WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Kennedy on Tariffs: "Hardworking Families Will Pay The Price" Canada Immediately Levied 25% Retaliatory Tariffs On U.S. Goods, Standing To Hike The Cost Of Consumer Good WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) released the following statement as President Trump's levied tariffs on Canada: "Trump's tariffs, now officially implemented, have already created economic turmo  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Kennedy Statement Following Trump's Address to Congress Kennedy: "Once Again, When Presented With An Opportunity To Unite The Country, President Trump Chose Division" WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) released the following statement after President Trump delivered his address to a Joint Session of Congress: "Once again, when presented with an opportunity to unite   more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Lawler Urges President to Preserve Resettlement Programs For Afghan Allies Washington, D.C. - 3/4/2025... Today, Congressmen Mike Lawler (NY-17), Michael McCaul (TX-10), and Richard Hudson (NC-09) sent a letter to President Trump urging him to keep in place the State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE) and its Enduring Welcome program. These program  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Lawler Urges Social Security Administration to Keep White Plains Hearing Office Open Washington, D.C. - 3/4/2025... Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) and George Latimer (NY-16) sent a letter calling on the Social Security Administration (SSA) to reverse its December 2024 decision to close the White Plains Office of Hearings Operations. This is the only Social Security Hearing Office   more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Garbarino, Gillibrand, Schumer, Nadler, Kean, Goldman Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation To Fix World Trade Center Health Program Funding Shortfall WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02) and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), joined by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Tom Kean (R-NJ), and Dan   more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Laura Gillen, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillen Hosts Army Veteran and DHS Employee Recently Fired by DOGE for Joint Address to Congress; Announces Support for Protect Veteran Jobs Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) announced today that her guest for the 2025 Joint Address to Congress will be Ricky Sanchez, a U.S. Army veteran, and former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employee from New York's Fourth Congressi  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Laura Gillen, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillen Statement on President Trump's Joint Address to Congress WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) released the following statement after President Trump delivered his Joint Address to Congress: "I'm focused on the priorities that matter to Long Islanders: taking on our cost-of-living crisis, fixing our broken immigration system, and keeping our communities and law enforcement safe  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Goldman, Garbarino, Gillibrand, Schumer, Nadler, Kean Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Fix World Trade Center Health Program Funding Shortfall Without Congressional Action, the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) Must Start Turning Away Survivors and First Responders, Cut Back Access to Care by 2028 Washington, DC - Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10), Congressman Andrew Garbarino (NY-02),   more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Meeks Demands Trump Lift Illegal Freeze on US Assistance to Ukraine Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, condemned President Trump's announcement that he has illegally frozen Congressionally approved U.S. assistance to Ukraine and called on the Administration to release its hold: "   more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release on March 4, 2025: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Meeks Issues Statement on Trump Undermining American Security Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Jim Himes (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Commit  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Meeks to Introduce Resolutions Terminating Trump's Authority to Impose Tariffs on Canada & Mexico Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement condemning President Trump's misuse of emergency authorities to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico and announcing hi  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 4, 2025: * * * Trump is Undermining American Security Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Jim Himes (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intellig  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ANNOUNCES JOINT ADDRESS GUESTS WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: I am honored to announce that I have invited Ms. Pamela Lockley of East New York, Ms. Gretchen Jefferson of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Ms. Kateryna (Kate) Myron of Gravesend to attend tonight's Joint Address as my guests. Ms. Pamel  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ANNOUNCES JOINT ADDRESS GUESTS WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: I am honored to announce that I have invited Ms. Pamela Lockley of East New York, Ms. Gretchen Jefferson of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Ms. Kateryna (Kate) Myron of Gravesend to attend tonight's Joint Address as my guests. Ms. Pamela Lockley has been living   more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LIDER JEFFRIES EN UNIVISION: "LOS DEMOCRATAS SEGUIREMOS LUCHANDO EN EL CONGRESO, EN LAS CORTES Y EN COMUNIDADES POR TODO EL PAIS" [LEADER JEFFRIES ON UNIVISION: "DEMOCRATS WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT BACK IN THE CONGRESS, IN THE COURTS AND THROUGHOUT COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY"] Miami, FL - Hoy, el Lider de los Democratas Hakeem Jeffries aparecio en Despierta America, donde enfatizo que los   more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Meeks Demands Trump Lift Illegal Freeze on US Assistance to Ukraine Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, condemned President Trump's announcement that he has illegally frozen Congressionally approved U.S. assistance to Ukraine and called on the Administration to release its   more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Meeks to Introduce Resolutions Terminating Trump's Authority to Impose Tariffs on Canada & Mexico Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement condemning President Trump's misuse of emergency authorities to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico and annou  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Queens Resident Joins Rep. Gregory W. Meeks for Trump's First Joint Address to Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) will be joined by federal contractor Adam Whiteman, as his guest to Donald Trump's first address to a Joint Session of Congress. Adam Whiteman is part of the growing list of federal contractors who are being impacted by Trump's unlawful actions towards f  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. John Mannion, D-New York, issued the following news release on March 4, 2025: * * * U.S. Representative John W. Mannion (NY-22) Announces Fifth-Generation Farmer Karin Reeves of Baldwinsville as His Guest for President Trump's Joint Address to Congress on March 4 Reeves Farms began in the late 1800's and grows vegetables and berries on more than 1000 acres with a seasonal workforce of 80-90 people WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative John W. Mannion today announced t  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, issued the following news release on March 4, 2025: * * * STATEMENT FROM CONGRESSMAN JOE MORELLE ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS (Washington, D.C.)--Today, Congressman Joe Morelle issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's Joint Address to Congress: "Tonight's speech was exactly what we've come to expect from Donald Trump--more meaningless promises designed to distract from the reckless and destructi  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Stefanik Statement on Kathy Hochul's Failed Leadership Putting Correctional Officers at Significant Risk Congresswoman Elise Stefanik released the following statement. "New York Governor Kathy Hochul's disgraceful termination of hardworking correctional officers is the outrageous culmination of Hochul and Albany Democrats anti-law enforcement, Halt Act, Defund the Police agenda punishing our brav  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Ambassador-Designate To The United Nations Elise Stefanik Delivers Address At Anti-Defamation League's "Never Is Now" Summit, The World's Largest Summit on Combating Antisemitism New York, N.Y.- United States Ambassador-Designate to the United Nations Elise Stefanik spoke at the Anti-Defamation League's "Never Is Now" Summit, the world's largest summit on combating antisemitism. Read U.S. Am  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following news release on March 4, 2025: * * * Velazquez Announces Guest for Presidential Joint Session Address WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) announced that Denise Gutierrez Robles will be her guest to tonight's Joint Address to Congress by President Trump. Denise Gutierrez Robles, originally from El Salvador and a longtime New York resident, is a passionate advocate for transgender and immigrant comm  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following news release on March 4, 2025: * * * Velazquez Slams Trump's Tariffs as Direct Attack on U.S. Families and Small Businesses WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) released the following statement after the implementation of President Trump's 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico: "Trump's tariffs are nothing more than a tax hike on hardworking families and small businesses. Instead of fighting inflation,   more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Pat Ryan, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * WITH CONCLUSION OF OPTIMUM-MSG BLACKOUT, CONGRESSMAN PAT RYAN AND ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES WRITE TO OPTIMUM WITH A SIMPLE DEMAND: GIVE FOLKS THEIR MONEY BACK With Conclusion of Optimum-MSG Blackout, Congressman Pat Ryan and Attorney General Letitia James Write to Optimum with a Simple Demand: Give Folks Their Money Back For eight weeks, Optimum and content providers failed to reach a deal, leavi  more