Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – In December 2019, Representative Albio Sires (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, introduced H.R. 5426, the Standardized Assessment for Electric (SAFE) Scooters Act, to study nationwide instances on the unsafe use of electric scooters and to recommend solutions.
(Washington, D.C.) – Hoy, el congresista Albio Sires (D-NJ), presidente del Subcomité del Hemisferio Occidental, Seguridad Civil y Comercio, emitió la siguiente declaración después de su reunión con el presidente Juan Guaidó:
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ), Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security and Trade, released the following statement after he, Speaker Pelosi, and other House leaders met with President Juan Guaidó:
(Washington, D.C.)- Today, the House of Representatives passed two measures as amendments, Rep. Barbara Lee’s H.R. 2456, repealing the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), and Rep. Ro Khanna’s H.R. 5543, the No War Against Iran Act, to limit the President’s unauthorized use of military force against Iran. Rep.
(Washington D.C.)- Today, Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ) released the following statement recognizing three area hospitals that serve the 8th District for their receipt of Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding from the State to establish hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs):
Georgetown, Guyana – Today, Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ), Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, and Trade, released the following statement after leading a congressional delegation to Guyana with Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY):
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ), Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, and Trade, delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee hearing on strengthening U.S. security assistance to Mexico:
Washington, DC – Today, Reps. Albio Sires (D-NJ), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Andy Levin (D-MI), and Ted Yoho (R-FL) expressed solidarity with Haitian human rights defender Pierre Espérance and condemned threats made against him following his Congressional testimony in December.
(Washington D.C.)- Today, Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.Con.Res.83 by a vote of 224 to 194:
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ) released the following statement regarding the recent sequence of earthquakes that are affecting Puerto Rico: