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A House Republican facing a tough reelection fight is using Chuck Schumer as a political foil. Rep. Mike Lawler urged attendees of the Jerusalem Post’s annual conference in Manhattan Monday to pressure the Senate majority leader into bringing the Antisemitism Awareness Act to the Senate floor. “Right now, that is sitting on Chuck Schumer’s desk, the highest-ranking Jewish… Read more »

Today, Congressman Mike Lawler released the following statement after President Biden finally took executive action to begin unwinding the border crisis he created after rolling back many of former President Trump’s executive actions on the border. President Biden’s executive actions come nearly 41 months after he took office, and over three years after he rolled back many of the… Read more »

FIRST ON FOX: Republican lawmakers Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. Mike Lawler are pressing the Biden administration to censure Iran at the next International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting due to its heightened nuclear activities and guarantee that steps are taken to thwart Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons. On Monday afternoon, the pair will introduce a resolution that… Read more »

More than a third of New Yorkers say the soaring cost of living is forcing them to consider leaving the Big Apple as rent control laws and zoning restrictions drive housing prices up. A recent survey found that 34% of residents are actively considering leaving the city, while an additional 32% are open to moving. Additionally, 41% found living in New York… Read more »

Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) joined his colleagues Young Kim (R-CA-40), Adam Schiff (D-CA-30), and David Trone (D-MD-06) in introducing the Targeting Oppressive Officers to Mitigate Abuse in the Iranian Judiciary (TOOMAJ) Act to uplift the Iranian people peacefully protesting the Iran’s human rights abuses, unjust crackdowns, and arrests and executions without… Read more »

Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) released the following statement after introducing the Paula Bohovesky and Joan D’Alessandro Act. In 1973, Joan D’Alessandro was seven years old and had just left her house to sell Girl Scout cookies in her New Jersey hometown. Making only the mistake of knocking on a neighbor’s door, she was sexually assaulted, beaten, and strangled to death.… Read more »

The White House has complicated Congress’s plans to reprimand the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the Israel-Hamas war, shooting down the nascent sanctions proposal that bipartisan House negotiators had hoped to move to President Biden’s desk early next month.  Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), head of the Foreign Affairs Committee, has been in… Read more »

I support Congressman Mike Lawler here in the 17th Congressional District... As is often pointed out, constituents can be overlooked in congressional districts due to an area being safe blue or safe red. More than safe maps, I’m interested in safe streets and a climate on college campuses in which students can express themselves without fear of harassment. With Congressman Lawler… Read more »

Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) joined Congressman Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10) and Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08) to introduce the bipartisan Safe Air on Airplanes Act – legislation to secure clean air on airplanes to ensure the safety of the nearly 3 million people including flight crews and passengers that fly daily. The Safe Air on Airplanes Act would work to… Read more »

Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) announced his introduction of the Advancing Opportunity for Hibernians (AOH) Act. The E-3 program currently allocates 10,500 visas to Australian citizens looking to work in specialty occupations in the United States, but each year thousands of these visa spots go unused.  The AOH Act would allow qualified Irish citizens to access this… Read more »