DemocratNydia M. Velázquez
U.S. Representative · New York
New York's 7th district
U.S. Representative from New York
1 tracked promise, 1 rated
How they won their seat
Nydia M. VeláZquez won the 2024 U.S. House election in New York (District 7) with 77.9% of the vote (172,795 votes).
- Nydia M. VeláZquez · Democrat77.9%172,795
- Bill Kregler · Republican21.8%48,435
- Blank · Na7%15,556
- 1 Other Candidate0.2%549
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Nydia M. Velázquez's record indicates a pattern of bills related to small business support, housing issues, and Puerto Rican self-determination. She has sponsored multiple bills related to small business entrepreneurship, such as the Small Business Territories Support Act and the Investing in the American Dream Act, as well as legislation addressing housing and disaster resilience, including the Strengthening Capacity for Disaster Resilient Territories Act. Focus areas (from the record): Small Business · Housing · Puerto Rico Self-Determination · Disaster Resilience · Consumer Protection Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Velázquez's sponsored bills align with her declared position on Puerto Rico's self-determination, particularly through her advocacy for the Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of her sponsored bills in achieving their intended outcomes is not clear; The record does not reveal her engagement in unlogged activities or informal advocacy; There are no statements on file to provide additional context or clarification of her positions. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Nydia M. Velázquez has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2020. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Nydia M. Velázquez has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$3K1%
- Large individual (itemized)$52K14%
- PAC / committee$328K86%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on Financial ServicesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, House Committee on Small BusinessOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, House Committee on Financial Services — Financial InstitutionsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Financial Services — Housing and InsuranceOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+75 · based on 1 rated promise
- Championed 1
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2019 · 1 rated promiseThe line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.
| Date | Integrity Score |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jan 2027 | 75 (current, held from last rating) |
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept1
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
1 promise across 1 topicWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Puerto Rico1 promise
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)1100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
1 tracked promise
“Sponsor and advance the Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act (H.R. 2070, 117th Congress), which would recognize the right of the people of Puerto Rico to call a binding status convention through which they exercise self-determination, and establish a mechanism for congressional consideration of that decision.”
Verified record
450 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $180,257, spent $226,035, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9691: 7(a) Program Risk Oversight Act ↗Jul 14, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9491: To amend the Small Business Act to provide re-entry entrepreneurship counseling and training services for incarcerated individuals, and for other purposes. ↗Jun 25, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1365: Recognizing Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) as a serious feeding and eating disorder and acknowledging the urgent need to advance awareness, early identification, research, and equitable access to care. ↗Jun 11, 2026
- Sponsored HCONRES 106: To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Republic of Cuba that have not been authorized by Congress. ↗May 22, 2026
- Sponsored HCONRES 99: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran. ↗May 12, 2026
- Sponsored HJRES 169: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-05: Improper Overdraft Opt-In Practices". ↗Apr 30, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8563: Investing in the American Dream Act ↗Apr 28, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8534: Small Business Territories Support Act ↗Apr 27, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8282: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2026 ↗Apr 14, 2026
- Sponsored HJRES 153: To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Republic of Cuba that have not been authorized by Congress. ↗Mar 24, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7855: GAAME Act of 2026 ↗Mar 5, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1108: Expressing support for designation of March 2026 as Music in Our Schools Month. ↗Mar 5, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 450 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 247
- Nay
- 373
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 35
Full voting record
655 votes- HR4795Not voting
- HR1501Not voting
- HJRES1Not voting
- HRES1498Not voting
- HR9436Not voting
- HR9436Not voting
- HRES1490Not voting
- HRES1499Not voting
- HRES1499Not voting
- HR6500Not voting
- S32Not voting
- S307Not voting
- HR8884Nay
- HCONRES89Yea
- HCONRES113Nay
- HR7008Nay
- HR7008Yea
- HR8800Nay
- HR8800Yea
- HR8800Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
5 positions on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyStated position
On record urging congressional leadership to attach Fourth Amendment protections to FISA Section 702 reauthorization: closing the data broker loophole and requiring a judicial warrant before the government accesses Americans' sensitive information, ending the Section 702 backdoor search loophole, and repealing the Section 702 'visa vetting' provision.
SourcesLetter from 53 Members of Congress to Speaker Mike Johnson, Leader John Thune, Leader Charles E. Schumer and Leader Hakeem Jeffries urging Fourth Amendment protections in FISA Section 702 reauthorizationView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyStated position
On record demanding that DHS and ICE account for their use of Palantir-developed data analytics together with Clearview AI facial recognition, PenLink, L3Harris stingray and Paragon Solutions phone surveillance, and objecting to a mass surveillance ecosystem that has swept in U.S. citizens observing or protesting immigration enforcement.
SourcesLetter from Reps. Dan Goldman and Nydia M. Velazquez, Sen. Ron Wyden and 30 colleagues to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and ICE Acting Director Todd M. Lyons on Palantir-developed data surveillance contractsView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyStated position
On record asserting that the government ordinarily must obtain a judicial warrant to compel cell phone location data, and urging the DHS Inspector General to open a second investigation into ICE and other DHS components purchasing Americans' location data from commercial data brokers without one.
SourcesBicameral letter to DHS Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari requesting a second investigation of warrantless purchases of Americans' cell phone location data by ICE and other DHS componentsView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting AYE on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.
SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.View position & sources → - Puerto RicoStated position
Sponsor and advance the Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act (H.R. 2070, 117th Congress), which would recognize the right of the people of Puerto Rico to call a binding status convention through which they exercise self-determination, and establish a mechanism for congressional consideration of that decision.
SourcesU.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo)· archivedU.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo BILLSTATUS)· archivedView position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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