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I was both shocked and dismayed by Dr. Dara Kass’ Sept. 19 article on lohud excoriating Rep. Mike Lawler.   Like Dr. Kass, I am one of Lawler’s constituents, and my experience with him has been completely opposite of the congressman she described in her article. To portray Lawler as an apparatchik of former President Donald Trump is a complete misrepresentation. In fact, the… Read more »

Congressman Lawler issued the following statement after a new report from ICE revealed that there are tens of thousands of illegal immigrants with convictions for sexual assault and homicide convictions loose on American streets. The report from ICE specifically cites sanctuary city policies as "shielding dangerous criminals, who often victimize those same communities." Of a… Read more »

Victims of food stamp theft will continue to be reimbursed thanks to a provision in a stop-gap funding bill secured by a bipartisan group of lawmakers including Representatives Mike Lawler (R-NY-17), C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-02), and others. H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2025, passed in the U.S. House of Representatives today in a 341-82… Read more »

Today, Representative Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) introduced the Kidney Donation Anti-Discrimination Act, which will prevent life insurance companies from being able to discriminate in the offering, issuance, cancellation, price or conditions of a life insurance policy, or in the amount of coverage provided under a life insurance policy, based solely on the status of an… Read more »

Tonight, the Enhanced Presidential Security Act of 2024 – Representative Mike Lawler's (R-NY-17) bill introduced with Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15) to provide enhanced United States Secret Service protection for former President Trump and Vice President Harris – passed the Senate unanimously. "I am thrilled to see that the Senate unanimously passed the… Read more »

Today, the Enhanced Presidential Security Act of 2024 – Representative Mike Lawler's (R-NY-17) bill introduced with Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15) to provide enhanced United States Secret Service protection for former President Trump and Vice President Harris – passed the House 405-0. On the passage of the legislation, Representatives Torres and Lawler… Read more »

Today, Representative Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) joined Senator Marco Rubio, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch, and Representative Jim Banks on a letter to President Biden regarding the implementation of the recently-passed Mahsa Amini Human rights and Security Accountability (MAHSA) Act and the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP)… Read more »

Today, Representative Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) joined Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA-30), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23), Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24), and Young Kim (R-CA-40) in sending a letter calling on the State Department to use all available tools at its disposal to enforce sanctions against Iran, particularly as it pertains to Iranian exports of oil to… Read more »

Today, Congressman Lawler released the following statement after former President Trump announced he would seek to fix the SALT Cap that has disproportionately harmed New Yorkers since its imposition in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. "I'm glad to hear that former President Trump has committed to lifting the cap on SALT, which has harmed so many Hudson Valley families… Read more »

Today, Representatives Mike Lawler (R-NY-17), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5), and Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15) joined Jewish students from Columbia University and Jewish organizations from across New York, including the UJA Federation New York (UJA), the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC NY), the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), and the American Jewish Committee New York (AJC… Read more »