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March 10, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Torres voted to pass H.R. 842, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.  The historic PRO Act will help rebuild the middle class by protecting workers’ basic right to join a union, holding employers accountable for violating workers’ rights and securing free, fair and safe union elections. 

March 10, 2021
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) led sixteen Members of Congress in sending a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging the Department to coordinate with state and local officials to collect data on how the COVID-19 virus is impacting LGBTQ+ individuals. The letter also asks HHS to make data on vaccine distribution within the LGBTQ+ community publicly available.

March 4, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), and Ritchie Torres (NY-15) issued the following statement after President Biden signaled his support for permanently expanding and improving the Child Tax Credit.

March 4, 2021

Ranked-choice voting, the balloting method debuting this year in New York City, could eventually come to federal elections, under legislation from Bronx Congressman Ritchie Torres.


March 1, 2021

Rep. Ritchie Torres, a New York Democrat, said Monday that he plans to reintroduce a bill that will expand a data collection rule for financial institutions to include LGBTQ-owned businesses.


February 27, 2021

Washington, DC – Around 2AM Saturday morning, Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) voted to pass H.R.


February 26, 2021

Washington DC -- Today, Congressmen David Scott (GA-13), Ritchie Torres (NY-15) and Mondaire Jones (NY-17) filed legislation to strengthen America’s child welfare system and support at-risk LGBTQ youth.


February 25, 2021

Washington, DC -- On Thursday February 25th, Congressman Ritchie Torres, the first openly gay Afro Latino Member of Congress and a Co-Chair of the Equality Caucus delivered remarks on the Equalit


February 8, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC— U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), and Ritchie Torres (NY-15), today reintroduced the American Family Act (AFA), legislation to permanently expand and improve the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and make it a dramatically more effective tool for reducing child poverty and supporting families with kids.


February 5, 2021

Washington, DC – Tonight, an amendment introduced by Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15)  was adopted in the National Apprenticeship Act of 2021, which passed the House this afternoon and will now head to the Senate.