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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 9h

I held a rally with residents of Mitchel Houses, calling on HUD to provide emergency funding to restore the partially collapsed building and to re-house displaced families.

We cannot separate the collapse of a public housing building from the collapse of federal funding for public housing.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 12h

I held a press conference with Public Health Solutions, the largest WIC provider in New York.

The time has come for Republicans to reopen the government and fully fund WIC, which serves 40% of America’s infants.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 14h

Congressional Democrats are fighting for the health care of the American people.

Congressional Republicans are on vacation.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 1d

My statement on October 7th:

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 2d

I held a rally with of Mitchel Houses, calling on HUD to provide emergency funding to restore the partially collapsed building and to re-house displaced families.

We cannot separate the collapse of a public housing building from the collapse of federal funding for public housing.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 2d

Donald Trump is governing like a mobster: “Nice Gateway Project you’ve got there, New York. Shame if something happened to it.”

Ordering a hit on American infrastructure is not negotiation — it’s extortion. Democrats refuse to be extorted.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 2d

For Donald Trump, America First means sending a $20 billion bailout to Argentina.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 4d

UPDATE: I have received notice that emergency mobile boilers have been installed at Mitchel Houses in the wake of the chimney collapse and that hot water has been restored.

My team and I will continue monitoring the situation on the ground.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 5d

I am introducing ‘The Restrict Ugly Money Portraits’ (TRUMP) Act, which would prohibit President Trump from minting money that features his own likeness.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 5d

The NYC first responders who responded rapidly to the building collapse in the BX are heavily funded by the federal homeland security grants that Donald Trump tried defunding.

Thank you @GovKathyHochul for pressuring Donald Trump to reverse his assault on NYC’s emergency response.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you @GovKathyHochul for pressuring Donald Trump to reverse his disgraceful cuts to New York’s counterterrorism program.

NYC faces an average of one terror plot a month. Defunding counterterrorism is not only dangerous but also deadly.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 5d

I held a rally with residents of Mitchel Houses, calling on HUD to provide emergency funding to restore the partially collapsed building and to re-house displaced families.

We cannot separate the collapse of a public housing building from the collapse of federal funding for public housing.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 6d

I have been on the ground at Mitchel Houses, meeting with residents and first responders.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 7d

I am on the ground outside Mitchel Houses, where part of the building has collapsed from a gas explosion.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 7d

The party that holds power bears responsibility.

Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House.

Republicans alone bear responsibility for a Republican shutdown.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 9d

I had the high honor of bringing Bronx-based faith leaders to the annual Congressional Black Caucus prayer breakfast and giving them a tour of the US Capitol.

The Bronx goes to Washington,

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 14d

Donald Trump has a long and ugly history of betraying the people of Puerto Rico.

Recall the infamous image of Donald Trump tossing rolls of paper towels at Puerto Ricans desperate for food, water, and shelter.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 14d

I had the honor of speaking about the power of Latino entrepreneurship at the CHCI Leadership Conference.

If the Latino community in the US were its own country, it would have a GDP of over $4 trillion, making it the sixth largest economy in the world.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 15d

We all have our red lines.

For me, opposition to the Civil Rights Act is a red line.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 15d

January 6.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 16d

I enjoyed catching up with constituents at the Eastwood Manor in the Northeast Bronx.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 16d

It hurts my heart that we have racists like Laura Loomer effectively running the White House.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 16d

The most common form of censorship is self-censorship.

We should fear not only opinions that are suppressed but also the opinions that are never expressed for fear of suppression.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 19d

The purpose of securities law is to correct information asymmetries and level the playing field between issuers and investors.

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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social · 19d

I had a wonderful time catching up with constituents at the 40th Valley Day Reunion at Haffen Park in the Northeast Bronx.

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