WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Pat Ryan, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CONGRESSMAN PAT RYAN CONTINUES FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING, DEMANDS SPEAKER JOHNSON BRING HALT FENTANYL ACT TO HOUSE FLOOR FOR IMMEDIATE VOTE Congressman Pat Ryan Continues Fight Against Drug Trafficking, Demands Speaker Johnson Bring HALT Fentanyl Act to House Floor for Immediate Vote The HALT Fentanyl Act (link is external) passed the House last Congress but never made it through the Senate; the   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Pat Ryan, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CONGRESSMAN PAT RYAN INTRODUCES AFFORDABILITY AGENDA TO LOWER COSTS Congressman Pat Ryan Introduces Affordability Agenda to Lower Costs For first legislation of 119th Congress, Congressman Ryan's Affordability Agenda includes landmark legislation to lower the costs of groceries, prescription drugs, housing, and protect Social Security. KINGSTON, NY - Today Congressman Pat Ryan introduced his first l  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Tenney Introduces the Protecting School Milk Choices Act Oswego, NY - Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today introduced the Protecting School Milk Choices Act to ensure schools participating in the National School Lunch Program of the Department of Agriculture offer students at least one flavored milk option. Additional cosponsors include Representatives Glenn Thompson (PA-15),  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand Announces Position As Ranking Member Of The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee Of The Senate Appropriations Committee Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement announcing that she will be joining the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriati  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following Dear Colleague on Jan. 28, 2025: * * * DEAR COLLEAGUE ON ILLEGAL REPUBLICAN FUNDING FREEZE Dear Colleague: I write with respect to the illegal Trump administration order purporting to freeze federal taxpayer funds that have been lawfully appropriated by Congress. Republicans are ripping off hardworking Americans by stealing taxpayer dollars, grants and financial assistance as part of their corrupt scheme to pay o  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Grace Meng, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * MENG REINTRODUCES MEASURES TO MAKE LUNAR NEW YEAR A FEDERAL HOLIDAY AND CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the Asian American community celebrates Lunar New Year, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), announced today that she reintroduced a bill to establish Lunar New Year as a federal holiday in conjunction with a resolut  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: Today, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) led 37 elected officials from the United States and Mexico in a joint statement condemning military threats by the Trump administration and calling for increased cooperation between the two nations to address shared challenges like addressing the root causes of migration, preventing arms trafficking, and strengthening the rights of worker  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Members from New York & Michigan to Lead Bipartisan US-Canada Working Group * * * Congressmembers Tim Kennedy (D-NY-26) and Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4) will serve as Co-Chairs of the Northern Border Caucus for the 119th Congress. The pair will lead the caucus, which acts as the bipartisan House of Representatives working group on United States-Canada affairs. "The United States and Canada are all  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2025: Yesterday, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, Reps. Mike Lawler (NY-17), Grace Meng (NY-06), Don Bacon (NE-02), and Lois Frankel (FL-22) announced the introduction of a bipartisan resolution in the House of Representatives honoring the 6 million Jewish people who were murdered and the millions of other people from minority grou  more