TORRES, RITCHIE (a Representative from New York)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 8205), H3093 [23AP]

Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1402), H4364 [30JN]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 1080), H2328 [25FE]

Black Maternal Health Week: designate (see H. Res. 1183), H2960 [16AP]

Camp Lejeune Justice Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 4145), H3671 [20MY]

CBO: study long-term economic impact of Trump administration immigration policies (see H.R. 7345), H2029 [4FE]

Christopher Pendergast Post Office Building, Miller Place, NY: designate (see H.R. 5642), H3125 [27AP]

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Bruckenthal Post Office Building, Northport, NY: designate (see H.R. 5641), H3125 [27AP]

Colleges and universities: provide legal framework necessary for growth of innovative private financing options for students to fund postsecondary education (see H.R. 9469), H4262 [25JN]

Commission on Equity and Reconciliation in the Uniformed Services: establish (see H.R. 7238), H1912 [23JA]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote financial literacy for students and young adults (see H. Res. 1238), H3344 [7MY]

Consumers: reinstate energy improvement tax credits, incentivize energy efficiency, assist low-income households with energy bills, crack down on price gouging, and ensure high-consumption facilities pay their own costs (see H.R. 7977), H2596 [18MR]

Cosmetics: substantially restrict use of animal testing for cosmetics (see H.R. 1657), H5024 [21JY]

Courts: authorize judicial review of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) terminations (see H.R. 9944), H5204 [27JY]

——— prohibit Federal judges from receiving gifts of certain value (see H.R. 9688), H4467 [14JY]

Crime: provide penalties for individuals who knowingly and intentionally assault or intimidate hospital employees (see H.R. 3178), H2473 [5MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend eligibility of new moms for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see H.R. 8055), H2675 [24MR]

——— make commodities available for Emergency Food Assistance Program (see H.R. 3784), H2926 [15AP]

——— permit video or telephone certifications under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see H.R. 1464), H2677 [24MR]

Dept. of Education: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations’’ (see H.J. Res. 189), H3731 [22MY]

——— prohibit use of appropriated funds to eliminate, consolidate, or otherwise restructure any office that administers or enforces programs under Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (see H.R. 2333), H4127 [18JN]

——— provide for greater flexibility in Federal programs supporting planning and implementation of charter schools (see H.R. 7082), H2832 [9AP]

——— provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in medical or dental internship or residency program (see H.R. 2028), H4381 [9JY]

Dept. of HHS: advance research to achieve medical breakthroughs in brain tumor treatment and improve awareness and adequacy of specialized cancer and brain tumor care (see H.R. 2767), H3671 [20MY]

——— award grants to increase early detection of and intervention for uterine fibroids (see H.R. 4392), H2997 [20AP]

——— ensure that Federally-qualified health centers are not required to pay more than 340B ceiling price for covered outpatient drugs at time of purchase (see H.R. 7391), H2188 [11FE]

——— establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 3415), H2832 [9AP]

——— establish universal child care and early learning programs (see H.R. 5658), H2997 [20AP]

——— improve access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce transmission of HIV (see H.R. 7853), H5363 [31AU]

——— provide for health care workforce innovation program (see H.R. 935), H2188 [11FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure humane treatment of pregnant detainees by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (see H.R. 4664), H949 [20JA]

——— establish certain limitations on Federal immigration enforcement personnel (see H.R. 5973), H925 [16JA]

——— mandate reporting requirements pertaining to detainees in immigration detention facilities (see H.R. 7347), H2029 [4FE]

——— prohibit from carrying out any policy that imposes arbitrary monetary threshold on obligation or disbursement of disaster relief funds (see H.R. 7829), H2470 [5MR]

——— prohibit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducting immigration enforcement operations from wearing facial coverings (see H.R. 4004), H1949 [2FE]

——— remove U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding allocated in One Big Beautiful Bill Act (see H.R. 7346), H2029 [4FE]

——— require all immigration enforcement officers to display visible identification during public-facing enforcement actions and promote transparency and accountability (see H.R. 4667), H921 [15JA]

——— require officers and agents engaged in border security or immigration enforcement to display or wear certain insignia and provide identification and prohibit from wearing face coverings (see H.R. 4176), H894 [14JA]

——— require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to perform initial health screening on detainees (see H.R. 7335), H1975 [3FE]

Dept. of HUD: assess impact of Build America, Buy America requirements on affordable housing production, pause implementation of such requirements, and create clear timeline to review waiver requests (see H.R. 9311), H4318 [29JN]

——— establish grant programs for public housing authorities to rehabilitate, upgrade, and transition public housing into zero-carbon homes and provide economic opportunities for public housing residents (see H.R. 10063), H5221 [6AU]

——— expand low-income housing tax credit, provide tenant support through expanded rental assistance, combat homelessness, and prohibit discrimination based on income and limited English proficiency (see H.R. 6644), H921 [15JA]

——— extend Fair Housing Act protections to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking (see H.R. 7856), H2471 [5MR]

——— provide parity relative to access to mortgage insurance for hospitals program for licensed psychiatric hospitals (see H.R. 7030), H717 [13JA]

——— provide technical assistance and grants for faith-based organizations, institutions of higher education, and local governments to increase supply of affordable rental housing (see H.R. 7152), H947 [20JA]

Dept. of Labor: ensure that certain caregiving employees are no longer exempted from overtime and minimum wage protections (see H.R. 7917), H2482 [12MR]

——— issue occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (see H.R. 2531), H2926 [15AP]

Dept. of State: nullify certain rules relative to foreign assistance (see H.R. 8582), H5363 [31AU]

——— protect integrity of Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, prevent unauthorized program-wide suspension, ensure transparency and oversight of executive action, and reaffirm congressional intent (see H.R. 9457), H4261 [25JN]

Dept. of the Interior: establish Wildlife Confiscations Network (see H.R. 3538), H3394 [12MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: restrict Judgment Fund payments for compromise settlements or awards (see H.R. 8914), H3727 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: direct physician or nurse practitioner employed by Dept., to certify death of veteran not later than 48 hours after learning of such death (see H.R. 4398), H2887 [14AP]

——— disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Reproductive Health Services’’ (see H.J. Res. 144), H2926 [15AP]

——— improve and expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain veterans (see H.R. 2055), H4409 [13JY]

——— modify authorities relative to collective bargaining of Veterans Health Administration employees (see H.R. 3261), H4247 [24JN]

Detective Luis G. Alvarez Post Office, Oceanside, NY: designate (see H.R. 9026), H3734 [26MY]

Disabled: clarify and strengthen integration mandate for individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports (see H.R. 9401), H4318 [29JN]

Dolores Huerta Day: designate (see H. Res. 1170), H2886 [14AP]

Drugs: allow for use of telehealth in substance use disorder treatment (see H.R. 1627), H2926 [15AP]

——— decriminalize, expunge prior convictions, tax products to create programs for those adversely affected by War on Drugs, and provide assistance and collect data on small businesses relative to marijuana (see H.R. 5068), H3133 [28AP]

——— ensure accessibility of drugs furnished under 340B drug discount program (see H.R. 4581), H2832 [9AP]

Education: support creation and implementation of State policies, as well as expansion of State policies for improving quality and affordability of charter school facilities (see H.R. 7086), H2791 [27MR]

Employment: allow employees to earn paid sick time to address their health needs, health needs of their families, or to seek assistance relative to domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault (see H.R. 7531), H2217 [12FE]

EPA: promulgate certain limitations relative to pre-production plastic pellet pollution (see H.R. 7543), H2474 [5MR]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 81), H2776 [26MR]

FCC: modify definition of franchise fee to clarify that fees cable companies provide to local governments only include monetary assessments, not in-kind contributions (see H.R. 3805), H2962 [16AP]

FDA: respect scientific judgment that mifepristone is safe and effective and ensure access to lifesaving, time-sensitive medication abortion care in U.S. is equitable and based on science (see H. Res. 1285), H3727 [21MY]

Federal agencies and departments: expand Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion to encompass LGBTQ+ inclusion (see H.R. 9309), H4128 [18JN]

Federal employees: provide that civilian service as temporary employee after certain date may be creditable service under Federal Employees Retirement System (see H.R. 1522), H3830 [3JN]

Firearms: issue extreme risk protection orders to allow family or law enforcement to petition to have firearms temporarily removed from person who may present danger to others or themselves (see H.R. 7599), H2228 [17FE]

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 4), H2962 [16AP]

FTC: prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see H.R. 3243), H2835 [13AP]

Gambling: require operators of wagering or prediction market platforms to use facial recognition technology to verify age of users (see H.R. 9706), H4544 [15JY]

Haiti: protect rights of women and girls to ensure success for transition from crisis to stability, condemn failure to center women’s leadership and distinct needs, and call for urgent measures to secure human rights (see H. Res. 1018), H1350 [22JA]

Head Start Awareness Month: observance (see H.J. Res. 132), H136 [7JA]

Health: express that every person has basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care (see H. Res. 238), H2962 [16AP]

——— protect and expand nationwide access to assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization (IVF) (see H.R. 9941), H5196 [23JY]

——— provide for research and education relative to uterine fibroids (see H.R. 4395), H4375 [6JY]

——— require coverage of testing for certain sexually transmitted infections without imposition of cost sharing (see H.R. 9946), H5197 [23JY]

Health care professionals: address behavioral health workforce shortages through support for peer support specialists (see H.R. 2741), H4054 [9JN]

——— exempt H–1B health care workers from restriction under Presidential Proclamation entitled ‘‘Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers’’ (see H.R. 7961), H2779 [26MR]

Homeless: permanently end unhoused crisis, declare public health emergency, and uphold, protect, and enforce civil and human rights of unhoused individuals without discrimination based on housing status (see H. Res. 1249), H3332 [30AP]

Honduras: condemn pardon of Juan O. Hernández and reaffirm commitment of U.S. to cooperate and partner with Honduran government to counter narcotics (see H. Res. 929), H136 [7JA]

Housing: affirm that housing is fundamental human right and that Federal housing programs keep families together, regardless of immigration status (see H. Res. 1198), H2995 [20AP]

Immigration: expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrants by removing legal and policy barriers to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 4104), H5426 [1SE]

——— limit immigration enforcement actions and clarify powers of immigration officers at sensitive locations (see H.R. 1061), H1922 [30JA]

——— remove registry cutoff date, make eligibility cutoff rolling, and provide pathway to citizenship for immigrants residing in U.S. at least seven years prior to application filing (see H.R. 4696), H4381 [9JY]

Information technology: clarify criminal liability for blockchain software developers relative to prohibition of unlicensed money transmitting businesses (see H.R. 7732), H5215 [3AU]

Insurance: apply additional payments, discounts, and other financial assistance towards cost-sharing requirements of health insurance plans (see H.R. 6423), H2926 [15AP]

——— provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services relative to congenital anomaly or birth defect (see H.R. 3277), H5426 [1SE]

——— require group health plans and health insurance issuers providing coverage for mental health and substance use disorder services to eliminate cost-sharing from pregnancy diagnosis to 1-year postpartum (see H.R. 7227), H1350 [22JA]

——— require group health plans to provide exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol (see H.R. 5509), H2926 [15AP]

International Transgender Day of Visibility: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 82), H2790 [27MR]

IRS: codify Direct File program (see H.R. 7806), H2420 [4MR]

Jack Greenberg Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 9905), H5195 [23JY]

Jackson, Jesse L., Sr.: fly U.S. flag at half-staff in honor of memory (see H. Res. 1107), H2471 [5MR]

——— tribute (see H. Res. 1106), H2474 [5MR]

Jolly 51 Memorial Post Office Building, Westhampton Beach, NY: designate (see H.R. 5588), H3125 [27AP]

Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day: designate (see H. Res. 1427), H4408 [13JY]

Kosovo: support accession to NATO (see H. Res. 1246), H3331 [30AP]

LGBTQIA+ Pride Month: observance (see H. Res. 1405), H4364 [30JN]

Lieutenant James N. Lyons Post Office, Rochester, NY: designate (see H.R. 6694), H949 [20JA]

Lunar New Year: observance (see H. Res. 1061), H2219 [12FE]

Medicaid: allow States to make medical assistance available to inmates during period preceding their release (see H.R. 2586), H3993 [8JN]

——— prohibit payments for sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see H.R. 4244), H2832 [9AP]

——— remove coverage exclusion for inmates in custody pending disposition of charges (see H.R. 1510), H4127 [18JN]

Medicare: ensure stability for provider payments (see H.R. 8163), H5249 [20AU]

——— establish definition of essential health system (see H.R. 7145), H3069 [22AP]

——— establish Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Program (see H.R. 5439), H3993 [8JN]

——— provide coverage for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) furnished by pharmacists (see H.R. 7189), H1171 [21JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: require certain long-term care facilities to permit essential caregivers access during any period in which regular visitation is restricted (see H.R. 6766), H2598 [18MR]

Mental Health Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1329), H3740 [29MY]

Middle East: prevent violence in West Bank and impose sanctions on any foreign person endangering U.S. national security and undermining prospects for two-state solution by committing illegal violent acts (see H.R. 3045), H4546 [15JY]

National Credit Union Administration: provide flexibility to increase Federal credit union loan maturities (see H.R. 4167), H4118 [15JN]

National Gun Violence Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 1342), H3910 [4JN]

National Lineman Appreciation Day: designate (see H. Res. 1199), H2995 [20AP]

National Menstrual Health Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1323), H3730 [22MY]

National Museum of African American History and Culture: support African American history education programs (see H.R. 7740), H2332 [26FE]

National Park Service: establish, fund, and provide for use of amounts in America’s Legacy Restoration Fund to address public lands maintenance backlog (see H.R. 9250), H4085 [10JN]

New York Knicks (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 1422), H4380 [9JY]

Noem, Sec. of Homeland Security: impeachment (see H. Res. 996), H893 [14JA]

Older Americans Act: establish LGBTQI rural outreach grant program (see H.R. 8952), H3722 [21MY]

Olympic Games: mint coins in commemoration of 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, CA, and 2034 Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, UT (see H.R. 4382), H5230 [10AU]

OMB: revise Standard Occupational Classification system to establish separate code for direct support professionals (see H.R. 6137), H2926 [15AP]

Orlando, FL: honor victims on anniversary of shooting at Pulse nightclub, express condolences to friends and families of victims, and commend law enforcement and first responders (see H. Res. 1364), H4112 [11JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: enhanced tax credits funding through rescissions in Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding (see H.R. 7071), H949 [20JA]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 7802), H2419 [4MR]

Public welfare programs: provide certain benefits to noncitizens (see H.R. 9432), H4244 [24JN]

Rustin, Bayard: issue commemorative forever stamp (see H.R. 7441), H2095 [9FE]

Sergeant Staret J. Engleston Memorial Post Office Building, Martville, NY: designate (see H.R. 7410), H2677 [24MR]

Sergeant Staret J. Ingleston Memorial Post Office Building, Martville, NY: designate (see H.R. 8909), H3627 [19MY]

Smithsonian Institution: permit National Museum of the American Latino to be located within National Mall Reserve (see H.R. 1330), H719 [13JA]

Supreme Court: establish term limits and process by which appointments for justices occur at regular time intervals (see H.R. 3544), H3454 [13MY]

Taiwan: reaffirm congressional support for Taiwan Relations Act and longstanding bipartisan Taiwan policy (see H. Res. 1278), H3533 [14MY]

Taxation: establish tax credit for families welcoming newborn child (see H.R. 8806), H4683 [20JY]

——— make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for work opportunity credit (see H.R. 2033), H2832 [9AP]

Transgender Bill of Rights: develop and implement to protect and codify rights of transgender and nonbinary people under law and ensure access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security (see H. Res. 1058), H2186 [11FE]

Tucson, AZ: anniversary of shootings at ‘‘Congress on Your Corner’’ event and honor survivors, victims, including former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords for her work to end gun violence (see H. Con. Res. 69), H252 [8JA]

Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.: establish commemorative work in District of Columbia and its environs (see H.R. 9849), H5215 [3AU]

Unemployment: provide that individuals engaged in labor disputes may receive unemployment benefits (see H.R. 5206), H2926 [15AP]

Voting: expand youth access to voting (see H.R. 4916), H1950 [2FE]

Women: end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity and close disparities in maternal health outcomes (see H.R. 7973), H2595 [18MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

CDC: establish pilot program to support local jurisdictions in developing neighborhood-level, publicly accessible health data platforms and establish National Neighborhood Health Data Repository (see H.R. 7717), H2328 [25FE]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: disapprove withdrawal of rule entitled ‘‘Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024–02—Deceptive Marketing Practices About the Speed or Cost of Sending a Remittance Transfer’’ (see H.J. Res. 175), H3337 [4MY]

Corps of Engineers: provide annual congressional briefings on projects funded in district watersheds (see H.R. 7519), H2186 [11FE]

Correctional institutions: establish policies and procedures to notify next-of-kin or other emergency contact upon death, or serious illness or injury, of individual in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody (see H.R. 10107), H5235 [13AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish national food rescue system through partnerships with food rescue organizations (see H.R. 7144), H924 [16JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel engaged in law or immigration enforcement activities to wear clearly visible and scannable QR code (see H.R. 7233), H1350 [22JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit covered financial institutions from collecting, maintaining, and disclosing information on citizenship and immigration status of consumers (see H.R. 8643), H3330 [30AP]

Eliot L. Engel Post Office, Bronx, NY: designate (see H.R. 8669), H3340 [7MY]

Government: prohibit certain Federal officials, appointees, or employees from engaging in covered transactions involving prediction market contracts tied to Government policy, action, or political outcomes (see H.R. 7004), H615 [9JA]

Happy Land Social Club Fire Day of Remembrance: designate (see H. Res. 1123), H2597 [18MR]

Kosovo: designate building of Chancery of the U.S. in Pristina, Kosovo, as ‘‘Eliot L. Engel Building’’ (see H.R. 8562), H3132 [28AP]

Medicare: prohibit group health plan payment clawbacks in certain circumstances (see H.R. 9532), H4316 [29JN]

Members of Congress: require Members to provide disclosures relative to absences from attendance (see H.R. 9769), H4623 [16JY]

NATO: support for U.S. forces to remain as part of Kosovo Force (see H. Res. 1250), H3332 [30AP]

New York, NY: recognize victims of Happy Land Social Club fire in Bronx, NY, on March 25, 1990 (see H. Res. 1123), H2597 [18MR]

Political campaigns: prohibit certain campaign-affiliated individuals from trading political event contracts while in possession of material nonpublic campaign information (see H.R. 8771), H3392 [12MY]

——— prohibit use of campaign funds for prediction-market transactions (see H.R. 8912), H3627 [19MY]

Constitutional authority and single subject statements

Corps of Engineers: provide annual congressional briefings on projects funded in district watersheds (H.R. 7519), H2187 [11FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish national food rescue system through partnerships with food rescue organizations (H.R. 7144), H925 [16JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit covered financial institutions from collecting, maintaining, and disclosing information on citizenship and immigration status of consumers (H.R. 8643), H3333 [30AP]

Eliot L. Engel Post Office, Bronx, NY: designate (H.R. 8669), H3342 [7MY]

Kosovo: designate building of Chancery of the U.S. in Pristina, Kosovo, as ‘‘Eliot L. Engel Building’’ (H.R. 8562), H3133 [28AP]

Medicare: prohibit group health plan payment clawbacks in certain circumstances (H.R. 9532), H4317 [29JN]

Members of Congress: require Members to provide disclosures relative to absences from attendance (H.R. 9769), H4625 [16JY]

Political campaigns: prohibit certain campaign-affiliated individuals from trading political event contracts while in possession of material nonpublic campaign information (H.R. 8771), H3394 [12MY]

——— prohibit use of campaign funds for prediction-market transactions (H.R. 8912), H3628 [19MY]

Remarks

Bronx, NY: anniversary of Community Church of Morrisania, E434• [12MY]

Dept. of HUD: expand low-income housing tax credit, provide tenant support through expanded rental assistance, combat homelessness, and prohibit discrimination based on income and limited English proficiency (H.R. 6644), Senate amendment, E608• [23JN]

New York, NY: anniversary of Crawford Memorial United Methodist Church, E825• [31AU]

——— anniversary of Northeast Bronx YMCA, E824• [31AU]

——— anniversary of Tabernacle Church of God Pillar and Ground of the Truth, E661• [9JY]

——— tribute to St. Joseph’s School for the Deaf, E683• [14JY]

Tremont Offset, Inc.: tribute, E325• [14AP]

Votes: position on missed, E608• [23JN]

Tributes

Bach, Victor, E812• [27AU]

Bender, Bob, H2176 [11FE]

Bradshaw-Brannigan, Gloria, H2177 [11FE]

Camilo, Miguelina, E154• [23FE]

de Castro, Alonzo, H2178 [11FE]

DeWitt, Cheryl M., H2176 [11FE]

Dukuray, Haji, H2176 [11FE]

Fearon, Shirley, H2177 [11FE]

Goff, Johnnie R., H2176 [11FE]

H’orry, Cathy, E539• [8JN]

Jones, Simone A., E151• [23FE]

Koven, Arthur, E800• [20AU]

Martell, Nilka, H2176 [11FE]

Martos, Randi, E153• [23FE]

Myke, Clinton A., H2177 [11FE]

Ozuna, Maria, E470• [20MY]

Pabon, Julio, H2178 [11FE]

Ramos, Tomas, H2177 [11FE]

Ratliff, Hiram, E821• [31AU]

Ritz, Stephen, E429• [12MY]

Smith, Joann, E747• [27JY]

Udo-Okon, John, H2177 [11FE]

Young, Chauncy, H2177 [11FE]