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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and Co-Chair of the House Republican Israel Caucus, and Congresswoman Elaine Luria (D, VA-02) led 241 Members of Congress in urging the United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres to defend Israel, limit Hezbollah and bolster existing UN capab
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Co-Chair of the House Republican Israel Caucus, issued the following statement applauding Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement to reverse the Obama Administration’s anti-Israel efforts that took place just before President Trump took office:
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) and Congresswoman Debbie-Wasserman Schultz (D, FL-23) condemned the Court of Justice of the European Union’s recent ruling that would require European Union (EU) states to label products imported from Israel’s disputed territories.
PATCHOGUE, NY - Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) just issued the following statement after Congressman Peter King (R, NY-2) announced he would not seek reelection in 2020:
PATCHOGUE, NY - Today, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) announced Stony Brook University has been awarded three grants through the Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institutes of Health totaling over $1.7 million in funding, including $1,299,433 for cancer treatment research, $402,785 to research harnessing network science to personalize scalable interventions for adolescent dep
PATCHOGUE - During Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) announced that The Retreat, which provides safety, shelter and support for victims of domestic abuse, on the East End of Long Island and throughout Suffolk County, has been awarded $450,000 to expand their transitional housing assistance facilities for victims of domestic violence.
WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, Representatives Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), Brenda Lawrence (D, MI-14), Will Hurd (R, TX-23), John Lewis (D, GA-5) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D, FL-23), co-chairs of the Congressional Black-Jewish Caucus, hosted the caucus’ official kick off event in our nation’s capital.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), co-chair of the House Republican Israel Caucus and one of only two Jewish Republicans in Congress, issued the following statement on the one year anniversary of the tragedy at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh:
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There’s a renewed push in the U.S. Congress for legislation to strengthen the federal government’s activities on Lyme disease, endemic on the North Fork, Shelter Island and all over Long Island.
Whether the drive can withstand pressure from the health insurance industry — which denies the existence of chronic Lyme disease and so avoids paying for its treatment — is an issue.
Rep. Lee Zeldin today announced he is formally requesting the U.S. Postmaster General to assign new zip codes to Flanders, Riverside and Northampton.
MEDFORD, N.Y. — Lee M. Zeldin, the freshman congressman from Long Island, has never been one to wait his turn.
Congressman Lee Zeldin wants farmers to identify legislation they have issues with and come to him with their concerns over regulations mandated by the federal government.
U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin introduced a resolution last week reaffirming the federal government’s commitment to tracking down the people responsible for the death of three Hampton Bays men in Serbia nearly 16 years ago.
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) hails from Long Island and previously served two terms in the New York state Senate before defeating incumbent Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) last fall. Prior to embarking on a political career, however, he served four years of active duty service in the United States Army. Today, he is happily married with two children and continues to serve as a Major in the U.S.
East Hampton's fight against helicopter noise reached the halls of Congress on Tuesday, as the House of Representatives passed an amendment meant to shield town officials from being penalized for enacting local air-traffic restrictions.
WASHINGTON -- Long Island's freshman Rep. Lee Zeldin, the only Jewish Republican in Congress, is emerging as a front-line spokesman for the GOP's hawkish views on Israel amid an intensified focus on U.S. policies in the Middle East.
ALBANY—The first piece of legislation Rep. Lee Zeldin introduced since his election to Congress was an amendment to an education law that would allow states to withdraw from the Common Core standards without jeopardizing federal funding.
Zeldin’s experience in the State Senate last year inspired the legislation, he told Capital in a phone interview.
Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, C - NY-1), sent a letter to Howie Mann from the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) earlier this month, requesting the Cross Sound Enhancement Project be removed as a part of the NYMTC Regional Freight Plan.
In the letter, Zeldin expressed his concern on the plan which would move 3,000 trucks from I-95 in Connecticut to the North Fork.