Press Releases
Funding for Sandy-Related Repairs Towards Emergency and Protective Repairs To Utility Distribution System
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and Representatives Steve Israel (NY-3), Lee Zeldin (NY-1), Gregory Meeks (NY-5), Kathleen Rice (NY-4) and Peter King (NY-2) today announced that the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) will receive $21,188,947.15 in federal funding for emergency work and additional protective work done as a result of Superstorm Sandy.
Washington, DC - Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, C – NY-01), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, responded to a question just asked by President Obama at a White House Press Conference, "What's your alternative?", to critics of the Iran nuclear deal.
Congressman Calls on American Public and U.S. Congress to Reject Deal
Congressman Calls on American Public and U.S. Congress to Reject Deal
Washington, DC - Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, C – NY-01) released the following statement following today's announcement that a deal has been reached between the United States and Iran.
Washington, DC – Today, July 10, 2015, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, C – Shirley) announced that bipartisan legislation he co-sponsors, the 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 6), has passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 344 to 77.
Washington, DC – Today, July 8, 2015, an amendment offered by Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, C – Shirley) to protect states that choose to opt out of Common Core passed the House of Representatives by an overwhelming vote of 373 to 57. This was an amendment to an education bill, H.R. 5, that was scheduled to be voted on later in the evening.