ABC50 NOW: Rep. Stefanik: Parents should make decision on K-12 student mask requirements
September 15, 2021 by Isabella Colello WASHINGTON, D.C. (WWTI) — Local lawmakers are calling for increased transparency on mask K-12 mask requirements. In aletter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky, 34 members of Congress requested further explanations on guidance that recommends mask wearing for all students in K-12 schools. Specifically […]
FOX NEWS: Reps. Wittman, Stefanik: The world deserves to know the truth about COVID’s origins
September 15, 2021 by Rep. Rob Wittman and Rep. Elise Stefanik The U.S. intelligence community has completed its investigation into the origins of COVID-19. As feared, its findings were inconclusive: a “moderate confidence” COVID-19 originated from a lab incident, but a “low degree of confidence” that COVID-19 was of natural origins. What the Community clearly […]
THE SUN: Stefanik calls for transparency in CDC school mask guidance
September 14, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. | U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik has joined more than two dozen fellow lawmakers in calling for transparency in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance recommending masks for all students in K-12 schools. “The elementary and secondary years are too valuable a time in a child’s development to be […]
SARATOGIAN: Reader’s View: Getting the North Country back to work
September 12, 2021 by Rep. Elise Stefanik The COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges for workers and small businesses across our country, separating millions of Americans from the dignity, purpose, and security found in a good day’s work. Fortunately, as businesses reopen their doors and restrictions are lifted, many of the impacted workers in the North […]
NNY 360: U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik: Fort Drum and NNY will benefit from items in NDAA
September 11, 2021 by Rep. Elise Stefanik WASHINGTON — As the leading advocate for Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain Division in the U.S. House of Representatives, I am proud to have secured several provisions last week in the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022 that will benefit Fort Drum, our north country […]
POST STAR: First responders saluted at Saratoga National Cemetery ceremony
September 11, 2021 by Michael Goot SARATOGA — Honoring the fallen and remembering the work of the first responders was the theme of the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery. “The fortitude and perseverance that our first responders — which include Guardsmen and women, police officers, firefighters — showed during […]
NY Post: Rep. John Katko leading effort on bill to provide security funding for 9/11 Museum ahead of 20th anniversary
September 10, 2021 by Juliegrace Brufke New York Republican Rep. John Katko is leading the charge on legislation to provide one-time grant funding to ramp up security at New York’s 9/11 Memorial and Museum — warning that a lack of tourism during the pandemic has left Ground Zero under-funded to protect against security threats. Katko, […]
NCNow News: Richville Volunteer Fire Department to receive $20K grant through Federal Emergency Management Agency
September 9, 2021 RICHVILLE — The Richville Volunteer Fire Department is due to receive a $20,571 grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Congresswoman Elise Stefanik who represents Richville in the 21st Congressional District, made the announcement recently. “Our North Country firefighters selflessly answer the call to serve day or night, and now these taxpayer […]
NCNow News: St. Lawrence Arts Council awarded $10,000 grant
September 4, 2021 POTSDAM — The St. Lawrence Arts Council has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The funding will assist the Arts Council with marketing and outreach to support local artists and regional businesses participating in local studio tours and arts festivals in St. Lawrence County. […]
Stars and Stripes: Army veteran’s Silver Star comes after 11-year fight for recognition
September 4, 2021 by Chad Garland The war in Afghanistan wasn’t even half over when Adam Holroyd earned his Silver Star. But it would not be pinned on his chest until more than a decade later — after the enemy he fought, the Taliban, had already retaken the country. Holroyd pulled a special operations medic […]
