New York City Insider: Espaillat Convenes Meeting with House Democratic Leadership to Welcome Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader.

 

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release September 15, 2022

Representative Adriano Espaillat Convenes Meeting with House Democratic Leadership to Welcome Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader.    Espaillat Hosted Meeting with Abinader and Democratic Congressional Leaders Culminates Meetings at the U.S. Capitol.    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) hosted Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader at the United States Capitol during a meeting with congressional leaders, ending a series of meetings during the President's visit to Washington, DC.       "As a proud member of the Dominican American community and the first Dominican American elected to Congress, I am honored to host President Abinader to the U.S. Capitol to help further strengthen U.S. – Dominican Republic relations and our shared interests,” said Rep. Espaillat. "I am appreciative of our continuing friendship and collaboration and was delighted to be joined by several of my congressional colleagues to make today's discussion successful."   Representative Espaillat is the first Dominican American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and his congressional district includes Harlem, East Harlem, West Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill and the north-west Bronx. First elected to Congress in 2016, Representative Espaillat is serving his third term in Congress. Representative Espaillat currently serves as a member of the influential U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for funding the federal government’s vital activities. He is also a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), where he serves in a leadership role as the Second Vice Chair and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, where he serves as Deputy Whip. Representative Espaillat also currently serves as a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus. To find out more about Rep. Espaillat, visit online at https://espaillat.house.gov/.