Press Releases

Earlier this week, Representative Mike Lawler (NY-17) joined his colleagues Representatives Nick LaLota (NY-01), Andrew Garbarino (NY-02), Anthony D’Esposito (NY-04), Elise Stefanik (NY-21), Claudia Tenney (NY-22), and Nick Langworthy (NY-23) on a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams pushing back on the… Read more »

Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) was pleased to announce that there are now over 150 cosponsors for H.R. 3774, the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP) Act, which he and Congressman Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) introduced earlier this summer to crack down on illicit purchases of Iranian oil and hold Iran's enablers accountable. "I'm proud to see such broad, bipartisan… Read more »

Yesterday, Congressman Mike Lawler led a bipartisan letter to the Biden Administration signed by 34 of his House colleagues urging the Biden Administration to abandon a potential plea deal for 9/11 perpetrators which would result in no death penalty for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other key co-conspirators.  "This mass murder of thousands of Americans and the continued… Read more »

Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17), a member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, Co-Chair of the Moldova Caucus, and the only freshman member appointed to serve on the Helsinki Commission, announced his participation on a bipartisan, bicameral congressional delegation to Ireland and the United Kingdom led by Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT). The lawmakers will meet with… Read more »

Last week Representative Mike Lawler (NY-17) joined Representative Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) in introducing new bipartisan federal legislation that will provide tax credits for families to lower the cost of youth recreational sports and equipment.  The bipartisan Promoting Lifelong Activity for Youth Act, or PLAY Act, is being led by Representatives Gottheimer and Lawler. The… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »