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As technology continues to advance and adapt at a pace faster than most people can follow, so too do the scams, tricks, and attacks that come with it. The risk of online attacks and deceit is higher now than ever since thieves of money, personal information, assets, or all of the above have a plethora of creative routes and top-tier equipment at their disposal. The risks of online attacks in the fledgling stages of modern technology were highly prevalent as the world adjusted to the new norm, but the attacks were not as nearly comprehensive, convincing, and cunning as they are now...And to add insult to injury, scammers continually target those most unaware of their tricks and those least adept in navigating the Internet. To help combat this, Congressman Andrew Garbarino (R-Bayport), of the Second Congressional District, hosted a “Senior Scam” prevention seminar at the West Sayville Fire House last week. Joining him to help advise the population against the latest scam attempts was Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney (R)...Congressman Garbarino shared a tip from his experience on the Cyber Committee. 'One of the best defenses we have is you want to continuously update your devices and software,' said Garbarino. 'When your phone or your computer software offers you an update, do it because most of the time it’s fixing something within that software that the bad guys are using to get in.'

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This weekend, Andrew held his Inaugural First Responders Youth Football Clinic at William Floyd Athletic Complex. Students throughout NY-02 came out for football drills and fundamentals led by members of law enforcement and fire. The day also included a meet and greet with SCPD K9 Jax, SCPD Emergency Service, and Operation Safe Child by Suffolk County Sheriff's Office. A special thank you to NYPD Football, FDNY Football, NYCDOC Football and Lynvet Colonials for putting on an amazing clinic to foster sportsmanship and teamwork and to Suffolk County Police Department Police Commissioner Waring, Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon, Jr., Ed.D, Suffolk PBA and William Floyd School District BOE for coming by to show their support. The kids had a wonderful day spending the morning with our local heroes.

A constituent contacted Andrew's office on behalf of a 13-year-old child in a coma at Stony Brook Hospital. He was in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant and had a family member outside of the country that was a match for donation. Andrew's caseworkers contacted the embassy and was able to ensure the family member was granted temporary admission to the U.S. in order to donate and allow Stony Brook's doctors to give the child the treatment he needs.

Andrew knows how frustrating dealing with bureaucracy can be. That is why he has an entire team dedicated to helping constituents get what they need from the government. If you need help dealing with a federal agency, contact our office and our team will get to work on your case. 

This week, as co-Chair of the Future of Work Caucus, Andrew hosted a briefing on Artificial Intelligence and the Health Care Workforce to hear from experts about how we can harness emerging technologies like artificial intelligence to help solve workforce challenges facing the health care system. New York's Northwell Health presented on the panel and shared what they are doing to get more people into the workforce in our state. Andrew thanks them for participating in this important discussion.

This week, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing entitled, "Beyond Scope: How the SEC’s Climate Rule Threatens American Markets." Andrew questioned witnesses about how the SEC’s recently finalized climate disclosure rule will lead to increased costs on companies going and remaining public and how it will negatively impact American competitiveness. Watch his line of questioning here.