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Reps. Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Linda Sánchez (CA-38) have introduced the Keeping Drugs Out of Schools Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at combating youth opioid abuse. The proposed legislation seeks to facilitate partnerships between schools and Drug-Free Communities to educate students on the dangers of synthetic opioids. Companion legislation has been introduced in the Senate by… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - 1/31/2025… This week, Reps. Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Pat Ryan (NY-18) announced the reintroduction of legislation aimed at decreasing the cost of living crisis.  The bipartisan Lower Grocery Prices Act aims to remedy the issue of grocery affordability and hold those engaging in price-gouging accountable. The bill would require the U.S. Government Accountability… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - 1/31/2025… Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) reintroduced the bipartisan IGO Anti-Boycott Act which stops international governmental organizations from discriminating against Israel. The IGO Anti-Boycott Act amends the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to include international governmental organizations (IGOs) in existing… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - 1/30/2025… This month, Reps. Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Jake Auchincloss (MA-04) announced the re-introduction of the Supporting Transit Commutes Act (STCA) to encourage employers to subsidize transit for their employees. Public transit ridership is down significantly post-Covid, and traffic is getting worse. The STCA boosts transit ridership by incentivizing companies to… Read more »

Pearl River, NY - 1/30/2025… Today, Congressman Mike Lawler released the following statement after news broke that President Donald Trump is seriously considering halting the congestion pricing cash grab. “I’m glad to see that President Trump is seriously considering ending Kathy Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Cash Grab,” said Congressman Mike Lawler. “When I met with him both at Mar a Lago… Read more »

President Donald Trump has maintained his opposition to congestion pricing in New York and has spoken to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) twice in the past week about it. Hochul wants to keep the program, which has resulted in 1 million fewer vehicles entering the congested spots in Manhattan since its start on Jan. 5, and she is trying to convince Trump to keep… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - 1/28/2025… Yesterday, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, Reps. Mike Lawler (NY-17), Grace Meng (NY-06), Don Bacon (NE-02), and Lois Frankel (FL-22) announced the introduction of a bipartisan resolution in the House of Representatives honoring the 6 million Jewish people who were murdered and the millions… Read more »

Deadbeat drivers racked up $5.1 billion in unpaid MTA tolls and violations over four years — a number likely sent skyrocketing since “cashless” systems replaced the old payment booths, records reveal. The flailing Metropolitan Transportation Authority estimated total uncollected “toll violations” at more than $1.4 billion in 2024 alone and $3.7 billion combined from 2021 through 2023,… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - 1/24/2025… Today, during Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month, Reps. Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) announced the introduction of a bipartisan bill to establish a compensation fund for military firefighters exposed to PFAS.  Military firefighters are disproportionately exposed to PFAS. Exposure to PFAS results in several lifelong related health… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - 1/23/25 – Today, Representatives Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Jennifer L. McClellan (VA-04) introduced H.R. 641, the Coordination for Soil Carbon Research and Monitoring Act, to empower the federal government to support interagency work around soil carbon sequestration research and monitoring. Soil carbon sequestration refers to land management… Read more »