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Washington, D.C. – 2/6/23... Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) released the following statement after Speaker McCarthy’s address regarding the debt ceiling: “Speaker McCarthy made it emphatically clear - cuts to Medicare and Social Security are off the table. It is now incumbent on President Biden to engage in good-faith negotiations to get our reckless spending under control while… Read more »

U.S. Representative Mike Lawler (R, NY-17) and U.S. Representative Josh Gottheimer (D, NJ-5), explain why they are against the congestion pricing plan, which would charge drivers heading into Manhattan below 60th Street. Listen… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – 2/4/23... Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17), House Foreign Affairs Committee member, released the following statement following the reported downing of a Chinese spy balloon off of the coast of the Carolinas: “As a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I am calling for the Biden Administration to provide immediate answers regarding the Chinese ‘Spy… Read more »

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposed affordable housing plan requiring municipalities to build more affordable housing would have a devastating impact on suburban communities throughout the Empire State, especially on Long Island, House Republicans told Fox News Digital. "Not only does this proposal seek to supersede local authority to regulate zoning, but its impact would have… Read more »

Rep. Mike Lawler, R-NY, leads the charge against 'abhorrent, antisemitic question' included on NYS Regents Exam in Global History and Geography FIRST ON FOX – All but two members of the House GOP delegation from New York are demanding an investigation into a statewide standardized test question Jewish leaders consider antisemitic. The Republican congresspersons say… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – 2/2/23... Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) was joined by 8 of his Republican colleagues from New York in sending a letter to Governor Hochul and New York State Education Department Commissioner Betty Rosa demanding an investigation into how an anti-Semitic question appeared on a statewide Regents Exam. “I was appalled to see this blatantly anti-Semitic question… Read more »

Pearl River, N.Y. – 2/1/23... Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) released the following statement after news broke that Governor Kathy Hochul is planning to raise taxes on small businesses in the MTA Region in order to fund New York State's bloated and wasteful budget: “I am appalled, but not surprised, that Governor Hochul is once again treating New Yorkers in the MTA Region like… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – 1/31/23... Today, Congressman Mike Lawler introduced the bipartisan Middle-Class Tax Relief Act, which would increase the SALT cap deduction for single filers to $100,000 and for married couples to $200,000. “There’s a reason New York leads the nation in out-migration and it has nothing to do with the weather. The cost-of-living is crushing families of all backgrounds… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler’s bill to double the deductibility of state and local taxes for married couples is the latest attempt by a New York political leader to either undo or soften the impact of Trump-era tax reforms that have penalized homeowners in high-tax states like New York. Lawler’s bill to make the state-and-local-tax deduction cap – known as the SALT cap – more palatable… Read more »

Chris McKenna Rockland/Westchester Journal News | USA TODAY NETWORK Only nine months ago, all three held other offices, two of them leading counties across the Hudson from one another. One was running for Congress but the other two had no immediate notions about moving up.h Then came a courtordered redrawing of district lines, new opportunities and unexpected campaigns. Today,… Read more »