This week Andrew met with John Cronin and his father Mark of Long Island's own John's Crazy Socks. Andrew was honored to accept a certificate of appreciation from John for his work in support of the Down Syndrome Community, including as a member of the Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus. No one is a fiercer advocate for the differently abled than John and Andrew is proud to work with him to promote education and policies that better the lives of people with Down Syndrome.

This week, Andrew had the opportunity to meet with Habitat for Humanity of Long Island to discuss the great work they do as part of their mission to ensure that Long Island families in need have access to safe and affordable homes.

Habitat Long Island builds affordable homes in partnership with hard-working, local families. Habitat families help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage through Habitat's homeownership program.

This week, Andrew joined with Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS-02), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee, as co-lead of bipartisan legislation to increase mental health resources for law enforcement personnel at the Department of Homeland Security. The DHS Suicide Prevention and Resiliency for Law Enforcement Act, would create the DHS Law Enforcement Mental Health and Resiliency Program to oversee and streamline the delivery of enhanced mental health and wellness services for DHS law enforcement officers and agents. Learn more here.

Andrew joined with over 130 of his bipartisan colleagues in sending a letter to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell urging the European Union to follow the lead of the United States in designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. Iran’s continued actions in support of terrorism threaten the national security of the U.S. and our allies. The IRGC must be held accountable. The members wrote in part, “Iran remains a leading state sponsor of terror. For decades, the IRGC has freely and openly carried out plots targeting citizens in countries across the EU…We believe that there is an abundance of evidence available to the EU to provide the necessary basis for a terror designation of the IRGC, particularly given the European Court of Justice’s ruling that investigations and prosecutions outside of the EU may be used as evidence to support additions to the terror list.”