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Chairman Lawler Concludes Bipartisan Middle East CODEL on Enhancing Regional Partnerships

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Washington, D.C. – 5/30/25… This week, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, concluded a bipartisan Congressional Delegation (CODEL) to Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Jordan, where he and fellow House Foreign Affairs Committee members engaged with regional leaders to advance shared interests, address ongoing…

Reps. Lawler, Riley Introduce Bill to Support Veterans Exposed to PFAS

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Washington, D.C. – 5/29/25… Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Congressman Josh Riley (NY-19) introduced the VET PFAS Act today, bipartisan legislation that ensures veterans and their families exposed to toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at military installations receive the health care and disability benefits they have earned through the Department of Veterans Affairs…

Lawler, Castro, Salazar, and Cherfilus-McCormick Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen U.S.-Caribbean Relations

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Washington, D.C. – 5/27/25… Last week, Reps. Mike Lawler (NY-17), Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Ranking Member of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, María Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Chair of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), Ranking Member of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, Chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, introduced…

Congressman Lawler Celebrates Big, Beautiful Bill That Quadruples SALT Cap For The Next Ten Years

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Washington, D.C. - 5/22/2025… Today, Congressman Mike Lawler released the following statement after securing a deal and voting for legislation that will quadruple the state and local tax deduction up to $40,000 for the next ten years. This will provide immediate relief to millions of New Yorkers who have suffered under the yoke of Governor Kathy Hochul’s runaway spending. “The taxpayers…

Chairman Lawler Reacts to the Horrific Antisemitic Attack at the Capital Jewish Museum

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Washington, D.C. - 5/22/2025… Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, reacts to the heartbreaking antisemitic attack last night. This is part of a trend of rising antisemitic violence around the country in the wake of the October 7th attack in Israel and the failures of college administrators,…

NY Post: Lawler secures SALT hike

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WASHINGTON - Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) is celebrating an 11th-hour deal for an increase in state and local tax (SALT) deductions as part of President Trump's spending bill as the measure still faces opposition from fiscal hawks for final passage in the House. "For the middle class, this is a real win, especially in a state like New York," Lawler told The Post in an exclusive interview…

Washington Times: Fixing our health care workforce doesn’t have to break the bank

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In Washington, the answer to every problem is often to spend more of your hard-earned dollars. But when it comes to one of the most significant issues facing our health care system, we have a commonsense solution that does not cost taxpayers a dime. Right now, we are heading toward a massive shortfall of physicians over the next decade. According to a March 2024 report from the…

Reps. Lawler, Lalota, Garbarino, Kim, and Kean Release a Joint Statement Following Today's GOP Conference Meeting

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Washington, D.C. - 5/20/2025… Today, Reps. Mike Lawler (NY-17), Nick LaLota (NY-01), Andrew Garbarino (NY-02), Tom Kean Jr. (NJ-07), and Young Kim (CA-40) released the following joint statement:  “We share President Trump's call for unity within the House Republican Conference. A fair SALT deduction is a matter of fundamental fairness for the hardworking families we represent,…

New York Daily News: A just fight for SALT fairness: New Yorkers Lawler, Stefanik, Garbarino and LaLota must keep pushing

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New York Republican Reps. Mike Lawler, Elise Stefanik, Andrew Garbarino, and Nick LaLota back President Trump and his One Big Beautiful Bill on taxes and spending, but they put their home state above party loyalty and are absolutely right to insist that the unfair and punishing $10,000 cap on deductions of state and local taxes (called SALT) in place for the past few years…

POLITICO: ‘No Way to Run a Two-Car Parade Let Alone the House’

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The boiling internal GOP debate that’s holding up President Donald Trump’s self-declared “big, beautiful” bill isn’t over the deductibility of state and local taxes — it’s about the class and geographic divide splintering today’s Republican Party. And more directly, it’s about two midterm elections: Trump’s first, in 2018, when a series of Republicans from affluent districts retired or…