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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in support of H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, which would grant statehood to the residents of the District of Columbia. Below are the Speaker’s remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentlewoman, Madam Chair, for yielding and salute her for her leadership in bringing this historic legislation to the Floor. All of us join in saluting Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who has been the patron saint of D.C. statehood since she came to Congress. She has been tireless, persistent and dissatisfied. She has built historic support for this bill, which passed in the previous Congress with 235 votes.
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As Members of Congress representing Queens, New York, we write regarding the July 2023 expiration of JetBlue Airway’s lease in Long Island City, Queens, and recent reports that JetBlue is considering moving office locations and employees out of New York and to Florida.
As “New York’s Hometown Airline,” JetBlue’s corporate headquarters have had a mutually beneficial relationship with Queens since the company’s founding in 1998, and with Long Island City since 2012. In the spirit of that long-standing relationship, we strongly urge you to consider keeping JetBlue and its employees in Queens.
We believe that New York and your current location offer obvious advantages to JetBlue and to our community. New York City is the top tourist and travel destination in the United States, and the current location of JetBlue’s headquarters stands in affirmation of that fact. JetBlue’s historical presence in New York City has enabled it to be a vital part of our city’s
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WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Chair of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, joined President Joe Biden and House and Senate leadership for a Rose Garden ceremony today applauding the enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act.