119th Congress
April 1, 2025
"The Trump Administration’s decision to terminate staff at the Administration for Children and Families, including all staff within the regional Office of Head Start in New York, is a cruel assault not only on millions of children's health, safety, and education but also on parents’ ability to successfully continue productive careers.
ICYMI: Congressman Leads Demand for AG Bondi to Appoint Special Counsel to Investigate Signal Breach
April 1, 2025
Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) last week led 4 of his colleagues in sending a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding she appoints an independent special counsel to investigate the security breach involving senior Trump officials sharing classified military plans on an unsecured messaging app.
Issues:Democracy and Voting Rights
March 31, 2025
Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) once again condemned Trump’s most recent comment alluding to a third term in office, where he stated unequivocally that he was ‘not joking’ about running for a third term. Back in November, Congressman Goldman saw Trump’s ‘jokes’ for what they were – trial balloons. In response, Goldman introduced a House Resolution urging his congressional colleagues to reaffirm the 22nd Amendment’s plain prohibition on any president serving beyond two elected terms in office.
Issues:Democracy and Voting Rights
March 31, 2025
New York, NY – Yesterday, the New York Daily News published an op-ed from Rep. Dan Goldman (NY-10) on his support for the draft master plan for the Brooklyn Marine Terminal that has been developed by the City, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, and the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Task Force. Text of the op-ed is available online here and below:
Issues:In the District
March 30, 2025
New York, NY – Congressman Dan Goldman today released the following statement after Donald Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker that he was in fact ‘not joking’ about attempting to serve a third term as President.
Issues:Democracy and Voting Rights
March 28, 2025
“Donald Trump’s illegal, pretextual, and destructive Executive Order attempting to eliminate collective bargaining for two-thirds of the federal workforce is an unacceptable attack on hardworking public servants and the fundamental rights of all workers around the country.
March 28, 2025
Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Congressman Sam Liccardo (CA-16) in introducing the Modern Emoluments and Malfeasance Enforcement (MEME) Act to prevent corrupt elected officials and lawmakers from abusing their position to enrich themselves or others. The legislation comes amid ethical concerns following President Trump’s meme coin, $TRUMP. Some 800,000 retail investors lost at least $2 billion when early insider investors quickly sold their $TRUMP coin after its issuance.
Issues:Democracy and Voting Rights
March 28, 2025
New York, NY – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) today, alongside Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes, Senator Andrew Goundares, Assemblymember Grace Lee, Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas, local elected officials, advocates, and impacted New Yorkers, hosted a press conference to demand a comprehensive change to state and federal law to address the urgent issue of stolen EBT benefits. Since House Republicans terminated states’ ability to use federal money to reimburse victims of SNAP fraud on December 20th, 2024, Red Hook Initiative, a local community-based organization, has filed 85 individual claims for reimbursement, totaling over $40,000 of benefits stolen.
March 28, 2025
Washington, DC – Congressmen Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06) led 96 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum urging them to immediately reinstate legal services for over 26,000 unaccompanied migrant children in the United States.
Issues:Immigration
March 26, 2025
Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) and 84 other members of Congress in introducing the Model Employee Reinstatement for Ill-advised Termination (MERIT) Act, which would reinstate federal employees, including probationary workers, who were terminated from federal agencies and departments as part of the ongoing mass layoffs carried out by Elon Musk and DOGE.