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Mike Lawler

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Mike Lawler is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New York's 17th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, he has been in office since January 2023. Lawler has focused on issues such as health care affordability and fiscal responsibility, often emphasizing the need for accountability in government spending. He has been vocal about the challenges facing constituents and has made statements regarding the need for reforms in various sectors, including health care and taxation.

Dec 11, 2023

This threat needs to be examined, when you consider that at least one of these companies reported employees and operations in Hunan Province, China.

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Dec 6, 2023

The number of times I get calls from your constituents and the amount of time my office gets inundated with requests from your constituents, like when you shut your office down for 2 weeks in August--all the offices shut down. Do you know…

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Dec 6, 2023

Mr. Speaker, last week, I joined my colleague, Anthony D'Esposito, in introducing a resolution to expel disgraced former Congressman George Santos. It was warranted. It was warranted because he defrauded the voters and defrauded donors…

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Dec 5, 2023

These bills were so bad that even the Biden Administration rejected them.

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Dec 5, 2023

New York City has 50,000 vacant units, in part, because of its draconian rent control laws.

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Dec 5, 2023

In the last Congress, there were roughly 55 hearings on housing and housing affordability, and yet, zero bills were enacted into law.

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Dec 5, 2023

Apparently, my colleagues seem to think that the number of hearings we hold translates to actual legislation passing.

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Dec 4, 2023

If we know New York City is buckling under the pressure, if we know Eric Adams is saying it's going to cost us $12 billion over the next 3 years, if we know Kathy Hochul is saying we can't sustain this...

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Dec 4, 2023

I can't imagine that you think having over 100,000 migrants living in hotels, shelters, in New York City is a good thing, that not having work authorization is a good thing.

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Dec 4, 2023

Mr. Lawler. I put one forward. The Dignity Act is a bipartisan bill, introduced by Republicans and Democrats, the first bipartisan immigration bill in over a decade.

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Dec 4, 2023

Why would we continue to allow fentanyl to pour into our communities? Last year, fentanyl killed 70,000 Americans, most of it coming from Mexico.

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