Congresswoman Tenney's Weekly Newsletter Have questions? Contact Me Here New York Must Stop Incentivizing Illegal Immigration The crisis at the Southern Border has exploded under the Biden Administration's open border policies. During fiscal year 2022 (FY22), which still has nearly two months left, the United States has already shattered the record of total encounters with migrants at the border by CBP agents, reaching over 2 million. New York’s misguided policies, which include awarding driver’s licenses, COVID-19 relief checks, and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Medicaid services to illegal immigrants, have only served to further incentivize illegal immigrants to come to our state. Last year, the Biden Administration even began flying illegal immigrants directly into New York in the dead of night. Now, as New York City Mayor Eric Adams complains publicly about the City's inability to handle an influx of illegal immigrants, the state's policies incentivizing illegal immigration have come back into the spotlight. That's why I joined with Congressman Lee Zeldin, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, and the other Republican members of the New York Congressional Delegation in a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul urging her to work with the state legislature to repeal disastrous state programs and policies that incentivize illegal immigrants to come to New York. You can read the full letter here. It's time to restore law and order in our state! I Opposed the Disastrous Inflation and Recession Act On Friday, House Democrats passed the so-called "Inflation Reduction Act," which should be more accurately titled the Inflation and Recession Act, since it's sure to worsen inflation and drive us even further into a recession. The worst impulse of career politicians in Washington is to throw money at a problem without having any idea as to how to fix it. Last year, the Democrats rushed through a $1.9 trillion boondoggle spending bill, one of the largest in U.S. history, without any Republican support or input. Earlier this year, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office determined that this bill contributed to the record-high inflation Americans are experiencing now. Unfortunately, the Democrats, driven by far-left socialist authoritarians, have not learned their lesson. The Democrats completely misguided solution to the nightmare we are suffering today, which was caused by out-of-control government spending and a war on reliable energy production, is even more inflationary spending and increased barriers to affordable American energy. With energy prices already at record highs, this bill will raise taxes on American energy production by $12 billion and will harm access to reliable energy—a necessity for growth, prosperity, and to emerge from today’s stagflation. As Americans are already struggling to make ends meet, this misguided bill will raise taxes on earners making less than $400,000 by $16 billion, breaking yet another one of Biden’s promises. With small businesses pinching every penny just to keep their doors open, this bill will raise taxes by billions of dollars on nearly five million of America’s small businesses, harming job creation and productivity. Small businesses are the lifeblood of our communities across America, especially in upstate New York, where entrepreneurs, sole proprietors, and family farms dominate the landscape. At a time when Americans are rightly worried about the weaponization of the federal government against a former President, this bill will hire 87,000 new IRS agents to target 710,000 Americans making less than $75,000 per year. This is not ‘progress.’ This new politically charged Democrat “militia,” which will make the IRS roughly the size of the US Marine Corps, will not only be armed to intimidate and undermine the rights of already beleaguered taxpayers, but it will also exacerbate the economic disaster that Biden and the Democrats have thrust upon American citizens with their extreme tax and spend policies. I voted "NO" on this bill only because there wasn't an option to vote "HELL NO." Other bad provisions in the Democrats’ Inflation and Recession Act: Reduces Medicare spending by over $200 billion to pay for the Green New Deal; Destroys retirement security by instituting a Stock Buybacks Tax that will harm seniors and other savers who invest in a 401(k) the most; Institutes a drug pricing scheme that will crush American innovation, leading to the development of as many as 342 FEWER new drugs and a loss in life 10x greater than that from COVID-19 in the U.S.; Budgetary gimmicks to hide the true $248 billion cost of permanently extending Obamacare subsidies. Highlighting My Fight to Protect Your Second Amendment Rights The Second Amendment has come under attack in recent months and years by far-left activists. In 2013, when disgraced former Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo signed the SAFE Act in the dark of night, I stood up with law enforcement, sportsmen, and Second Amendment advocates to call out this infringement on Second Amendment rights. I also was the first member of the New York State Assembly to introduce legislation to repeal the SAFE Act. Last year, I led an amicus brief with 175 of my House Republican colleagues, which successfully supported overturning New York’s arbitrary concealed carry laws. Recently, I released an edition of my Setting the Record Straight series, where I debunked common lies surrounding New York's unconstitutional law passed in response to the Supreme Court decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen. This week, I highlighted my plan to protect Americans’ Second Amendment rights. The plan includes legislation I support in Congress as well as actions I have taken to ensure the protection of the Second Amendment. It focuses on several pillars: (1) Safeguarding Our Constitutional Rights; (2) Protecting the Privacy of Americans; (3) Enforcing Our Laws and Targeting Criminals; and (4) Protecting the Safety and Security of all Americans. My full plan is available on my website here. Read it and let me know what you think by visiting my website and leaving a comment! My Comments on the FBI's Raid on President Trump The DOJ and FBI are being weaponized like never before to target political opponents. This administration has thrown the rule of law and faith in our democratic institutions out the door by creating a two-tiered justice system: one for President Biden and his friends, and another for his political opponents. This raid on President Trump’s home calls into question the very integrity, transparency, and accountability of Biden’s Department of Justice. Joe Biden and Merrick Garland must answer immediately for the raid against an American president. Don't Miss Upcoming Mobile and Virtual Office Hour Sessions As a reminder, my team of caseworkers hosts mobile office hour sessions across New York's 22nd Congressional District every month in order to make the services of my office more accessible to you. Our next mobile office hour session will be held at the Town of Hastings Offices on Wednesday, August 17. If you need help with a federal agency, I encourage you to call and make an appointment! Call my Utica District Office at 315-732-0713 or my Binghamton District Office at 607-242-0200 for more information! Making sure the federal government works properly for you is my number one priority in Congress! Recapping the Veterans Health and Wellness Expo in Rome This week, my team of expert caseworkers attended the VA Health and Wellness Expo at the Donald J. Mitchell VA Outpatient Clinic in Rome. It was a pleasure to join this wonderful event hosted by the VA. Thank you to all who attended! Are you or a veteran you know in need of assistance with the Department of Veterans Affairs? My team is still available to help! Give my Utica District Office a call at 315-732-0713 to get the help you need today. As the mother of a Marine, I understand the many sacrifices our service members, veterans, and their families make. Thank you to all who serve! Internships Available in My DC and District Offices Interested in interning in my Washington DC, Utica, or Binghamton offices? Apply today! My team is looking to add young people from New York's 22nd Congressional District who are interested in learning more about the legislative process. Fall 2022 internships will begin later this month, so don't miss your chance! To apply, please fill out the form on my website here. Don't hesitate to call my Washington DC office at 202-225-3665 with any questions. Thanks to all of the bright young people who spent their summers interning in my offices! It's Still Not Too Late: Schedule Your Summer Tour of our Nation's Capitol Today Planning to visit our Nation's Capital soon? Book your tour today! While tours have resumed at several locations, sites such as the U.S. Capitol are doing so incrementally. As such, we are still limited in how many constituent tours we can host each week. Please note, the White House requires 21 days minimum notice to accommodate any tour requests. Availability for both of these tours is extremely limited. I urge you to reach out to my office as soon as possible regarding all future tour requests. You can do so by accessing my tour request portal here. While my office may be unable to secure a Congressional tour for all the sites you have selected given the high demand and currently limited availability, there are a number of locations that remain available for public tours. I urge you to visit house.gov for more information regarding these opportunities. Such locations include the Supreme Court and the National Archives, which you can view here and here. You may also wish to register to receive your very own reader registration card through the Library of Congress, which you can do here. I would also suggest you contact your U.S. Senators, as they too have been successful in accommodating tour requests. You can submit a tour request to Senator Schumer's office here, as well as to Senator Gillibrand here. Have news or updates to share? Email me! If you have updates regarding events in the community or other news to share from across New York's 22nd District, please visit the "Contact Me" page on my website to share it with me. My team will try to include as many of your updates from around #NY22 as we can each week. ‌ ‌ ‌ Rep. Tenney | 1410 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected]