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Elise Stefanik

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Elise Marie Stefanik is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 21st congressional district since January 6, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, she has held various leadership roles within the party, including serving as the House Republican Conference Chair. Stefanik is known for her advocacy on issues such as economic growth, national security, and education reform. She has been a prominent voice in Congress, particularly on matters affecting her constituents in upstate New York.

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Feb 5, 2021

For more than a year, America's workers have faced unprecedented challenges and unimaginable uncertainty. Today, nearly 9 million fewer Americans are working than before the COVID pandemic struck, robbing mothers, fathers, friends, and…

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Jan 6, 2021

I rise with a heavy heart. This has been a truly tragic day for America. We all join together in fully condemning the dangerous violence and destruction that occurred today in our Nation's Capitol. Americans will always have their freedom…

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Nov 19, 2020

I thank Ranking Member Foxx. Mr. Speaker, as our Nation recovers from the economic toll of the COVID pandemic and strives to restore the livelihood of America's workers, we must take every opportunity to strengthen the pathways to…

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Jul 20, 2020

I thank Ranking Member Thornberry for yielding. I want to start by thanking my subcommittee chair, Mr. Langevin, who is a wonderful colleague to work with. I also thank both of our staffs for the hard work. As the ranking member on the…

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Mar 27, 2020

New York is the epicenter of the coronavirus crisis today, and I want to thank our North Country heroes on the front lines: our nurses, our doctors, our hospital personnel, EMS first responders, teachers, grocers, and truckers. The better…

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Jan 27, 2020

To close. Madam Speaker, more than 70 years ago, people around the world pledged to never again stand by in silence as an oppressed people were annihilated. As years continue to pass since the horrors and atrocities of the Holocaust, it is…

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Jan 15, 2020

In my district, older Americans are staying in the workforce longer than previous generations, making significant contributions to our growing economy; yet these later years of a worker's career are becoming increasingly unstable. Over…

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Oct 28, 2019

As the Representative of a district that has one of the largest constituencies of older Americans, I am proud to rise as a coauthor of H.R. 4334, the Dignity in Aging Act, bipartisan legislation that reauthorizes the Older Americans Act…

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Oct 28, 2019

I thank my friend, the gentlewoman from Missouri, for yielding her time. The first women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, marking the official debut of the women's suffrage movement, which would extend over…

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Jul 25, 2019

The hallowed halls of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, welcomed six inductees last weekend. In 80 years, baseball has honored 232 players as the best of the best. Only about 1 percent of the 19,500 who played…

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Jul 16, 2019

I am proud to rise in support of this year's Intelligence Authorization Act. After the recent partisan NDAA debate and vote, it is an accomplishment that this committee came together to produce a bipartisan bill that supports our…

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Jul 11, 2019

In closing, again, I think it is important to note that as a matter of practice on the ground, we want zero civilian casualties, not only for law of war and ethical reasons but because our troops are often there to work alongside and…

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