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Kennedy’s Honoring Our Heroes Act Passes the House of Representatives

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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…

Keeping Our First Responders Safe: Kennedy Announces Completion Of State Grant For Doyle Fire District To Purchase New Radios And Technology To Extinguish Electric Car Battery Fires

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$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…

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

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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…

Congressman Kennedy Leads 37 House Democrats in Demanding Release of CDC Public Health Funds

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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…

Babies Over Billionaires: Kennedy Calls for Passage of Legislation Lifting Tariffs on Baby Products

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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…

In Letter to Postmaster General, Kennedy Demands Fair Delivery Access for Whistling Straits Residents in Wheatfield

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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…

Keep the Promise: Kennedy, WNY Leaders Rally In Opposition to Trump’s End-Run Around Social Security

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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…

Congressman Kennedy Calls on Trump Administration to Reverse Efforts to Weaken ATF and Federal Gun Regulations

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Kennedy Demands Accountability on Dangerous Proposals to Undermine Public Safety BUFFALO, NY – Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) led 47 of his colleagues in sending a letter to Acting ATF Director Daniel Driscoll and Attorney General Pam Bondi urging the Trump administration to reverse harmful efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to weaken the Bureau of Alcohol,…

Cancel the Cuts: Kennedy Warns That As Need Rises, Reconciliation Law Only Worsens Hunger Crisis in WNY

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With FeedMore Already Seeing Historic Levels of Utilization, New Red Tape and Shifting of Expenses to States Threaten to Cost New York State Billions and Leave WNY Families Hungry BUFFALO, N.Y. - Congressman Tim Kennedy, joined by FeedMore WNY President and CEO Tara Ellis, warned that the recently passed Republican reconciliation law threatens to take food off the table for hungry…

Statement from Congressman Kennedy on Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

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President Trump has broken his promise to end the war in Gaza. Hamas continues to hold innocent people hostage because of his ineffective diplomacy. His strategic and moral failure has led to deteriorating conditions, with new reports and images of mass starvation of Palestinians. This is completely unacceptable. No one should ever die of hunger, especially children.   The Trump…