I am proud to stand up for our New York farmers and oppose Kathy Hochul’s wage board’s reckless overtime proposal that jeopardizes the future of agriculture in New York State and the livelihoods of our hardworking farmers. This week, I led my colleagues in submitting a Congressional comment letter to New York Department of Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon during its 60 day comment period. I brought to their attention that by lowering the threshold from 60 to 40 hours a week, the Farm Laborer Wage Board ignored over 70% of testimony from farmers and scientific reports. This decision would devastate the agriculture landscape of New York by making it less competitive and increase labor costs by 42%.

Upstate New York is home to thousands of dairy farmers, apple growers, and maple producers, who work tirelessly to provide for our communities but are being forced to bear the burdens of poor decisions made in Albany. I will continue to bring the concerns of our farmers to the highest levels and continue to oppose the lowering of the overtime threshold at every turn, because if we have no farms, we have no food.

 New Yorkers can submit comments to [email protected] on New York State Department of Labor’s proposed farmworker overtime regulation until December 11, 2022.

Kathy Hochul is completely out-of-touch with hardworking New Yorkers. Today, I led my colleagues in opposing Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposal to ban gas-powered vehicles by 2035. Her mandate would impose significant cost burdens on New Yorkers while costs are already high, overburden the state’s electric grid, and limit consumer choice.

This is an attack on hardworking families in New York’s 21st District, who are already paying historically high costs due to Albany Democrats’ war on American energy. Electric vehicles will not serve our communities well, especially because families in our district often have to commute over an hour each way to work. I will continue to oppose this Far Left Green New Deal agenda that shamelessly prioritizes the needs of New York’s urban cities over our hardworking communities.

This week, the Nation’s Report Card scores showed the largest math declines recorded for fourth and eighth graders, 69% of eighth graders are not proficient in reading, and 73% are not proficient in math. It is obvious that Democrats’ authoritarian mask mandates and prolonged school lockdowns have failed our students and put an entire generation behind. We should be laser-focused on addressing this historic learning loss and getting our students back on track. Instead, New York State’s Far Left Democrat leadership has used COVID-19 relief funds to advance their radical woke agenda in the classroom and Critical Race Theory indoctrination, rather than equipping students with fundamental math and reading skills. With over two-thirds of our eighth grade students failing to demonstrate proficiency in reading and math, it is imperative we cease radical indoctrination and return back to the basics in our schools. 

Parents should no longer have to accept divisive instruction and the lowering of academic standards. Instead, we should insist on schools that teach all students to strive for excellence. As part of our Commitment to America, House Republicans will empower parents with a greater voice in their children’s education and the freedom to seek out the best learning environment to prepare them for lifelong success.

I’m working to shine a light on the malign influence of the Chinese Communist Party and our other foreign adversaries. This week, I introduced the Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency (FACT) Act to counter the influence of China and other foreign adversaries on our nation’s telecommunications infrastructure. This bill would require the Federal Communications Commission to publish a list of companies who hold authorizations, licenses, or other grants of authority with over 10% ownership by foreign adversaries, including China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea.



I will continue advocating for transparency over the influence the Chinese Communist Party and other foreign adversaries have over our critical infrastructure. Allowing companies owned by China and our other foreign adversaries to have access to our critical infrastructure is playing with fire, and we must have transparency over the influence they can have over the lives of American citizens.

This week, I met with Advocate Drum in Watertown to discuss issues facing the 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum community, as well as my work to strengthen Fort Drum, employ soldiers and military spouses, and deliver child care options to families. I also joined the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County to meet with several local agricultural producers and hear their concerns, so I can continue to bring them to the highest levels

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