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Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Member and Representative Mike Lawler (NY-17) released the following statement in response to reports that the Chinese Communist Party is establishing an espionage facility in Cuba.  “China, our greatest geopolitical foe, has taken another step toward usurping diplomatic norms and undermining our national security,” said Congressman Lawler.… Read more »

Thirty-five House members sent a bipartisan letter to British, French and German leaders on Thursday urging them to immediately initiate the snapback mechanism of the United Nations’ sanctions on Iran under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The three countries — the European partners to the JCPOA — are the only parties capable of initiating the mechanism in the 2015… Read more »

Today, in response to the seeming collapse of public safety, the rule of law, and democratic government in Haiti, Reps. Mike Lawler, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, María Elvira Salazar, and Sydney Kamlager-Dove introduced a resolution calling for the redoubling of diplomatic efforts by the United States and its international partners to help achieve a negotiated, Haitian-led solution to the… Read more »

New York congressman Mike Lawler (R., N.Y.) responded to CUNY Law School hosting an antisemitic graduation speaker by introducing legislation to pull federal funding from colleges that “authorize antisemitic events on campus,” according to Fox. Said universities would be prohibited from participating in student-loan and grant programs. Lawler said CUNY would “face stiff penalties… Read more »

In his first six months on Capitol Hill, freshman Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) has established himself as a lawmaker to watch on Israel and antisemitism policy. In just the past week, Lawler has spearheaded pieces of legislation that aim to clamp down on antisemitism on college campuses — a response to a recent incident at the City University of New York — and expand oil… Read more »

Today, Congressman Lawler announced he is seeking a veteran for a two-year paid position in his district office through the Green & Gold Congressional Aide Program. The person selected for this position will join his team as a district representative and will attend local meetings and events on behalf of Congressman Lawler and act as a facilitator between constituents and federal,… Read more »

This week, Reps. Lawler (NY-17) and Moskowitz (FL-23) introduced H.R. 3774, the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP) Act, to crack down on illicit purchases of Iranian oil and hold Iran's enablers accountable. “Iran is part of a new axis of evil that exists around the globe, working in tandem with Russia, China, and North Korea to evade international sanctions… Read more »

Today, Congressman Lawler introduced legislation to rescind federal funding for colleges that promote anti-semitism on their campuses. This comes on the heels of a virulently anti-Semitic CUNY Law School graduation speech, the latest in a long string of anti-semitic incidents on CUNY campuses. Original cosponsors of the legislation include Reps. Anthony D'Esposito, Joe Wilson, Brian… Read more »

Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY) on Thursday introduced legislation to cut off federal loans and grants for colleges that host antisemitic events after a City University of New York (CUNY) law graduate’s 13-minute commencement speech denouncing Zionism and supporting convicted Hamas-affiliated terrorism financiers. Lawler told The Algemeiner in an interview that he first started… Read more »

Amid concerns about Iran’s increasing sales of oil abroad, Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) introduced legislation yesterday to impose new sanctions targeting those who assist the Iranian regime in ducking U.S. sanctions, Jewish Insider has learned. Iranian oil sales have surged in recent months; earlier this year sales hit record… Read more »