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“I thank the gentleman from Texas. Texas is well represented, and the First District certainly is. Madam Speaker, I am delighted to introduce next for his first Special Order hour speech one of the bright lights in the new incoming class in the 118th Congress, Representative Mike Lawler from New York. He represents the 17th Congressional District there, which includes Rockland County, Putnam County, and portions of Westchester and Dutchess Counties. Before serving in the U.S. House, he represented New York's 97th District in the State Assembly and served on really important committees there--banks, education, housing. He has a broad range of experience. In the New York State Assembly--this is a neat statistic--he passed more bills than any other member of his conference. It really is a testament to his ability to work in a bipartisan, pragmatic fashion to approach the problems that we face. That is a skill that is going to come in handy here. He previously served as a deputy town supervisor and as a senior adviser to a county executive. He was also the executive director of the State Republican Party in New York--that is no small task--and did a great job there. He graduated from Manhattan College with degrees in accounting and finance. He was the valedictorian there, I would note, but his greatest accomplishment, of course, is his wife and daughter. They live in Pearl River. We are delighted to have Congressman Mike Lawler here.…”