.5%.
Velázquez voted 94 times out of every 100 they could. That is less than the middle of the House, which is 98.
They vote the same way as Lloyd Doggett more than anyone else. The two agreed 99 times out of 100.
Across the aisle they line up most with James C. Moylan. They agreed 68 times out of 100.
The Record prints their remarks under 2 headings more than once. The list below names them.
- First took office
- January 5, 1993
- Terms served
- 17 terms in the House
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- Born
- March 28, 1953
Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.
What They Spoke On
Small business leads Velázquez's indexed remarks, with four under a bill on sanctuary cities and two more under an entrepreneurs bill. Everything else appears once, taking in a government contracting bill.
The business the Congressional Record printed their remarks under, counted, with the chamber's own procedure left out. It is what was before the chamber, which is not always what the member was addressing.
- SAVE Sba from Sanctuary Cities Act of 20254
- American Entrepreneurs First Act of 20252
What Was Said, and What Was Done
32 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Nydia M. Velázquez’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.
- 2026-07-21MAIN STREET CAPITAL ACCESS ACT“Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 6955. Community banks and credit unions are the foundations of our financial system. As ranking member of the House Small Business Committee, I understand better than most the role they play in our communities, offering small business loans, farm loans, and mortgages.”
- 2026-07-16EMPOWERING WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my strong opposition to the so-called ``Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act,'' legislation that would more accurately be described as the ``Ending WOSB Participation in Government Contracting Act.'' This latest attempt to attack small business entrepreneurs and women's participation in the federal marketplace is transparent, misguided, and cruel.”
- 2026-06-23RECOGNIZING AND HONORING PRINCIPAL MARC PASCENTE“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor Principal Marc Pascente for his extraordinary commitment to public education and his unwavering dedication to the students, families, and communities of New York's 7th Congressional District and across New York City.”
- 2026-06-09SECURE AMERICA ACT“Mr. Speaker, almost a year ago, we debated a horrific piece of Republican legislation that cut more than a trillion dollars from healthcare and nearly $200 billion in food assistance for hungry families, all so billionaires could get another tax cut.”
What Their Votes Add Up To
Measures that reached a final vote, grouped by subject. A yes here means pass the thing, which is why the count leaves out motions to recommit, to table and to proceed: on those a no can be support. Which subject a measure belongs to is this site's reading, and every measure in every subject is listed. A subject below links to its own measures.
- Voted for
- Voted against
Voting With Their Party
On the 471 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, Nydia M. Velázquez voted on 451 and was with the Democrat majority on 450 of them.
451 party line votes cast
- With their party45099.8%
- Against their party10.2%
Votes Against Their Own Party
- 30-Apr-2026H R 7567Voted Aye · On Agreeing to the Amendment
Who They Vote With
In Their Own Party
Of the votes both took part in.
- Lloyd DoggettDemocrat · TX · agreed on 99.2% of 620 shared votes
- Bonnie Watson ColemanDemocrat · NJ · agreed on 99.1% of 632 shared votes
- Joaquin CastroDemocrat · TX · agreed on 99.0% of 616 shared votes
- Gerald E. ConnollyDemocrat · VA · agreed on 98.9% of 95 shared votes
- LaMonica McIverDemocrat · NJ · agreed on 98.9% of 637 shared votes
Voting Across the Aisle
- James C. MoylanRepublican · GU · agreed on 67.6% of 74 shared votes
- Kimberlyn King-HindsRepublican · MP · agreed on 60.6% of 66 shared votes
- Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · PA · agreed on 42.8% of 631 shared votes
- Michael LawlerRepublican · NY · agreed on 34.4% of 625 shared votes
- James GallagherRepublican · CA · agreed on 33.8% of 77 shared votes
Where the Words Are
The Congressional Record marks Nydia M. Velázquez as speaking in 41 items of business across 24 sitting days of this Congress.
Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.
- July 21, 2026MAIN STREET CAPITAL ACCESS ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 119
- July 16, 2026EMPOWERING WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 116
- June 23, 2026RECOGNIZING AND HONORING PRINCIPAL MARC PASCENTE; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 105
- June 9, 2026SECURE AMERICA ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 97
- May 19, 2026PROVIDING FOR THE CONCURRENCE BY THE HOUSE IN THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6644, WITH AMENDMENT; Congressional
- April 2, 2026HONORING MINERVA SOLLA; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 61
- March 16, 2026SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 47
- January 20, 2026ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WISDOM FOR INNOVATIVE SMALL ENTERPRISES ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 13
The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.
Every Recorded Vote
All 676 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Clerk of the House lists Nydia M. Velázquez. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.
- 16-Sep-2026S 2403Did not vote (Not Voting) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
- 16-Sep-2026H R 9497Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- 16-Sep-2026H R 9340Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- 16-Sep-2026H J RES 213Voted against (Nay) · On Passage
Elsewhere in the Record
- Everyone who represents New York Both chambers, with a link to each member's page.
- Find your representatives Every member of the 119th Congress, by state.
The other New York representatives in this Congress: Grace Meng and Hakeem S. Jeffries.
How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.