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February 5, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON - Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) issued the following statement on House passage of H.R. 4305, the Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) for Veterans Therapy Act, which he cosponsors. H.R. 4305 authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy.

February 1, 2020 Press Release
WASHINGTON - Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), Co-Chair of the House Republican Israel Caucus and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, released the following statement following House passage of the Never Again Education Act (H.R. 943)
January 31, 2020 Press Release
PATCHOGUE, NY - Today, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) announced World War II Veteran William Schlosser of East Patchogue as his guest to the President’s State of the Union Address.
January 27, 2020 Press Release
WASHINGTON - On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Representatives Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), David Cicilline (D, RI-1), Brain Mast (R, FL-18) and Brad Sherman (D, CA-30) urged Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres to implement the recommendations laid out in last year’s “Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief”
January 27, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Today, Reps. Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), Grace Meng (D, NY-6) and Ted Deutch (D, FL-22) introduced a bipartisan resolution to commemorate 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. 

January 27, 2020 Press Release

PATCHOGUE, NY - Today, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) announced 35 local applicants from across New York’s First Congressional District as his nominations to the United States Service Academies.

January 27, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON - Following the discovery of a warehouse of unused disaster aid in Puerto Rico, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) today urged the House Committees on Homeland Security and Oversight and Government Reform to conduct an investigation into the mismanagement of disaster relief aid received by Puerto Rico. 

January 23, 2020 Press Release
CENTEREACH, NY - On Tuesday, January 21, 2020, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) hosted Mobile Office Hours at the Centereach Fire Department in Centereach.
January 20, 2020 Press Release
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January 17, 2020 Press Release
PATCHOGUE, NY - Today, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $2,900,950 in Continuum of Care grants to local homeless assistance programs across New York’s First Congressional District

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In The News

February 15, 2017 In The News

A Russian ship — reportedly an intelligence vessel — was spotted sailing up the East Coast near Long Island in international waters, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Wednesday.

February 11, 2017 In The News

The First Congressional District of New York is certainly one of the very best Congressional Districts in America. While a new president and new Congress debate legislation and other policy with a national and international focus, there are also some local priorities that are very important to us all as well here on the east end of Long Island.

February 10, 2017 In The News

NEW YORK – Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and co-chair of the House Republican Israel Caucus, was appointed by House Speaker Paul Ryan (R, WI-1) to serve on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, which was established by Congress in 1980 to lead the nation in commemorating the Holocaust.

February 6, 2017 In The News

U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin is not giving up the fight to secure a new zip code for the hamlets of Flanders, Riverside and Northampton.

He reintroduced a bill this week, called The Postal Service Reform Act of 2017, along with House colleagues Jason Chaffetz, a Republican from Utah, and Elijah Cummings, a Democrat from Maryland. 

February 3, 2017 In The News

A new zip code for Flanders, Riverside and Northampton has been included in the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017, a bipartisan bill introduced in the House this week, Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) announced yesterday.

January 26, 2017 In The News

Rep. Lee Zeldin has been named co-chairperson of the Congressional Long Island Sound Caucus, his office announced in a press release this afternoon.

Zeldin replaces former Rep. Steve Israel, who did not seek re-election in November, as co-chair. He shares the chair with Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-3).

January 26, 2017 In The News

It’s been nearly two months since Southold Town petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration to reconsider its decision to extend the North Shore helicopter route, which has led to noise complaints from East End residents.

January 26, 2017 In The News

SOUTHOLD, NY — It's been two months since Southold Town filed a petition regarding the extension of the controversial North Shore Helicoper Route with the Federal Aviation Administration — and so far, the town has received no response.

January 25, 2017 In The News

More than two months after Southold Town submitted a petition to the Federal Aviation Administration requesting the agency to reconsider its decision to extend the north shore helicopter route, Representative Lee Zeldin is asking the agency’s administrator for an “immediate response” to the petition.

January 25, 2017 In The News

Congressman Zeldin, this was your first inauguration as a member of Congress. Can you share with us some of your impressions?

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