My First 60 Days in Congress |
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It is an honor to represent you in Congress. Since taking my oath earlier this year, my team and I have hit the ground running to deliver real results. In my first 60 days in office, I've introduced five bills and cosponsored more than 60 pieces of legislation focused on improving the lives of Americans and addressing the most pressing issues facing our nation.
As a member of the House Small Business Committee, I’ve interacted with nearly 100 small businesses across the district through my Small Business Outreach Tour. In my first 60 days, I was pleased to see the bipartisan PPP Extension Act I supported get signed into law by the President. This bill extends valuable resources for our small businesses as they recover from this pandemic. I also held 12 productive roundtable discussions with leaders across the district that will help me improve policies coming from Washington.
I’m also deeply honored that my office has provided assistance to nearly 300 constituents who needed help with a federal agency. My office has also fielded more than 3,000 calls and responded to more than 5,400 emails and letters. The feedback I’ve received from constituents across the district has been so vitally important to me. I’m going to continue prioritizing transparency and outreach as I work to restore opportunity to Upstate New York. I will always represent you and our community with compassion, tenacity, courage, and integrity.
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Keep the Nine
This week, Congressional Democrats introduced legislation to expand the Supreme Court from 9 Justices to 13 Justices. This proposal comes just days after President Joe Biden announced a panel to "study" packing the Supreme Court. I find this to be an extremely partisan move that would undermine the independence and integrity of the Supreme Court. As the daughter of a former New York State Supreme Court Justice and an admitted attorney to the U.S. Supreme Court, I firmly believe politicizing the court and looking for outcome-based decisions is not the vision our Founding Fathers had for the Supreme Court. I will fight to preserve our Supreme Court and #KeepTheNine.
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House Passes Four More Tenney-Backed Bills
I am pleased to share that the House passed three bills this week that help our small businesses and manufacturers by equipping them with additional tools and resources that support economic recovery efforts across the board.
I am grateful to have worked and cosponsored these bills with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to deliver results for our constituents. My focus as a member of the Small Business Committee has been to provide targeted relief to our small businesses and small manufacturers. The bills passed this week continue to build on that work and provide the right resources for those working to economically recover from the pandemic.
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End MLB's Antitrust Exemption
I have joined several of my House colleagues in introducing a bill to end the Major League Baseball's longstanding antitrust exemption. As you know, the MLB recently decided to move its All-Star game from Atlanta to Denver. The league’s decision was based on a dangerous and false narrative regarding Georgia’s election law, which is actually more expansive than laws in many other states across the country, including New York.
This decision will hurt Atlanta’s small business owners during one of the most challenging times ever for America’s small businesses. The MLB is what it is today because Congress protects it from any competitors. The fact that it would use its influence to actively advance a disinformation campaign is just wrong. MLB should stop playing politics and just stick to playing baseball.
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Cosponsor Update
I am pleased to share several bills that I cosponsored in Congress this week. I am focused on representing you in Washington and will continue to support commonsense legislation that delivers results for New York families, small businesses and seniors. This is what I cosponsored this week:
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H.R. 2511 - To subject professional baseball clubs to the antitrust laws
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H.R. 2520 - To assess the impact of school closures due to COVID-19, and for other purposes
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H.R. 2604 - To improve the permitting process for critical mineral projects, and for other purposes
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H. Res. 318 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that clean water is a national priority and that the April 21, 2020, Navigable Waters Protection Rule should not be withdrawn or vacated
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Votes This Week
Transparency in government is key, and I'm pleased to keep you updated on how I voted on legislation in the House of Representatives. If you ever have any questions related to my votes, please do not hesitate to contact my Washington office at 202-225-3665 or write to me at www.tenney.house.gov.
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H.R. 1868 - To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes - PASSED 384-38, yea
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H.R. 172 - To reauthorize the United States Anti-Doping Agency, and for other purposes - PASSED 381-37, yea
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H.R. 1215 - To establish an office within the Federal Trade Commission and an outside advisory group to prevent fraud targeting seniors and to direct the Commission to include additional information in an annual report to Congress on fraud targeting seniors, and for other purposes. PASSED 396-13, yea
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H.R. 1460 - To encourage States to require the installation of residential carbon monoxide detectors in homes, and for other purposes. - PASSED 362-49, yea
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H.R. 7 - Paycheck Fairness Act - PASSED 217-210, nay
- Current law makes it illegal to pay different wages to employees of the opposite sex for equal work, or otherwise discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or sex. H.R. 7 claims to create fairness in employee pay, but it does little to protect the wages and paychecks of American workers and incentivizes trial lawyers to create an unending stream of class action lawsuits. Businesses would face much greater liability, reducing profitability and workers’ wages. Merit-based pay would be replaced with rigid pay scales, reducing workplace flexibility, overall productivity, and pay.
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H.R. 941 - To reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, and for other purposes. - PASSED 415-2, yea
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H.R. 446 - To require the Federal Trade Commission to submit a report to Congress on scams targeting seniors, and for other purposes. PASSED 413-8, yea
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H.R. 1762 - To direct the Federal Trade Commission to submit to Congress a report on unfair or deceptive acts or practices targeted at Indian Tribes or members of Indian Tribes, and for other purposes. PASSED 408-10, yea
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H.R. 1002 - To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the debarment of certain registrants, and for other purposes. PASSED 411-5, yea
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H.R. 1899 - To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for the modification, transfer, and termination of a registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances or list I chemicals, and for other purposes. PASSED 412-5, yea
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H.R. 1502 - To amend the Small Business Act to optimize the operations of the microloan program, lower costs for small business concerns and intermediary participants in the program, and for other purposes. PASSED 397-16, yea
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H.R. 1487 - To amend the Small Business Act to increase transparency, and for other purposes. PASSED 409-4, original cosponsor, yea
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H.R. 1490 - To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve the loan guaranty program, enhance the ability of small manufacturers to access affordable capital, and for other purposes. PASSED 400-16, original cosponsor, yea
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H.R. 1195 - To direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard that requires covered employers within the health care and social service industries to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan, and for other purposes. PASSED 254-166, nay
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H.R. 1195 undermines the rulemaking process that is currently underway at OSHA on a workplace violence prevention standard and imposes extreme shortcuts on the regulatory process that will result in a rushed, prescriptive rule that cuts corners and ignores the data, recommendations, and experiences of valuable stakeholders. Furthermore, H.R. 1195 essentially requires OSHA to adopt California’s workplace violence prevention standard, which is the most prescriptive standard in the nation, without a review of how the California policy impacted stakeholders or a cost-benefit analysis.
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Thank you for Joining My Town Hall
I hope you were able to join my Town Hall this past Wednesday. I plan to host many more Town Halls as we continue through the 117th Congress and look forward to speaking with more New Yorkers in the future!
I have continued to get fantastic feedback from constituents and appreciated being asked a range of important questions during Wednesday night's call. We were able to talk about my recent trip to the southern border, how we get more New Yorkers vaccinated, the President's recent announcement to withdrawal troops from Afghanistan, the so-called infrastructure proposal from the Biden Administration, and several of my votes in Congress. I really appreciate everyone who took the time to join the Town Hall and look forward to having more of these events through the year.
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On Point For College
I had the opportunity to speak with leaders from On Point For College this week during our virtual meeting. On Point has been serving the Mohawk Valley for more than 20 years to help first-generation youth get into college, stay there, and succeed! I enjoyed talking about ways I can support their mission through my role in Congress that will allow On Point to expand their services and assist more New Yorkers in maximizing their potential.
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Thank You Col. Lawrence
This week, a change of command ceremony took place at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome. Colonel Timothy Lawrence, Director of the Rome Lab, is moving posts and will be succeeded by Colonel Fred Garcia.
I'd like to recognize Col. Lawrence for his time at the helm of Rome Lab. During his tenure as Director, Col. Lawrence led the base through the COVID-19 pandemic, expansions on site, and chartered a new path forward to leave Rome as a leader in military research. I am so appreciative to Col. Lawrence for his many years of service in the Air Force. My best wishes to him for many more years of success.
I would also like to say congratulations to Colonel Fred Garcia on being named as the new Director for the Rome Lab. I look forward to working with him and know he will continue serving our nation well in this role.
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Networking in New York
I thoroughly enjoyed networking with the Associates for Training and Development (A4TD) this week and sharing ways we can get more New Yorkers into the workforce.
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