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Kennedy Calls to End the Republican Shutdown as Safety Net Cliff Threatens Families

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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…

Kennedy Statement on Ending of Canada Trade Talks

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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…

Kennedy, Parents, And Providers Sound The Alarm On Risk Medicaid Cuts And Dept. Of Education Firings Pose To Early Intervention Care

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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…

Kennedy, Organized Labor, Nursing Home Leadership, and Residents Warn of Dire Consequences of Medicaid Cuts on Nursing Home Care

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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…

Kennedy Joins Primary Care and Emergency Care Providers to Demand GOP Cancel the Cuts and Reopen the Government

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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…

Kennedy, Ramirez Lead 95 House Democrats in Demanding VA Reinstate Collective Bargaining Agreements for 377,000 Workers

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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…

Kennedy: As We Warned, Healthcare Cuts Are Closing Facilities, Driving Up Premiums, And Putting WNY in Danger

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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…

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…