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==Congressional career==
==Congressional career==
In her speech to the [[Rainbow Coalition]] Leadership Summit, February 19, 1993, Velázquez paid tribute to the late Jesus Colon, a [[Communist Party USA]] (CPUSA) member and author of ''A Puerto Rican in New York.'' The speech was re-printed in full in the CPUSA's official organ, ''[[People’s Weekly World]]'' of March 6, 1993.
In her speech to the [[Rainbow Coalition]] Leadership Summit, February 19, 1993, Velázquez paid tribute to the late Jesus Colon, a [[Communist Party USA]] (CPUSA) member and author of ''A Puerto Rican in New York.'' The speech was re-printed in full in the CPUSA's official organ, ''[[People’s Weekly World]]'' of March 6, 1993.
Velesquez, [[Maxine Waters]] and [[Alcee Hastings]] were arrested and handcuffed in May 1994, in front of the [[ White House]] in a protest against the [[Clinton administration]] policy of forcibly returning [[Haiti]]an refugees.<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1994-05-06/news/mn-54547_1_haitian-refugees Lawmakers Protesting Haitian Repatriation Arrested], LA Times, May 06, 1994]</ref>
In 1995 Velázquez, [[Marcy Kaptur]], [[Peter DeFazio]], [[Gene Taylor]] and [[Bernie Sanders]] co-sponsored a Bill, to force the US to withdraw from [[NAFTA]] within 90 days.<ref>''People’s Weekly World'', January 21 1995, page 4</ref>
In 1995, [[Nancy Pelosi]], Velasquez, [[Bernie Sanders]], [[David Bonior]], [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]], [[Cynthia McKinney]], [[Maurice Hinchey]], [[Major Owens]], [[John Conyers]], [[Bob Filner]], [[Alcee Hastings]], [[Lane Evans]], [[Edolphus Towns]], [[Jim McDermott]], supported [[DSA]] Rep. [[Ron Dellums]]' "Living Wage, Jobs for all Act."
In 1995, [[Nancy Pelosi]], Velasquez, [[Bernie Sanders]], [[David Bonior]], [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]], [[Cynthia McKinney]], [[Maurice Hinchey]], [[Major Owens]], [[John Conyers]], [[Bob Filner]], [[Alcee Hastings]], [[Lane Evans]], [[Edolphus Towns]], [[Jim McDermott]], supported [[DSA]] Rep. [[Ron Dellums]]' "Living Wage, Jobs for all Act."