The Peru Gazette

Dear Friend,

Welcome to my new weekly e-newsletter to help keep you informed on what I am working on in Congress.

This week I had the honor of being sworn in as your Representative in Congress. This is incredibly humbling, and I want each of you to know that I will work my hardest on your behalf in Washington. In addition, I want to thank the over fifty North Country residents who were able to make the trip down to Washington for their support – it meant a lot to me for you to make that trip.

For too long our government has been broken and partisan politics have stood in the way of making real progress for the American people. As I said throughout the campaign, I will work with anyone of any party if they are willing to put solutions on the table that will help my constituents in New York’s North Country.

I want you to know that I hit the ground running this week on your behalf. In fact, the House passed several commonsense, bipartisan measures that would help create jobs and lower energy costs, help our veterans find jobs, and reduce the burden Obamacare is causing on our job creators and American workers. These measures include:

H.R. 22 – the Hire More Heroes Act — legislation that will help our nation’s bravest get back to work by exempting veterans who already have health insurance from being counted as full-time workers under Obamacare’s employer mandate.
H.R. 30 – the Save American Workers Act — commonsense legislation that changes the arbitrary definition of a full time worker under the Affordable Care Act from 30 hours to the traditional 40 hour week, allowing businesses to avoid onerous penalties and helping American workers make a decent living.
H.R. 3 – the Keystone XL Pipeline Act – bipartisan legislation that would approve TransCanada’s application to construct the pipeline, which will create as many as 42,000 new jobs, help lower energy prices for North Country families and help grow our economy.

As part of my commitment to transparency, you can find a list of my votes this week on my official Facebook page here. I encourage you to “like” that page to stay up to date with what I am voting on and to follow me on my official Twitter account here as well.

This week was just the beginning. I look forward to serving on the Armed Forces Committee so that I can protect and strengthen Fort Drum. I will also be serving on the Committee on Education and the Workforce where I will work on solutions for hard working North Country families to help make education more affordable and our workforce more agile to meet the needs of the 21st Century economy.

In addition, I will be fighting hard to advance tax and regulatory reform so that our economy can grow. I will pursue sensible spending at the federal level so that our government lives within its means and preserves the American Dream for all.

I would also like to invite you to attend a ceremonial swearing in ceremony in Plattsburgh tomorrow at the Clinton County Government Center from 12:00pm to 2pm. More information on this event can be found here.

Again, serving you in Congress is an incredible honor. Please do not hesitate to contact any of my offices if you need our help, or if you want to share your opinion. All of my office information can be found at http://stefanik.house.gov as well as how to email us or request services. Remember, my office is your office – I look forward to serving you.

Sincerely,

Elise

Elise Stefanik
Member of Congress