WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Lawler Backs Efforts To Lower Egg Prices And Ease Burden On Families Washington, D.C. - 3/21/2025... This week, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) has joined a bipartisan effort that would lower the cost of eggs and, additionally, has cosponsored the Lowering Egg Prices Act. In a letter urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse an outdated regulation contributing to higher eg  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Tenney Reintroduces the Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act Oswego, New York - Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today reintroduced the bipartisan Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act to support local racetracks and incentivize more investments in motorsports facilities. Additional cosponsors of this legislation include Representatives Mike Thompson (CA-4), Richard Hudso  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand, Schumer, Mannion Demand Answers On Trump Administration's Potential Plans To Close Syracuse USDA Offices, Layoffs Of USDA Staff Who Serve New Yorkers Closure Of Offices Could Mean End To Programs That Provide Grants And Loans To Farmers, Help Rural Communities Recover From Natural Disasters Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Represe  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Pat Ryan, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * INITIAL VICTORY OVER DOGE: FOLLOWING FURIOUS PUSH BY CONGRESSMAN PAT RYAN AND ENTIRE HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY, POUGHKEEPSIE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM DOGE WEBSITE Initial Victory Over DOGE: Following Furious Push by Congressman Pat Ryan and ENTIRE Hudson Valley Community, Poughkeepsie Social Security Office Has Been Removed From DOGE Website Last month, the temporarily closed Poughk  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release on March 21, 2025: * * * Krishnamoorthi Responds to Reported Briefing of Elon Musk on U.S. Military Plans for Responding to War with China WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Lawler, Conaway Introduce Bill To Support Families Of Veterans Lost To Suicide Washington, D.C. - 3/21/2025... Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Congressman Herb Conaway (NJ-03) introduced the Service-Connected Suicide Compensation Act, a bipartisan bill that ensures the families of veterans who die by suicide due to service-connected mental health conditions receive dependency and indemnit  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Grace Meng, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * MENG ISSUES STATEMENT ON EXECUTIVE ORDER SHUTTING DOWN MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, today issued the following statement on the March 14 executive order to shut down the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). "Since the agency'  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Nadler Statement on Trump's Dangerous Plan to Dismantle the Department of Education WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representatives Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) released the following statement on President Trump's dangerous plan to unlawfully dismantle the Department of Education: "Donald Trump is recklessly jeopardizing America's children and families with his dangerous plan to dismantle the Department o  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, ranking member of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on March 21, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Velazquez Denounces Trump's SBA Student Loan Takeover WASHINGTON- Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) released the following statement after President Trump announced that the Small Business Administration (SBA) will take over management of the federal government's student loan portfolio, following the di  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER, FOLLOWING HISTORIC PENSION FIX LAW HE PASSED, ANNOUNCES HUDSON VALLEY IBEW UNION TO RECEIVE $45+ MILLION TO RESTORE AT-RISK PENSIONS FOR 850 UNION WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES NY's International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1783, Representing Hundreds Of Electrical Workers, Who - Without Action - After A Lifetime Of Hard Work Would Have No Pension Be  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MANNION DEMAND ANSWERS ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S POTENTIAL PLANS TO CLOSE SYRACUSE USDA OFFICES, LAYOFFS OF USDA STAFF WHO SERVE NEW YORKERS Closure Of Offices Could Mean End To Programs That Provide Grants And Loans To Farmers, Help Rural Communities Recover From Natural Disasters Today, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibra  more