Velázquez, Nydia M. (D-New York)

Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M., Democrat of New York. Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. (Democrat-New York): pro-Israel +22 on Israel/Palestine. Sponsored bills, cosponsorships, and roll-call votes sourced from Congre…

Israel/Palestine weighted score: pro-Israel +22 — 38 pro-Israel points, 16 pro-Palestine points.

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Cosponsored bills (19)

• HJRES 83 — Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services. (pro-Palestine)
• HJRES 85 — Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services. (pro-Palestine)
• HRES 786 — Calling for an immediate deescalation and cease-fire in Israel and occupied Palestine. (pro-Palestine)
• HCONRES 61 — Supporting Israeli democracy. (pro-Israel)
• HR 2411 — UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act of 2025 (pro-Palestine)
• HRES 768 — Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists. (pro-Israel)
• HRES 771 — Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists. (pro-Israel)
• HR 3045 — West Bank Violence Prevention Act of 2025 (pro-Palestine)
• HR 3565 — To provide for a limitation on the transfer of defense articles and defense services to Israel. (pro-Palestine)
• HRES 839 — Condemning antisemitism at institutions of higher education in the United States and encouraging college and university leaders, administrators, and faculty to speak out against antisemitism. (pro-Israel)
• HR 6829 — EMPIL–DOC Act (pro-Israel)
• HR 221 — Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act (pro-Israel)
• HRES 218 — Recognizing the importance of the United States-Israel economic relationship and encouraging new areas of cooperation. (pro-Israel)
• HRES 551 — Recognizing the importance of the United States-Israel economic relationship and encouraging new areas of cooperation. (pro-Israel)
• HRES 1277 — Recognizing, from Chicago to Palestine to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Puerto Rico, that the pain, violence, and oppression the global majority experiences are interconnected, acknowledges that the future must be self-determined, and affirms our humanity and dignity through a renewed mandate for human rights. (pro-Palestine)
• HR 6806 — Antisemitism Response and Prevention Act of 2025 (pro-Israel)
• HR 2244 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 67 Castle Street in Geneva, New York, as the "Corporal Steven Blaine Riccione Post Office". (neutral)
• HR 4133 — United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012 (pro-Israel)
• HR 7645 — Ceasefire Compliance Act of 2026 (pro-Palestine)

Roll-call votes (45)

• HRES 845 — Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib for promoting false narratives regarding the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and for calling for the destruction of the state of Israel. — voted Nay
• HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — voted Nay
• HRES 1251 — Calling on elected officials and civil society leaders to counter antisemitism and educate the public on the contributions of the Jewish-American community. — voted Yea
• HRES 352 — Calling on elected officials and civil society leaders to counter antisemitism and educate the public on the contributions of the Jewish American community. — voted Yea
• HRES 268 — Reaffirming the United States' commitment to a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and for other purposes. — voted Yea
• HR 2029 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 — voted Yea
• HR 6126 — Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 — voted Nay
• HR 7217 — Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 — voted Nay
• HCONRES 322 — Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the founding of the modern State of Israel and reaffirming the bonds of close friendship and cooperation between the United States and Israel. — voted Yea
• HRES 282 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding manifestations of anti-Semitism by United Nations member states and urging action against anti-Semitism by United Nations officials, United Nations member states, and the Government of the United States, and for other purposes. — voted Yea
• HCONRES 338 — Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the activities of Islamist terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere. — voted Yea
• HRES 888 — Reaffirming the State of Israel's right to exist. — voted Yea
• HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 — voted Nay
• HR 440 — To provide for the establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia. — voted Yea
• HR 5856 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 — voted Nay
• HR 1473 — Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 — voted Nay
• HR 2219 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 — voted Nay
• HR 6018 — Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2013 — voted Yea
• HR 2244 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 67 Castle Street in Geneva, New York, as the "Corporal Steven Blaine Riccione Post Office". — voted Yea
• HR 4133 — United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012 — voted Yea
• HR 5179 — Anti-BDS Labeling Act — voted Nay
• HR 2297 — Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 — voted Yea
• HR 4665 — Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 — voted Nay
• HR 340 — Hamas and Other Palestinian Terrorist Groups International Financing Prevention Act — voted Nay
• HRES 481 — Condemning the rise in ideologically motivated attacks on Jewish individuals in the United States, including the recent violent assault in Boulder, Colorado, and reaffirming the House of Representatives commitment to combating antisemitism and politically motivated violence. — voted Yea
• HR 644 — Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 — voted Nay
• HR 6679 — No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act — voted Yea
• HRES 1102 — Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2882, with an amendment. — voted Nay
• HRES 729 — Expressing support for the expeditious consideration and finalization of a new, robust, and long-term Memorandum of Understanding on military assistance to Israel between the United States Government and the Government of Israel. — voted Yea
• HR 23 — Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act — voted Nay
• HR 2471 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 — voted Yea
• HR 8034 — Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 — voted Nay
• HR 3992 — To allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E-2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated United States nationals are eligible for similar nonimmigrant status in Israel. — voted Not Voting
• HR 2882 — Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 — voted Yea
• HR 5323 — Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 — voted Yea
• HR 2670 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 — voted Nay
• HR 5327 — United States-Israel Rocket and Missile Defense Cooperation and Support Act — voted Yea
• HR 2194 — Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 — voted Yea
• HR 221 — Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act — voted Yea
• HCONRES 57 — Expressing the sense of Congress supporting the State of Israel. — voted Yea
• HR 6090 — Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023 — voted Nay
• HR 1911 — Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act of 2018 — voted Yea
• S 1635 — Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 — voted Yea
• HRES 559 — Declaring it is the policy of the United States that a nuclear Islamic Republic of Iran is not acceptable. — voted Nay
• HRES 771 — Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists. — voted Present