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CONGRESSMAN MIKE LAWLER RELEASES STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO SUPREME COURT'S DECISION TO HEAR CASE ON MIFEPRISTONE ACCESS

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Congressman Mike Lawler released the following statement after the Supreme Court announced it would hear a case regarding access to Mifepristone. "As I said when running for Congress, I do not support any efforts to establish a national ban on abortion, whether it be through Congress or through the judicial system,” said Congressman Lawler. “The Supreme Court needs to stand down. A…

CONGRESSMAN MIKE LAWLER HERALDS PASSAGE OF IGO ANTI-BOYCOTT ACT THROUGH HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

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Today, Congressman Lawler released the following statement after his bill, H.R 3016, the IGO Anti-Boycott Act, passed 42-3 through the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “The IGO Anti-Boycott Act is an important measure in the global fight against antisemitism,” said Congressman Mike Lawler. “By protecting U.S. companies from being forced to participate in boycotts against allied…

CONGRESSMAN MIKE LAWLER RELEASES STATEMENT ON IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY

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Today, Congressman Lawler released the following statement after the House passed a measure to move forward with an impeachment inquiry. “For the past eleven months, the House Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means Committees have been conducting multiple investigations into the financial dealings of the Biden Family. These committees have uncovered foreign transactions totaling over…

REP. LAWLER CONGRATULATES 17TH DISTRICT 2023 CONGRESSIONAL APP CHALLENGE WINNER BIANCA JAIN

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Last week, Representative Mike Lawler was pleased to congratulate the 17th District's winner for the Congressional App Challenge - Briarcliff High School freshman Bianca Jain. Bianca's app, Cancer Awareness Hub, was inspired by the recent diagnosis of a community librarian with cancer. That revelation inspired her to think of ways she could prevent increases in cancer…

CONGRESSMAN LAWLER SLAMS COURT OF APPEALS DECISION TO LET ALBANY DEMOCRATS RIG CONGRESSIONAL MAPS

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Congressman Mike Lawler released the following statement after the Court of Appeals decision that overturned New York’s fair Congressional maps. “This decision by the Court of Appeals is corrupt Albany politics at its worst,” said Congressman Lawler. “Kathy Hochul, Hakeem Jeffries, and Albany and Washington Democrats stacked the court with a handpicked judge to deliver the decision they…

REPS. LAWLER AND KILDEE INTRODUCE NEW BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR PFAS-EXPOSED PATIENTS

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Yesterday, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) joined Dan Kildee (MI-08), co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional PFAS Task Force, in introducing bipartisan legislation, supported by Republicans and Democrats, to ensure doctors have up-to-date information on how best to treat patients exposed to toxic PFAS. Their bill, the Better Care for PFAS Patients Act, would require the…

Washington Examiner: Bowman and Lawler have heated exchange in discussion of censure and war in Gaza

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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) reaffirmed his feelings on the censure of Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) over his pulling of a fire alarm, and things got heated when the two discussed the war in Gaza. In an appearance alongside Bowman on CNN, Lawler brushed away Bowman's suggestion that it was completely accidental when he pulled the fire alarm, arguing that the New York Democrat…

REPRESENTATIVES LAWLER AND GOTTHEIMER STAND WITH NYC RESTAURANT OWNER AGAINST $15/DAY CONGESTION TAX

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Yesterday, Representatives Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05) joined Julio Pena, owner of restaurant Il Posto Accanto, a 25-year New York City restaurant, to highlight the devastating impact New York’s new $15-a-day Congestion Tax will have on small businesses, commuters, and families.  “At a time when New Yorkers are struggling to make ends meet and can barely…

REP. LAWLER INTRODUCES BILL ESTABLISHING TASK FORCE FOR NATO-LIKE INDO-PACIFIC ALLIANCE

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Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) introduced the Indo-Pacific Treaty Organization Act. This legislation will establish a task force to analyze the security situation in the Indo-Pacific and determine whether a NATO-like coalition  between the United States and Indo-Pacific partners would be an effective deterrent to aggression emanating from China and North Korea. “Earlier this…

Times Union: House GOP members decry border policies during D.C. hearing

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Democrats push back on claims made by GOP at hearing where the migrant crisis focused largely on New York New York congressional Republicans railed against the state and New York City’s response to the migrant crisis during a hearing in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday which was intended to assess how the country’s southern border policies are influencing the ability of communities to…