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Representative Mike Lawler (NY-17) joined his House Financial Services Committee colleagues on letters led by the Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) President and CEO Robert Cook and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler regarding the approval of Prometheum Ember Capital LLC as the first and only special… Read more »

It is our duty as members of Congress to defend the pocketbooks of our constituents.’ We were surprised to read your editorial “Republicans Return to the SALT Mines” (Aug. 4) questioning our stance on the state and local tax-deduction law (SALT) that has been crippling hardworking, middle-class families in New York for the past six years.  The 2017 law, which limits state and… Read more »

Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Congressman Marc Molinaro (NY-19) released the following statement after sending a letter to Governor Hochul asking her for a detailed plan regarding the scheduled dumping of radioactive water from the decommissioned Indian Point Energy Center into the Hudson River. "It is simply beyond comprehension that Governor Hochul would not… Read more »

Freshman congressman discusses the issues—and being bipartisan in a fractured Washington Congressman Mike Lawler sat down with Halston Media last week for a far-ranging interview about national issues and policies affecting our towns. Encompassing Rockland, Northern Westchester, all of Putnam, and parts of Dutchess counties, Lawler’s NY-17 congressional district isn’t just purple: the… Read more »

Some House Republicans defending vulnerable seats in the 2024 elections are working on an expansion of the child tax credit and view it as a priority in discussions about broader tax legislation this fall. The GOP interest in playing a more active role to boost the benefit for families with children this year is bubbling up from at-risk freshmen and centrist groups in the party, who… Read more »

I am writing to you to express how impressed I am with Congressman Mike Lawler’s bipartisan work in Congress. At a time when political polarization often drives legislation and policy, I’m happy to see Congressman Lawler values his constituents and cooperation over party politics. In June, Congressman Lawler introduced the SHIP Act with Congressman Jared Moskowitz of Florida, aimed at… Read more »

Yesterday, on the fifth anniversary of the 2018 near-canister drop at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), Representatives Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Mike Levin (CA-49) reintroduced the bipartisan Increasing Nuclear Safety Protocols for Extended Canister Transfers (INSPECT) Act, H.R. 5115.  The bill would require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission… Read more »

Under federal law, only military reservists who were called to active duty for purposes other than training, or who died as a result of training are eligible to receive headstones or grave markers, but under legislation proposed by Congressman Michael Lawler, that would change. He has introduced the GRAVE Act – the Giving Reservices a Valiant Eternity Act – which would make all… Read more »

Yesterday Congressman Lawler introduced the Giving Reservists a Valiant Eternity (GRAVE) Act. Under current law, only reservists who were entitled to VA retirement pay, who were called to active duty for purposes other than training, or who died as a result of training are eligible to receive headstones or grave markers. The GRAVE Act… Read more »

Last night, Fitch sent ripples through the U.S. and global economy when it downgraded long-term U.S. debt from AAA to AA+. This is the first time in U.S. history that Fitch has downgraded the United States' credit rating and only the second time that any ratings agency has downgraded U.S. credit.  S&P was the first ratings agency to downrate the U.S. long-term debt and… Read more »