Yesterday, Representative Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) joined Representatives Donald Norcross (D-NJ-01), Chris Smith (R-NJ-04), and Haley Stevens (D-MI-11) in introducing the bipartisan Warehouse Worker Protection Act to improve safety by requiring companies with large warehouses to disclose quotas to workers and prohibiting quotas that interfere with health and safety.
The Department… Read more »
Today, Congressman Mike Lawler released the following statement after it was reported that Governor Kathy Hochul was examining a pause or delay to congestion pricing. Instead, it appears the Governor is examining a new tax on New York City businesses to make up for lost revenue from congestion pricing, showing that this was never about congestion, but rather always about more money for… Read more »
Today, the House passed the PFAS Registry Act, which Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) introduced alongside Representatives Chris Pappas (D-NH-01), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), and Annie Kuster (D-NH-02), as part of the FY25 funding bill for military construction and veterans affairs. A Senate companion bill is led by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). This bill is the latest of a long line… 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 »
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 »
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 »
Today Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) joined Representatives Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ-09), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY-07), and James Moylan (R-GU) in introducing the Supply Chain Security and Growth Act, bipartisan legislation that would leverage Investment Tax Credits (ITCs) to facilitate a rapid movement of critical U.S.… Read more »
Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) joined Representatives Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-02), Tom Suozzi (D-NY-03), David Valadao (R-CA-22), Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY-04), Nick LaLota (R-NY-01), Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ-02), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), and Marc Molinaro (R-NY-19) to introduce legislation authorizing funding… Read more »
