Rather Than Feed Americans, Trump Administration Continues to Fight Court Orders and Play Political Games with Nutritional Assistance BUFFALO, NY – Joined by community leaders at the Resource Council of WNY, Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) condemned Donald Trump’s refusal to comply with a federal court order to release November nutritional assistance benefits in full, during the longest government... Read More »
On November 1, HEAP and Nutritional Benefits Run Out, and Open Enrollment With Skyrocketing Premiums Begins As Republicans Keep the Government Shut Down Rather Than Protect Healthcare, Americans Will Suffer LACKAWANNA, N.Y. - Joined by elected officials, nonprofit leaders, and members of the faith community at Second Baptist Church in Lackawanna, NY, Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) alerted his con... Read More »
Congressman Tim Kennedy, Co-Chair of the Northern Border Caucus, released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States will end all trade talks with Canada: “President Trump’s impulsive decision to end trade discussions with Canada shows how unserious he is about fixing our broken economy and making life more affordable for all Americans. This... Read More »
Early Intervention Services At Bornhava Rely On Medicaid And Department Of Education's Office Of Special Education Programs With Medicaid Reimbursement Rates Already Too Low, New Cuts Threaten To Pull The Rug Out From Families AMHERST, N.Y. - Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) stood today with parents, early intervention providers, and advocates to sound the alarm on the risk that enacted Medicaid cu... Read More »
Kennedy: Congress Must Cancel the Cuts and Stop the Shutdown In Kennedy’s District, 63% of Nursing Home Residents Rely on Medicaid Coverage, Threatening Long-term Viability of Critical Services TONAWANDA, N.Y. - Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) was joined by members of 1199SEIU, residents, and leadership from the McAuley Residence in Tonawanda, New York, to highlight the dire consequences that Cong... Read More »
Standing With Doctors, Nurses, Patients, Elected Officials, Kennedy Underscores the Dire Need to Cancel the Cuts from Trump’s Big Ugly Bill Reconciliation Bill Slashed Medicaid, Failed to Renew ACA Tax Credits, Setting Families Up For Dramatic and Unaffordable Premium Increases and Loss of Healthcare BUFFALO, N.Y. - Joined today at Neighborhood Health Center’s Mattina facility by primary care and ... Read More »
Lawmakers Emphasize that Suppression of Labor Rights Will Only Worsen VA Staffing and Reduce Quality of Care for Veterans WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) and Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03) led a coalition of House Democrats demanding that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) immediately reinstate collective bargaining agreements for more than 377,000 VA employees that... Read More »
Standing With Organized Labor, Healthcare Practitioners, and Patients, Kennedy Called on Congressional Republicans to Cancel the Cuts GOP’s Budget Resolution Fails to Extend ACA Tax Credits, Hiking Premiums By 75% for Patients BUFFALO, NY – Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) stood outside of Buffalo Therapy Services in Amherst, which is slated to close in November, to sound the alarm on a deepening h... Read More »
Legislation to Guarantee Burial Honors for U.S. Veterans Received Strong Bipartisan Support Bill Now Heads to the Senate for Consideration WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives has passed Congressman Tim Kennedy’s legislation, H.R. 2721, the Honoring Our Heroes Act. If enacted into law, this legislation would correct a long-standing inequity in how the Department of Veterans Affairs reco... Read More »
$240,000 Grant Secured By Kennedy During His Time In The New York State Senate Will Benefit Doyle #1 and #2 And All Other Cheektowaga Volunteer Fire Departments in Suppressing Battery Fires Grant From Kennedy Replaces Radios That Are 20+ Years Old And Reached End Of Their Repairable Lifespan CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. - Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) was joined by members of Doyle Fire District to announc... Read More »
U.S. Reps. Castor, Kennedy & Wasserman Schultz Sound Alarm After Tampa Bay Area Residents Express Fears of Weakened FEMA, National Weather Service & Resilience Grants That Save Money Almost one year after the most devastating hurricane season of our lifetimes, local elected officials, nonprofits, environmental and emergency management experts and neighborhood representatives across the Tampa Bay e... Read More »
Members of Congress Call Out ‘Dangerous Practice’ of Blocking Nearly $300 Million in Congressionally-Obligated Funding Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) led a coalition of 37 House Democrats in demanding that the Trump Administration immediately release nearly $300 million in frozen public health grants through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This oversight effort comes as the ... Read More »
Kennedy: Starting a Family is Expensive Enough Already - New Trump Tariffs Threaten to Make the Dream of Parenthood Even more Difficult and Financially Straining Legislation Would Lift Tariffs on Diapers, Formula, Strollers, Car Seats, Toys, and More BUFFALO, N.Y. - Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) was joined by community leaders at the warehouse location of Every Bottom Covered to call for passage... Read More »
Due to Changing Regulations, New Homeowners Have Been Left in Limbo, Unable to Receive Curbside Mail Delivery That Nearby Streets Enjoy WHEATFIELD, NY - Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) issued a letter today to the United States Postmaster General demanding that residents of the Whistling Straits development receive the same treatment as their neighbors on surrounding streets by receiving curbside ... Read More »
Last Week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Called New “Trump Accounts” a “Backdoor for Privatizing Social Security." BUFFALO, N.Y. - Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) was joined by colleagues in government, community leaders, and Social Security recipients to oppose recent comments by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who called the creation of Trump Accounts in the Republican Reconciliation Bill a... Read More »
