WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Anthony Brindisi, D-New York, issued the following news release: Congressman Anthony Brindisi, joined by area Veterans, announced he secured key language in a government funding bill to protect the Bainbridge VA clinic from closure. Brindisi, a champion for rural Veterans, inserted a provision requiring the VA to conduct a market area assessment before taking action on Bainbridge. "The Washington bureaucracy doesn't understand what it means to live in rural parts of  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * - Senator Gillibrand Urged Appropriations Leaders to Direct Funding to Address the Maternal Mortality and Postpartum Depression Crises in New York and Across the Country * * * U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the bipartisan FY 2020 appropriations package includes $22 million in funding to address the maternal mortality and postpartum depression crises in New York and across the   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that, following her push, the recently-passed National Defense Authorization Act authorized $150 million for the Department of Defense peer-reviewed Breast Cancer Research Program (DoD BRCP) to continue progress in the fight against breast cancer. Earlier this year, Senator Gillibrand led a bipartisan letter with 28 of her Senate colleagues to the Defense Appr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * - Golden believes tax relief should be targeted to working people in rural Maine, not wealthy New Yorkers and Californians * * * To protect the interests of working Mainers in the Second District, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted yesterday against repealing a cap on the federal tax deduction for state and local taxes paid. The bill's elimination of the cap on the state and local taxes (SALT) ded  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- The House Rules Committee has issued a report (H.Rept. 116-330) Part 1 on the Coastal Zone Management Act (H.R. 729), to authorize grants to Indian tribes to further achievement of tribal coastal zone objectives, and for other purposes. The report was advanced by Rep. Joe Morelle, D-New York, on Dec. 9: SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 729, the Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act, under a structured rule. The resolution   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- The House Rules Committee has issued a report (H. Rept. 116-330) Part 1 on the Coastal Zone Management Act (H.R. 729), to authorize grants to Indian tribes to further achievement of tribal coastal zone objectives, and for other purposes. The report was advanced by Rep. Joe Morelle, D-New York, on Dec. 9: Continues from 1 TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 729 MADE IN ORDER 1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hastings of Florida or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minut  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- The House Rules Committee has issued a report (H.Rept. 116-330) Part 1 on the Coastal Zone Management Act (H.R. 729), to authorize grants to Indian tribes to further achievement of tribal coastal zone objectives, and for other purposes. The report was advanced by Rep. Joe Morelle, D-New York, on Dec. 9: Continues from 2 18. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kildee of Michigan or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes At the end of title I, insert the following  more

KINGSTON, New York, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * - Winning App Helps Young People Respond to Peer Pressure * * * U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) announced this year's Congressional App Challenge winner. The Congressional App Challenge promotes engagement in STEM and computer programming by inviting students nationwide to create original apps. "I'm proud to announce that Cameron Johnson and Matthew Sweet, two students from   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-New York, issued the following news release: Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) announced his bipartisan bill, H.R. 2912, the Military Spouse Hiring Act, has support from more than 40 House members on both sides of the aisle. The legislation incentivizes employers to hire spouses of members of the United States Armed Forces. Currently, unemployment rates for military spouses far exceed that of the national average. Rep. Delgado's bill would he  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement after voting against the Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act (H.R. 5377): "We included the SALT deduction cap in the 2017 tax reform to help offset tax cuts that helped the middle class and small businesses. Ending the SALT deduction cap primarily benefits the wealthy in high-tax states such as New York and California. "To cover this giveaway to the wealthy, Democrats included in H.R. 5377   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Brian Higgins, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * - Amherst Resident Honored by U.S. and French Government for Service as a U.S. Army Nurse During WWII * * * Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) was joined by French Honorary Consul Pascal Soares in presenting former United States Army Nurse, First Lieutenant Mildred Speers (nee Budimirovich) with the French Chevalier Legion of Honor Medal and U.S. Military medals earned while serving during World Wa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, issued the following news release: Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent letters seeking documents following reports of a pattern of negligence and abuse leading to serious harm and the deaths of immigrants detained by the Trump Administration.  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Grace Meng, D-New York, issued the following statement on the House vote to impeach President Trump: "I did not come to Congress to impeach the President of the United States. I came to fight for the betterment of the lives of my constituents in New York's 6th congressional district. This is an honor and duty I do not - and will not ever - take lightly. Today, I voted to impeach President Donald Trump. I voted yes on two articles of impeachment against the Presiden  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- Rep. Max Rose, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * - Congressmen recently left Kuwait, traveling throughout the week to other United States military bases in the region - Received classified briefing from military leaders, meeting with diplomatic and economic personnel * * * Congressman Max Rose, a member of the House Committees on Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security, left Camp Arifjan, a key military base that supports operations in Iraq, Afghan  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following statement on the House during a debate in support of the articles of impeachment against President Trump: Her remarks as prepared for delivery are below and video of her speech is online here. (https://twitter.com/NydiaVelazquez/status/1207391973184811008?s=20) "The facts are clear - the President of the United States withheld $400 million in military aid to an ally of the U.S. -- and also held back a White House  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-New York, issued the following statement after the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1790), which included the procurement of 12 HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters as requested by the 106th Rescue Wing out of Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton Beach, New York, was signed into law: "Our nation's servicemen and women put their lives on the line to defend the freedoms and liberties that make this country the greatest in the world, and they   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * - Congressional Delegation's Second Stop Was to Bahrain * * * Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) is spending Christmas Day again in the Middle East visiting U.S. troops deployed in the CENTCOM Area of Operations and participating in several high level diplomatic and military meetings, discussing a wide range of topics including the fight against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, Iranian aggression, trade and mor  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-New York, issued the following news release: Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) spent Christmas Day in the Middle East for the 5th consecutive Christmas visiting U.S. troops deployed in the CENTCOM Area of Operations and participating in several high level diplomatic and military meetings, discussing a wide range of topics including the fight against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, Iranian aggression, trade and more, in addition to several other troop engagements  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * - Delivers Tate's Cookies to Deployed Troops from NY * * * For the fifth straight Christmas week, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) is spending Christmas in the Middle East visiting U.S. troops deployed in the CENTCOM Area of Operations and participating in several high level diplomatic and military meetings, discussing a wide range of topics including the fight against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, Iranian  more

STATEN ISLAND, New York, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Max Rose, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * - Eight Coast Guard families were displaced by November's two-alarm fire * * * Following the recent fire that displaced eight Coast Guard families at Fort Wadsworth, Congressman Max Rose and U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand yesterday called on the U.S. Coast Guard to rapidly rebuild replacement units to provide much-needed certainty and stability for the affected fam  more