Today, I expanded on my commitment
with the greater New York area’s national and homeland security needs. I also challenged Rep. Nydia Velázquez for
ignoring the strategic value of NY7 as it relates to national security,
promising to raise a powerful voice, leveraging our positioning in response to
our national security needs.
Vigilance is one of the most
challenging components that must be sustained.
In order to do so, we must rebuild/refresh our critical capability and
capacity for a new generation of NY constituents in our district, which
involves our first responders, educators and communities throughout NY7.
We can do better! We cannot risk the time of Homeland
Security/National Security inactivity.
We need a representative whose goal is to serve on the Homeland Security
and House Armed Services committees in order to shape policies for New York.
NY7, which is a three-borough
district including Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan, remains the “Center of
Gravity” for the cross section of illicit networks involving terrorism, human
trafficking, drugs and money. Our
leadership in NY7 will allow us to build a strong network of first responders
and a new generation of service men and women by doing a better representative job
on these committees.
We have outlined our priorities
for NY7, and we must keep in mind that Stability breeds Prosperity. I am seeking this election to build a
stronger America… I want to go to Washington to keep us safe. Rep. Nydia Velázquez is like the wind…always
politicking whichever way it blows…
Unfortunately, we were downwind from catastrophe twice (in 1993 and
2001) and we need leadership that ensures we are ready to reduce the risk of it
happening again, and if it does, rise above as we do. They are still at war with us. It takes a network to defeat a network. Ours has to be better.
How many resources has Rep.
Velázquez secured for NY’s Homeland Security and National Security needs? Why hasn’t she voted in Congress to protect
our nation? This year, even NY Senators Gillibrand and Schumer urged Homeland
Security’s Secretary to boost New York’s share of critical anti-terror funding
as NYC remains top terror target in the nation…. Where is Nydia? Her politics and priorities have taken our
eye off the ball. We need to have the
capability and capacity to reduce risk and keep NY7 safe. We need leadership that will successfully
align Homeland Security resources to our first responders and educators. The leadership influence should go beyond
NY7, to the greater NY area, being able to have the regional capability and
capacity to deny, disrupt and defeat the illicit traffickers that are harmful
to the city.
I will advocate for an
education policy to align scholarships to first responders, medical personnel,
Coast Guard, firefighting institutes and police academies in order to develop
the capability and capacity we need to be ready and sustain the future. In addition, we need Homeland Security policy
to align resources to deny, disrupt and defeat capacity in cyber centers and
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in NY. My proposal also includes Homeland Security
resources destined to help the Department of Justice’s High Intensity
Trafficking Area (HIDTA) in Puerto Rico.
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conversation… and support our campaign @ www.JoseLFernandez.com
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