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Mike Lawler

U.S. representative for New York's 17th District since January 2023, in his second term. Campaign affiliation: Republican, Conservative.

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Background, stated goals, record, and money

Goals come from the campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

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Background comes from official records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so; goals are summarized from the campaign's own platform and stay attributed; the record lines are official actions with the government source attached; money is shown as filed, with the filings it covers in the note under the table, and is not evidence of why any position was taken.

Mike Lawler

Background

  • Has represented the 17th District since January 2023 and is in his second term.
  • Sits on the House Financial Services and Foreign Affairs committees, including Foreign Affairs' subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, which his campaign says he chairs.
  • His campaign says he served in the New York State Assembly for the 97th District, and before that as Orangetown deputy town supervisor.
  • Grew up in Rockland County and lives in Pearl River, his campaign says.

What they say they want to do

  • Reopen the Indian Point nuclear plant and repeal or overhaul New York's climate law.
  • End cashless bail and let judges weigh dangerousness when setting bail.
  • No federal abortion ban, with limits on late-term abortion and parental notice for minors.
  • A federal tax credit for IVF and other fertility treatment.
  • A 2% cap on federal student loan interest rates.

What the official record shows

  • Two of his Iran oil sanctions bills, the SHIP Act and the Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act, became law inside Public Law 118-50.
  • His Enhanced Presidential Security Act, passed by the House 405-0, became Public Law 118-91.
  • Voted for the 2025 reconciliation act, which raised the SALT cap to $40,000; it became Public Law 119-21.
  • Voted for a three-year extension of enhanced ACA premium tax credits, which passed 230-196 after he signed the Democratic leader's discharge petition. The Senate has not passed it.
  • The ROAD housing law, which he cosponsored and voted for, contains core provisions corresponding to six bills he formally sponsored (H.R. 5913, 3774, 7504, 7108, 7596 and 7595), with version changes. The law is not yet proof of construction or lower prices.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 11 committees$2,958,196
Leadership PACs 101 committees$573,500
Corporation PACs 117 committees$417,000
PAC - Qualified 43 committees$237,695
Trade Association PACs 55 committees$229,500
Labor Organization PACs 35 committees$158,500
House 51 committees$126,377
Membership Organization PACs 28 committees$101,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 6 committees$32,500
Corporation w/o capital stock PACs 6 committees$25,000
PAC - Nonqualified 2 committees$7,000
Party committees 3 committees$5,270
Committees the FEC records no type for 11 committees$5,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Nonqualified 2 committees$3,733
Cooperative PACs 3 committees$3,000
Super PAC (Independent Expenditure-Only) 1 committee$1,000

Source: Federal Election Commission

Money from political committees in the 2025-26 cycle, through June 30, 2026 (FEC lines 11B, 11C and 12). The rows sum to 4,884,270.66 dollars. Donations from individuals, including through ActBlue or WinRed, are not counted here.

Words and record

What they say, and what the record shows

Each card gets one label from a fixed list and states its own limit.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

Lawler said he introduced a bipartisan proposal with Jared Moskowitz to cap student-loan interest rates at 2%.

What the record shows ·

He sponsored H.R. 2003 with Moskowitz as an original cosponsor, but its 2% rate remains a proposal for specified federal loans.

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What they say

Lawler said he introduced a bipartisan proposal with Jared Moskowitz to cap student-loan interest rates at 2%.

What the record shows ·

Lawler introduced H.R. 2003, the Affordable Loans for Students Act, March 10, 2025. Jared Moskowitz and Anna Paulina Luna were original cosponsors. Its text proposes a 2.0% rate for specified federal loans, modifying eligible Secretary-held loans and permitting refinancing of specified other federal loans. Its new Direct-loan rule would apply after the first July 1 following enactment. The captured action history shows introduction and committee referral, not passage or enactment.

Limit: This establishes the proposal and the named bipartisan introduction. It does not set a current rate for every student loan or cover every private loan. Nearby claims about debt amounts, job prospects and healthcare are not validated by the text. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

No assessment

What they say

Lawler said he had led Haitian TPS advocacy and pushed back on the President, helped pass the extension bill through the House and still needed Senate action. He also said he had spoken repeatedly with the administration, obtained several extensions and worked individual cases.

What the record shows ·

His letters, petition, cosponsorship and House vote are documented; the bill is not law. Personally obtained extensions and individual case outcomes remain unconfirmed.

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What they say

Lawler said he had led Haitian TPS advocacy and pushed back on the President, helped pass the extension bill through the House and still needed Senate action. He also said he had spoken repeatedly with the administration, obtained several extensions and worked individual cases.

What the record shows ·

Lawler was an original cosponsor of Laura Gillen’s H.R. 1689, introduced February 27, 2025. He voted Yea on April 16, 2026 House passage, 224-204. The House-passed text would require designation through April 20, 2029; the introduced version instead specified eighteen months beginning August 3, 2025. The bill reached the Senate calendar April 21 and has not become law. His signed September 8, 2025 Trump letter requests a policy rethink and TPS extension. The Clerk records his March 4, 2026 petition signature, number 165, seeking House consideration. His signed July 1, 2026 Thune letter seeks Senate passage. Separately, DHS’s July 1, 2024 notice made an eighteen-month administrative extension through February 3, 2026 under Secretary Mayorkas.

Why there is no assessment here

The dated advocacy and collective House-passage participation are supported. The several administrative extensions he says he obtained remain unidentified, including whether they mean country designation, employment documents or individual relief; conversations, cause and case outcomes are not independently corroborated. The 2024 extension is not evidence that Trump reversed course because of Lawler. House passage did not enact protection or itself change status. Later administrative and court developments require their own dated status check.

Limit: The dated advocacy and collective House-passage participation are supported. The several administrative extensions he says he obtained remain unidentified, including whether they mean country designation, employment documents or individual relief; conversations, cause and case outcomes are not independently corroborated. The 2024 extension is not evidence that Trump reversed course because of Lawler. House passage did not enact protection or itself change status. Later administrative and court developments require their own dated status check. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

No assessment

What they say

Lawler said the 2025 law delivered the largest tax cut in American history, put more than $4,000 back in Hudson Valley families’ pockets and fulfilled his promise to raise the SALT cap from $10,000 to $40,000. He also said over 90% of Hudson Valley taxpayers could fully deduct their state and local taxes.

What the record shows

The SALT cap rises temporarily, with income/filing limits, then returns to $10,000 in 2030. His $4,000 savings, 90% share, earlier $40,000 promise and largest-ever claim remain unverified.

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What they say

Lawler said the 2025 law delivered the largest tax cut in American history, put more than $4,000 back in Hudson Valley families’ pockets and fulfilled his promise to raise the SALT cap from $10,000 to $40,000. He also said over 90% of Hudson Valley taxpayers could fully deduct their state and local taxes.

What the record shows

Lawler voted Yea on the May 22, 2025 House bill and Aye on final House concurrence July 3. Public Law 119-21 sets the SALT itemized-deduction cap at $40,000 for 2025 and $40,400 for 2026, with 1% annual increases through 2029 and a return to $10,000 in 2030. Married-separate limits are half. The cap is reduced by 30% of modified adjusted gross income above $500,000 in 2025 or $505,000 in 2026, subject to the statutory floor. His January 2025 op-ed had advocated $100,000 for single filers and $200,000 jointly. JCT’s July 1 score of Senate-passed tax provisions estimated about $4.475 trillion less revenue over 2025-2034 relative to present law. His campaign calculator gives $3,293 for a typical family of four and repeats a 90% residents estimate.

Why there is no assessment here

The enacted cap change is documented, but the precise earlier $40,000 promise, largest-ever historical comparison, more-than-$4,000 local household amount and over-90% full-deduction share remain unverified. Each requires a defined population, dates and baseline. The January proposal was larger; its enactment is not claimed here. Itemization, income phaseout and actual taxes paid determine eligibility. Lower examples with different assumptions do not automatically disprove the debate amount, and the revenue score is not a cash payment to each family.

Limit: The enacted cap change is documented, but the precise earlier $40,000 promise, largest-ever historical comparison, more-than-$4,000 local household amount and over-90% full-deduction share remain unverified. Each requires a defined population, dates and baseline. The January proposal was larger; its enactment is not claimed here. Itemization, income phaseout and actual taxes paid determine eligibility. Lower examples with different assumptions do not automatically disprove the debate amount, and the revenue score is not a cash payment to each family. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

No assessment

What they say

At the debate, Lawler described the package as providing no tax on Social Security. His campaign separately says the new $6,000-per-person deduction eliminates tax on benefits for 88% of seniors.

What the record shows ·

The law adds a $6,000 age-65 deduction with income limits through 2028; benefits can still be taxed. The campaign's 88% comes from a June 2025 draft-stage estimate.

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What they say

At the debate, Lawler described the package as providing no tax on Social Security. His campaign separately says the new $6,000-per-person deduction eliminates tax on benefits for 88% of seniors.

What the record shows ·

Lawler voted for Public Law 119-21. Section 70103 creates a $6,000 deduction for each qualifying person age 65 or older, up to $12,000 jointly when both qualify, for 2025-2028. Each $6,000 amount is reduced by 6% of modified adjusted gross income above $75,000, or $150,000 jointly. Qualifying Social Security numbers and married-joint filing are required. Receiving Social Security is not required. IRS Publication 554 continues to calculate taxable Social Security benefits; in some circumstances up to 85% of benefits is included in taxable income.

Why there is no assessment here

The deduction does not make all Social Security benefits exempt, and 85% is an income-inclusion share, not a tax rate. Individual tax liabilities and the final-law share owing no tax were not calculated. The campaign’s 88% comes from a June 2025 Council of Economic Advisers estimate on a draft; the debate itself did not state that percentage.

Limit: The deduction does not make all Social Security benefits exempt, and 85% is an income-inclusion share, not a tax rate. Individual tax liabilities and the final-law share owing no tax were not calculated. The campaign’s 88% comes from a June 2025 Council of Economic Advisers estimate on a draft; the debate itself did not state that percentage. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he championed and helped deliver passage of the Social Security Fairness Act, which raised benefits for teachers, police, firefighters and other public workers.

What the record shows ·

He cosponsored the bill, signed the petition to force a House vote and voted for it; it became law in January 2025.

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What they say

His campaign says he championed and helped deliver passage of the Social Security Fairness Act, which raised benefits for teachers, police, firefighters and other public workers.

“Championed and helped deliver passage of the Social Security Fairness Act”

What the record shows ·

He became a cosponsor of H.R. 82 on March 3, 2023, one of 330. He signed the discharge petition to force a House vote on the day it was filed, September 10, 2024, as signature 22 and the fourth Republican; it reached 218 signatures on September 19. He voted Yea when the House passed the bill 327-75 on November 12, 2024. It became Public Law 118-273 on January 5, 2025.

Limit: He backed the bill, helped force the House vote and voted for it. He was one of 330 cosponsors and did not sponsor it, so championed is his word for it.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he took on his own party's leaders to force a House vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies and prevent premium increases.

What the record shows ·

He signed the discharge petition as signature 216 and voted for the bill, which passed the House 230-196 but has not passed the Senate.

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What they say

His campaign says he took on his own party's leaders to force a House vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies and prevent premium increases.

“Took on his own party leadership to force a House vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies”

What the record shows ·

He signed the Democratic leader's discharge petition for H.R. 1834 on December 17, 2025, as signature 216. He then voted Yea to discharge it on January 7, 2026, for the rule on January 8, and for passage, which carried 230-196. The bill extends the enhanced premium tax credits through 2028.

Limit: The House vote happened, and his signature helped bring it. The Senate has not passed the bill, so it has not changed anyone's premiums.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

Lawler said he had introduced legislation to improve IVF treatment access, including a new tax credit to help pay for costly procedures. His campaign names H.R. 1878.

What the record shows ·

H.R. 1878 proposes an annual credit with expense, income and carryforward rules, but it remains in committee.

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What they say

Lawler said he had introduced legislation to improve IVF treatment access, including a new tax credit to help pay for costly procedures. His campaign names H.R. 1878.

What the record shows ·

Lawler introduced H.R. 1878, the IVF Access and Affordability Act, March 5, 2025. It proposes a $20,000 annual maximum credit for covered reproductive-technology expenses, with a $40,000 joint or surviving-spouse rule only when both relevant individuals incur covered expenses. The credit phases out as adjusted gross income rises from $200,000 to $300,000, or $400,000 to $600,000 for the joint/surviving-spouse rule. Reimbursement and double-benefit restrictions apply; unused credit can carry forward for five years. The captured history shows introduction and referral to Ways and Means.

Limit: The credit is proposed, not an enacted or universal refundable payment. The record verifies introduction and policy design, not actual lower treatment costs or expanded access. The debate’s tax-credit phrase is confirmed in the retained extended native context. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he successfully led the fight to extend the Undetectable Firearms Act.

What the record shows ·

His own 10-year extension bill stayed in committee; the Act was extended to 2031 by spending laws he voted for, which most members also backed.

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What they say

His campaign says he successfully led the fight to extend the Undetectable Firearms Act.

“Successfully led the fight to extend the bipartisan Undetectable Firearms Act”

What the record shows ·

He introduced a bill to extend the Act for ten years, H.R. 7040, on January 18, 2024; it stayed in committee. The extension was carried by stopgap spending laws from November 2023, starting with one he voted for, and then by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, which he also voted for and which keeps the Act in force until March 8, 2031.

Limit: The Act was extended, and he voted for the first stopgap and the final law. His own bill sought ten years and did not pass; the law gave about seven. The extension rode in large spending bills most members voted for, so the record cannot show that he led the fight.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he cosponsored the Bipartisan Background Checks Act.

What the record shows ·

He became a cosponsor of H.R. 18 in August 2025, two months after it was introduced; it is in the Judiciary Committee.

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What they say

His campaign says he cosponsored the Bipartisan Background Checks Act.

“Cosponsored the Bipartisan Background Checks Act (H.R. 18)”

What the record shows ·

He became a cosponsor of H.R. 18 on August 15, 2025, two months after it was introduced. It is in the Judiciary Committee.

Limit: Cosponsoring is all the claim says. The bill has had no vote.

No assessment

What they say

Lawler said he had led on the Dignity Act, without specifying a Congress or year. His campaign separately cites cosponsorship of H.R. 4393.

What the record shows

The current bill confirms original cosponsorship and team participation, while exact drafting or negotiating leadership remains unresolved.

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What they say

Lawler said he had led on the Dignity Act, without specifying a Congress or year. His campaign separately cites cosponsorship of H.R. 4393.

What the record shows

María Elvira Salazar formally sponsored H.R. 4393 July 15, 2025, with Lawler as an original cosponsor. Salazar’s page identifies Salazar and Veronica Escobar as leaders and Lawler among the bipartisan participants. The current bill’s complete history records introduction and referrals rather than passage or enactment. This establishes participation in the current effort; his debate wording also permits relevant earlier Dignity work.

Why there is no assessment here

Political leadership is not synonymous with sole sponsorship. Direct drafting or negotiation leadership remains source-limited, and original cosponsorship alone does not settle that broader credit. H.R. 4393 has not created an enacted immigration-status benefit. The campaign’s historical first-serious-reform description remains opinion.

Limit: Political leadership is not synonymous with sole sponsorship. Direct drafting or negotiation leadership remains source-limited, and original cosponsorship alone does not settle that broader credit. H.R. 4393 has not created an enacted immigration-status benefit. The campaign’s historical first-serious-reform description remains opinion. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he supports secure borders and opposes sanctuary policies for migrants who commit crimes.

What the record shows ·

He voted for House bills cutting funds to sanctuary cities and restarting border wall work, which did not become law, and for the Laken Riley Act, which did.

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His campaign says he supports secure borders and opposes sanctuary policies for migrants who commit crimes.

“a commonsense voice in support of secure borders and opposing “Sanctuary” policies for criminal migrants”

What the record shows ·

He was an original cosponsor of the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act, H.R. 5717, and voted Yea when it passed the House 219-186 on September 20, 2024 (roll call 437). It cuts off federal funds that sanctuary jurisdictions plan to spend on migrants here without legal status. He voted Yea on the Secure the Border Act, H.R. 2, which passed the House 219-213 on May 11, 2023 (roll call 209); it called for restarting border wall construction and changing asylum rules. He voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act, S. 5, which passed the House 263-156 on January 22, 2025 (roll call 23) and became law on January 29. It requires the Homeland Security Department to detain certain migrants who entered illegally or lack valid entry papers and are arrested for or charged with theft, burglary, shoplifting or assaulting a law enforcement officer.

Limit: Only the Laken Riley Act became law. These are passage votes; amendment votes were not counted.

No assessment

What they say

Lawler said he led the largest bipartisan housing bill in over 36 years to pass Congress, with the aim of increasing supply and reducing prices. His campaign also says the law incorporated six of his bills.

What the record shows ·

Hill sponsored the housing law; Lawler cosponsored and backed it. Core parts of six Lawler bills are in it. Largest-in-36-years and lower-price claims remain unsettled.

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Lawler said he led the largest bipartisan housing bill in over 36 years to pass Congress, with the aim of increasing supply and reducing prices. His campaign also says the law incorporated six of his bills.

What the record shows ·

French Hill formally sponsored H.R. 6644. Lawler joined as a cosponsor January 15, 2026 and voted Yea on both House votes, 390-9 on February 9 and 358-32 on June 23. It became Public Law 119-101 on July 11. His June 23 office release identifies six bills that Congress lists him as formally sponsoring: H.R. 5913 (community investment), 3774 (HUD accountability), 7504 (middle-class housing), 7108 (public housing agency accountability), 7596 (housing access) and 7595 (Superfund exposure). Their core provisions correspond to sections 203, 701, 804(a), 805, 804(b) and 804(c), respectively. The law raises the bank public-welfare investment cap from 15% to 20%, requires annual HUD testimony, and adds housing studies and agency oversight. Other package provisions include H.R. 1981, 965 and 2840, which he cosponsored, and the H.R. 6345 provisions in section 102.

Why there is no assessment here

The six authored measures are all formally Lawler-sponsored; they are distinct from other cosponsored bills in the package. Core clause matches do not mean all six introduced texts were enacted verbatim: definitions, deadlines and additional requirements changed. Recorded contribution and votes do not establish sole passage credit. Largest in 36 years remains unresolved without a historical comparison and common size measure. Enacted authority and mandated studies do not yet establish homes built, lower prices or increased affordability.

Limit: The six authored measures are all formally Lawler-sponsored; they are distinct from other cosponsored bills in the package. Core clause matches do not mean all six introduced texts were enacted verbatim: definitions, deadlines and additional requirements changed. Recorded contribution and votes do not establish sole passage credit. Largest in 36 years remains unresolved without a historical comparison and common size measure. Enacted authority and mandated studies do not yet establish homes built, lower prices or increased affordability. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

Matches stated direction

What they say

Lawler described work on permitting reform to increase domestic energy production. His campaign also supports faster permits for pipelines, transmission lines and generation facilities.

What the record shows ·

He cosponsored one permitting bill and voted for three that passed the House; the records show none became law. The votes do not show more energy supply or lower utility bills.

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Lawler described work on permitting reform to increase domestic energy production. His campaign also supports faster permits for pipelines, transmission lines and generation facilities.

What the record shows ·

Lawler joined H.R. 3668 as a cosponsor September 10, 2025, rather than at introduction. He voted Yea on its House passage December 12, 213-184 (roll 334). The bill coordinates FERC and other agencies’ natural-gas-project reviews. He also voted Yea on H.R. 4776, the SPEED Act, December 18, 221-196 (roll 356), and H.R. 1 in the 118th Congress March 30, 2023, 225-204 (roll 182). Those texts address environmental-review procedures and coordinated energy-project decisions; the SPEED Act includes a 150-day challenge deadline after public final action. Captured histories show House passage, rather than enactment of these vehicles.

Limit: These actions match his stated permitting direction. They do not demonstrate a measured increase in supply or lower utility bills. The adjacent 58% New York rate figure and its Indian Point causal explanation are not settled by permitting votes. House passage is distinct from law. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he introduced and passed into law bills against Iran's illicit oil trade, including the SHIP Act and the Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act.

What the record shows ·

He sponsored both bills, and both became law in April 2024 inside a larger foreign aid package he voted for.

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His campaign says he introduced and passed into law bills against Iran's illicit oil trade, including the SHIP Act and the Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act.

“Introduced and passed into law multiple pieces of legislation to combat the illicit Iranian oil trade”

What the record shows ·

He sponsored both: the SHIP Act (H.R. 3774) and the Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act of 2023 (H.R. 5923). Both went into the House package H.R. 8038, which he voted for on April 20, 2024 (360-58), and both became law as divisions J and S of Public Law 118-50 on April 24, 2024.

Limit: Both became law inside a much larger foreign aid package, not as stand-alone bills.

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What they say

His campaign says he passed into law the Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords Act.

What the record shows ·

His bill passed the House but not the Senate; the 2024 defense law he voted for created a broader office headed by an Abraham Accords envoy.

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His campaign says he passed into law the Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords Act.

“Passed into law the Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords Act”

In their own words, dated

“This year’s NDAA included policy Rep. Torres and I championed to establish the position of Special Presidential Envoy for the Abraham Accords, Negev Forum, and Related Integration and Normalization Fora and Agreements”

What the record shows ·

His bill, H.R. 3099, passed the House 413-13 on June 13, 2023, but not the Senate. Section 6407 of the 2024 defense act, which he voted for, adds a section 64 at the same place in the State Department's basic law: a Regional Integration Office headed by a Senate-confirmed envoy for the Abraham Accords, the Negev Forum and related agreements, with the rank of ambassador. It became law on December 22, 2023.

Limit: The law creates a broader version of the office his bill proposed, with a longer title and different duties. Neither chamber's version of the defense bill had it; it was added in conference, and while his office credited it to him and Rep. Torres, the conference report does not say where it came from.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he has always voted for the National Defense Authorization Act.

What the record shows ·

He voted for House passage of each year's defense bill from 2023 to 2026 and for the final House votes on the 2024, 2025 and 2026 acts.

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His campaign says he has always voted for the National Defense Authorization Act.

“Has always voted for the National Defense Authorization Act”

What the record shows ·

He voted Yea or Aye on House passage of each year's defense bill since he took office: July 2023, June 2024, September 2025 and July 2026. He voted Yea on the final House votes for the 2024, 2025 and 2026 acts.

Limit: These are the passage and final votes. Votes on amendments and procedure were not counted.

No assessment

What they say

Lawler supported banning individual-stock trading by members of Congress and said he had led on the bill.

What the record shows ·

Lawler cosponsored Steil's stock bill and backed House passage. It limits purchases and requires sale notices; it is not law. Exact leadership credit remains unsettled.

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Lawler supported banning individual-stock trading by members of Congress and said he had led on the bill.

What the record shows ·

Bryan Steil sponsored H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act, January 12, 2026, with Lawler as an original cosponsor. Its House-passed text restricts covered purchases by members, spouses and dependent children, with exceptions including diversified funds, and requires 7-14 days’ notice before sales. A federal-voting photo ID provision is also in that text. Lawler voted Yea on House passage July 22, 232-198 (roll 280). Senate cloture on proceeding failed September 30, so it has not become law.

Why there is no assessment here

Cosponsorship and his vote establish meaningful participation, but direct drafting or negotiating leadership remains source-limited. Political leadership does not require sole authorship. The bill regulates purchases and sales rather than banning every transaction or holding, and supporting it does not prove opposition to a broader ban.

Limit: Cosponsorship and his vote establish meaningful participation, but direct drafting or negotiating leadership remains source-limited. Political leadership does not require sole authorship. The bill regulates purchases and sales rather than banning every transaction or holding, and supporting it does not prove opposition to a broader ban. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

Lawler said he worked with Diana Lemon on a caregiver bill to improve mental-health treatment and services. The official title is Dream’s Caregiver Health and Wellness Act.

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His office calls Lemon a constituent advocate. H.R. 7911 proposes caregiver-wellness grants and is still in committee; authorization is not delivered funding or services.

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Lawler said he worked with Diana Lemon on a caregiver bill to improve mental-health treatment and services. The official title is Dream’s Caregiver Health and Wellness Act.

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Lawler introduced H.R. 7911 March 12, 2026. It proposes HHS/Administration for Community Living grants to nonprofits for caregiver wellness, including mental-health services, meals, transportation and wellness programs, with $250 million annually authorized for fiscal 2027-2031. His March 12 office release identifies Diana E. Lemon as a constituent advocate, carries her support and connects the proposal to her advocacy. The bill’s captured history shows introduction and referral to Education and Workforce.

Limit: Lemon is identified as a constituent advocate, not a legislator or a Democratic colleague; those labels are absent from the native claim. Authorization is not an appropriation, grant award or delivered services. The introduced caregiver definition contains a repeated word, so broader compensated/uncompensated eligibility is not inferred from it. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

No assessment

What they say

Lawler said he and Josh Gottheimer had introduced numerous AI bills, naming the Stop Rogue AI Act to address rogue bots and agents.

What the record shows

Gottheimer sponsored the Stop Rogue AI Act with Lawler as original cosponsor. Unpassed agent safeguards establish neither numerous bills nor universal model testing.

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Lawler said he and Josh Gottheimer had introduced numerous AI bills, naming the Stop Rogue AI Act to address rogue bots and agents.

What the record shows

Gottheimer sponsored H.R. 10362 September 14, 2026, with Lawler as its original cosponsor. The text directs NIST standards for agent discovery and identification, organization control, evaluation before and after deployment and monitoring, coordinating with NTIA and CISA. It also directs proposed federal procurement revisions. The four-action captured history shows introduction and referrals, no passage or enactment.

Why there is no assessment here

The named bill and formal joint introduction are documented. One named bill does not settle the broader numerous-pieces assertion. Agent standards do not establish a requirement that every new AI model be tested before release, and the proposed safeguards are not enacted.

Limit: The named bill and formal joint introduction are documented. One named bill does not settle the broader numerous-pieces assertion. Agent standards do not establish a requirement that every new AI model be tested before release, and the proposed safeguards are not enacted. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

Lawler identified the Jewish American Security Act as his legislation and elsewhere said he led on it.

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Goldman sponsored the bill with Lawler as an original cosponsor; Goldman’s office corroborates co-leading introduction, while funding and protections remain proposed.

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What they say

Lawler identified the Jewish American Security Act as his legislation and elsewhere said he led on it.

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Daniel Goldman introduced H.R. 9211 June 9, 2026, with Lawler as an original cosponsor. Goldman’s June 10 office announcement describes Goldman and Lawler leading the bipartisan introduction together. The bill proposes $1 billion annually for nonprofit security grants for fiscal 2027-2031, local law-enforcement support for at-risk houses of worship and an Education Department antisemitism coordinator. Its last captured actions are July 7 Homeland Security subcommittee referrals.

Limit: The record supports joint introduction, not sole authorship; Goldman remains the formal sponsor. His office is a participant source. Proposed authorization is not an appropriation, grant award, enacted protection or evidence that antisemitism declined. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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What they say

Lawler named the Antisemitism Awareness Act among legislation he had led with Josh Gottheimer.

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Lawler introduced H.R. 1007 with Gottheimer as an original cosponsor, and it is still in committee. A separate earlier bill, H.R. 6090, passed the House in 2024.

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Lawler named the Antisemitism Awareness Act among legislation he had led with Josh Gottheimer.

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Lawler introduced H.R. 1007 in 2025, with Gottheimer as an original cosponsor. It proposes to consider the specified IHRA definition and examples in covered Title VI assessments involving antisemitic intent, while preserving First Amendment rights and existing discrimination standards. Its complete captured history shows introduction and referral; the current bill remains in committee. The distinct predecessor H.R. 6090 in the 118th Congress passed the House 320-91 on May 1, 2024 and then reached the Senate; that is a different bill and Congress.

Limit: The comparison verifies sponsorship, joint introduction and proposed content, not enactment or effectiveness. Prior House passage of H.R. 6090 is not House passage of the current H.R. 1007. Purpose language about confronting antisemitism does not establish its elimination. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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What they say

Lawler named the IGO Anti-Boycott Act among legislation he had led with Josh Gottheimer.

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Lawler introduced H.R. 867 with Gottheimer as an original cosponsor, and it is still in committee. A separate earlier bill, H.R. 3016, passed the House by voice vote in 2024.

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Lawler named the IGO Anti-Boycott Act among legislation he had led with Josh Gottheimer.

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Lawler introduced H.R. 867 in 2025, with Gottheimer as an original cosponsor. It proposes to extend Anti-Boycott Act language to international governmental organizations and require an annual report. Its complete captured history shows introduction and referral; the current bill remains in committee. The distinct predecessor H.R. 3016 in the 118th Congress passed the House by voice vote February 13, 2024 and then reached the Senate; that is a different bill and Congress.

Limit: The comparison verifies sponsorship, joint introduction and proposed content, not enactment or effectiveness. Prior House passage of H.R. 3016 is not House passage of the current H.R. 867. Purpose language about confronting antisemitism does not establish its elimination. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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What they say

Lawler said he had pushed back against efforts to ban access to mifepristone.

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His December 2023 and March 2024 statements document opposition in the Supreme Court case without establishing a legislative or judicial outcome.

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Lawler said he had pushed back against efforts to ban access to mifepristone.

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In his December 13, 2023 office statement, Lawler urged the Supreme Court not to restrict mifepristone through the case it had agreed to hear. On March 26, 2024 he again opposed a potential ruling banning or limiting access. These contemporaneous statements document public advocacy before the debate.

Limit: His own published statements directly establish public advocacy on this case. They do not establish a filed brief, an enacted protection, judicial causation or opposition to every possible restriction. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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What they say

Lawler said he had consistently been rated among the most bipartisan and effective members during his four years serving the district.

What the record shows

Issuers rank him 4th in 2023 bipartisanship, A in 2026 Bridge Grades and most effective 118th-Congress freshman. Methods and periods differ; four-year consistency is unsettled.

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Lawler said he had consistently been rated among the most bipartisan and effective members during his four years serving the district.

What the record shows

The Lugar Center and Georgetown’s McCourt School placed Lawler fourth in their House Bipartisan Index for calendar 2023, released May 14, 2024. Bridge Grades separately showed a 99.2 score and A grade for him in the 119th Congress as of September 28, 2026. The Center for Effective Lawmaking’s March 2025 report identified him as the most effective freshman in the 118th Congress. Bipartisanship and effectiveness measure different things, and Bridge and Lugar use different methods.

Why there is no assessment here

These are the named issuers’ dated results. They do not establish a uniform annual 2023-2026 series, a current 119th-Congress effectiveness result or one overall score across the indexes. This comparison creates no Stated Record ranking of candidates.

Limit: These are the named issuers’ dated results. They do not establish a uniform annual 2023-2026 series, a current 119th-Congress effectiveness result or one overall score across the indexes. This comparison creates no Stated Record ranking of candidates. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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What they say

Lawler cited endorsements from Jared Golden and a New Castle town councilwoman. The named endorsement source identifies the councilwoman as Ally Chemtob, resolving the caption’s inconsistent spelling.

What the record shows

His campaign hosts Golden's attributed endorsement and Chemtob's statement as a Democratic councilwoman. The newspaper original and a separate town roster were not checked.

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Lawler cited endorsements from Jared Golden and a New Castle town councilwoman. The named endorsement source identifies the councilwoman as Ally Chemtob, resolving the caption’s inconsistent spelling.

What the record shows

Lawler’s campaign archive dated September 21, 2026 reproduces a reelection endorsement op-ed attributed to Congressman Jared Golden and USA Today. Its September 14 release carries Ally Chemtob’s first-person endorsement statement and a linked video, identifying her as a Democratic New Castle councilwoman. These records document campaign-hosted endorsement statements from the people Lawler named.

Why there is no assessment here

The Golden op-ed’s newspaper original and a separate municipal role roster were not captured. Attribution and recipient hosting matter: an endorsement does not independently establish every policy claim in its text.

Limit: The Golden op-ed’s newspaper original and a separate municipal role roster were not captured. Attribution and recipient hosting matter: an endorsement does not independently establish every policy claim in its text. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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What they say

Lawler described the tax package as providing no tax on tips and no tax on overtime.

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The 2025-2028 law deducts qualified tips up to $25,000 and the overtime premium, with caps and income limits. It does not end every tax on tips or all overtime pay.

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Lawler described the tax package as providing no tax on tips and no tax on overtime.

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Sections 70201 and 70202 create federal income-tax deductions for qualified tips and qualified overtime for 2025-2028, available to itemizers and non-itemizers. Tips are capped at $25,000 per return; overtime at $12,500, or $25,000 jointly. Each deduction is reduced by $100 for each $1,000 of modified adjusted gross income above $150,000, or $300,000 jointly. Qualified overtime is the FLSA-required premium above regular pay, generally the extra half in time-and-a-half. Tips must meet occupation, voluntary-payment, reporting and other statutory conditions. Married taxpayers must file jointly and qualifying Social Security numbers are required.

Why there is no assessment here

These are conditional, temporary federal deductions. The literal no-tax wording does not establish elimination of every tax on every tip or all pay earned during overtime hours. Payroll taxes, state treatment and each taxpayer’s final liability are separate questions.

Limit: These are conditional, temporary federal deductions. The literal no-tax wording does not establish elimination of every tax on every tip or all pay earned during overtime hours. Payroll taxes, state treatment and each taxpayer’s final liability are separate questions. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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What they say

Lawler denied that he had voted with President Trump 100% of the time.

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His Yea on an unsuccessful override of Trump’s H.R. 131 veto supplies a specific contrary vote without calculating an overall alignment percentage.

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Lawler denied that he had voted with President Trump 100% of the time.

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On January 8, 2026, Lawler voted Yea to pass H.R. 131 over President Trump’s December 29, 2025 veto. The Clerk records 248 Yeas, 177 Nays and one Present, so the override failed. The bill’s complete history records both the veto and override attempt. This supplies one concrete current-term vote against the President’s recorded veto position.

Limit: The conclusion is confined to the literal denial of universal alignment. It calculates no overall percentage and does not resolve a tracker’s separately defined vote universe. A failed override still records his contrary vote; no allegation about an opponent’s honesty is adopted. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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What they say

Lawler said eligibility verification, proof of citizenship and work requirements would protect Medicaid, while not taking coverage away from disabled people, working mothers, children or seniors.

What the record shows

Work rules exempt specified groups, including disability, pregnancy and parents of children under 14. The documentation reference and actual coverage for every named group are unsettled.

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Lawler said eligibility verification, proof of citizenship and work requirements would protect Medicaid, while not taking coverage away from disabled people, working mothers, children or seniors.

What the record shows

CMS’s June 1, 2026 rule summary says work requirements generally start no later than January 1, 2027 for specified nonpregnant adults ages 19-64 without Medicare. It sets an 80-hour monthly activity rule or other qualifying routes. Exclusions include disability or medical frailty, pregnancy/postpartum, specified tribal members, and parents or caretakers of children under fourteen or disabled dependents. Public Law 119-21 also requires six-month redeterminations for specified expansion/waiver enrollees from 2027, with exceptions. Its October 1, 2026 noncitizen-eligibility provision retains listed noncitizen categories, rather than making Medicaid citizens-only. CBO projects that the law overall reduces Medicaid enrollment by 12.9 million in 2034, including 1.5 million duplicate enrollments whose eligibility remains, and increases the uninsured population by 7.5 million.

Why there is no assessment here

Exclusions describe policy design, not guaranteed coverage retention for every named group. A parent of an older child is not automatically excluded under the under-fourteen caretaker rule. The citizenship-documentation wording’s existing-versus-new referent remains unresolved. CBO’s law-wide estimates are projections, not observed losses or effects attributable only to work rules; actual subgroup outcomes were not established.

Limit: Exclusions describe policy design, not guaranteed coverage retention for every named group. A parent of an older child is not automatically excluded under the under-fourteen caretaker rule. The citizenship-documentation wording’s existing-versus-new referent remains unresolved. CBO’s law-wide estimates are projections, not observed losses or effects attributable only to work rules; actual subgroup outcomes were not established. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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What they say

Lawler said Medicaid would grow by 25% even with the reforms and that the system had doubled under the Biden administration.

What the record shows

His years and measure are unspecified. Federal/state Medicaid spending rose 38.5% in 2020-2024; CBO projects federal spending up 35.5% in 2025-2034. Different series do not settle his claim.

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Lawler said Medicaid would grow by 25% even with the reforms and that the system had doubled under the Biden administration.

What the record shows

CBO’s February 2026 outlook lists federal Medicaid outlays of $668 billion in 2025 and projects $905 billion in 2034 and $981 billion in 2036. The 2025-2034 change is about 35.5% in nominal dollars. CMS’s historical combined federal/state spending series rises from $672.5 billion in 2020 to $931.7 billion in 2024, about 38.5%; average enrollment rises from 76.2 million to 84.3 million. These are defined comparison series, and the 2020-2024 spending series does not double.

Why there is no assessment here

The debate specifies neither years nor spending versus enrollment for its 25% and doubled assertions, so these figures cannot settle their intended referent. Higher nominal future spending can coexist with a reduction relative to a no-law baseline. Selecting an arbitrary projected window would not verify his percentage.

Limit: The debate specifies neither years nor spending versus enrollment for its 25% and doubled assertions, so these figures cannot settle their intended referent. Higher nominal future spending can coexist with a reduction relative to a no-law baseline. Selecting an arbitrary projected window would not verify his percentage. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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What they say

Lawler said he fought for and delivered an MCO-tax extension that brought more than $1.2 billion back to New York’s hospital system.

What the record shows

Sources project over $1.25 billion from a nine-month MCO-tax extension and document his advocacy, not $1.2 billion already paid to hospitals or sole credit for the extension.

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Lawler said he fought for and delivered an MCO-tax extension that brought more than $1.2 billion back to New York’s hospital system.

What the record shows

CMS’s February 2, 2026 final rule provides transition through December 31, 2026 for recently approved noncompliant healthcare-tax waivers, with different treatment for older approvals. GNYHA’s legislative testimony says New York’s MCO tax was extended through December 31, nine months beyond its previous March 31 end, providing more than $1.25 billion in additional revenues above the executive-budget assumption. Lawler’s January 28 statement describes his letters, calls and CMS visit advocating an extension; GNYHA also attributes advocacy to itself.

Why there is no assessment here

The public sources support an extension and documented advocacy, not a reconciliation showing over $1.2 billion already paid only to hospitals. Projected revenues, proposed hospital/nursing-home allocations, federal funding and state-share estimates are distinct units. Shared advocacy may be credited with attribution; the rule was a federal transition framework, not an individual waiver awarded to Lawler.

Limit: The public sources support an extension and documented advocacy, not a reconciliation showing over $1.2 billion already paid only to hospitals. Projected revenues, proposed hospital/nursing-home allocations, federal funding and state-share estimates are distinct units. Shared advocacy may be credited with attribution; the rule was a federal transition framework, not an individual waiver awarded to Lawler. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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What they say

Lawler said he helped get FEMA funds released, bringing more than $2 billion back to New York’s hospital system.

What the record shows

Office and recipient statements show reimbursement progress, while the hospital-only amount actually paid remains unverified.

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Lawler said he helped get FEMA funds released, bringing more than $2 billion back to New York’s hospital system.

What the record shows

Lawler and Garbarino’s February 26, 2026 announcement reports movement on delayed pandemic reimbursements. Garbarino’s February 27 release says more than $2 billion in emergency expenses are being obligated and includes hospital executives’ reactions. Northwell’s chief executive describes $267 million being reimbursed and on its way. These recipient statements corroborate movement beyond Lawler’s own assertion, while the larger announcement also includes local-government emergency expenses.

Why there is no assessment here

A dated hospital-only obligation and cash-payment breakdown was not located. Being obligated or on its way does not establish all funds were paid. These records support shared advocacy and progress with attribution, not an exclusive personal cause or an independently reconciled $2 billion hospital payment total.

Limit: A dated hospital-only obligation and cash-payment breakdown was not located. Being obligated or on its way does not establish all funds were paid. These records support shared advocacy and progress with attribution, not an exclusive personal cause or an independently reconciled $2 billion hospital payment total. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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What they say

Lawler said a basic waiver was approved so people could continue on the Essential Plan, and that New York had fully funded it before 2015.

What the record shows

CMS restored eligible coverage up to 200% of poverty and ended the expansion. The pre-2015 state-only noncitizen group differs from later federal funding; his role is unestablished.

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Lawler said a basic waiver was approved so people could continue on the Essential Plan, and that New York had fully funded it before 2015.

What the record shows

CMS approved New York’s BHP blueprint revision February 27, 2026, reinstating coverage July 1 for eligible enrollees. It separately approved termination of the expanded section 1332 waiver March 20, effective July 1. The reinstated blueprint covers eligible people up to 200% of the federal poverty level, rather than the expansion’s 200-250% population. CMS’s May 19 funding letter allows transition administration after termination, but rejects post-termination premium and cost-sharing subsidies. New York’s 2015 planning presentation describes about 250,000 lawfully present noncitizens previously in state-only Medicaid coverage and projected BHP funding of $1.57 billion federal plus $155 million state for 2015-2016.

Why there is no assessment here

The native basic-waiver wording does not identify a legal instrument. The approvals establish eligible BHP continuity, not every expansion enrollee’s continued coverage or Lawler’s individual role. The documented state-only predecessor group is narrower than all Essential Plan funding before 2015; the later BHP included federal funding.

Limit: The native basic-waiver wording does not identify a legal instrument. The approvals establish eligible BHP continuity, not every expansion enrollee’s continued coverage or Lawler’s individual role. The documented state-only predecessor group is narrower than all Essential Plan funding before 2015; the later BHP included federal funding. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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What they say

Lawler said he had legislation requiring all of the new AI models being created to be tested before they went live.

What the record shows

Gottheimer's office named him co-lead of proposed NSA checks for the most powerful covered AI models. No exact bill number was found; universal scope and thresholds remain unsettled.

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Lawler said he had legislation requiring all of the new AI models being created to be tested before they went live.

What the record shows

Gottheimer’s September 18, 2026 announcement names Lawler as co-lead of the American AI Security Act and describes National Security Agency review before deployment of the most powerful covered models. It specifies thirty days, with one thirty-day extension. Complete captured member-sponsored and cosponsored lists did not identify an exact title or bill number for that announcement. Lawler was an original cosponsor of Beyer’s separate H.R. 8094, the AI Foundation Model Transparency Act, whose FTC reporting and covered-model rules differ from the announced NSA review.

Why there is no assessment here

The words all of these new models have an unresolved referent. The announcement does not establish universal testing, formal introduction, operative thresholds or enacted requirements. Missing an exact title in complete member lists does not prove no draft or differently titled provision exists. H.R. 8094’s thresholds and open-source exemption cannot be substituted for the announced proposal.

Limit: The words all of these new models have an unresolved referent. The announcement does not establish universal testing, formal introduction, operative thresholds or enacted requirements. Missing an exact title in complete member lists does not prove no draft or differently titled provision exists. H.R. 8094’s thresholds and open-source exemption cannot be substituted for the announced proposal. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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What they say

Lawler said local data centers had been built before he entered Congress, were unrelated to AI and served the financial industry after September 11.

What the record shows

Chase and Bloomberg examples predate his 2023 term; later expansion is separate. They do not settle every facility's age, current AI use or the September 11 purpose asserted.

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Lawler said local data centers had been built before he entered Congress, were unrelated to AI and served the financial industry after September 11.

What the record shows

A New York DEC-hosted October 2020 site-management plan describes an existing 189,000-square-foot JPMorgan Chase computer data center and current commercial use. Orangetown’s January 2017 statement names Bloomberg and other operating local data centers. These examples predate Lawler’s congressional service, which began January 2023. The Chase plan’s later revisions include a December 2024 Phase III/master-plan update: an older facility and a newer expansion are separate facts.

Why there is no assessment here

The named preexisting facilities are supported, but the debate gives no complete facility universe. Their financial-sector operators do not establish that every current workload excludes AI or that all facilities have an exclusive September 11 purpose. All facilities and phases, current AI use and that exclusive motive remain source-limited.

Limit: The named preexisting facilities are supported, but the debate gives no complete facility universe. Their financial-sector operators do not establish that every current workload excludes AI or that all facilities have an exclusive September 11 purpose. All facilities and phases, current AI use and that exclusive motive remain source-limited. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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What they say

Lawler said he fought and won against state efforts to end all local zoning control, and supported Orangetown and East Fishkill data-center moratoria.

What the record shows

He opposed the unaccepted Housing Compact, narrower than ending all local zoning; sole victory credit is not shown. Orangetown and East Fishkill adopted data-center moratoria.

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Lawler said he fought and won against state efforts to end all local zoning control, and supported Orangetown and East Fishkill data-center moratoria.

What the record shows

Lawler’s April 18, 2023 statement documents opposition to the Housing Compact and credits the Assembly and Senate with forcing a change. The Governor’s 2024 State of the State confirms the Legislature did not accept the 2023 Compact. The original proposal combined housing-growth targets with conditional appeals for qualifying projects when localities fell short, plus rezoning within a half mile of MTA rail stations. Orangetown adopted Local Law 5 on August 25, 2026 for a temporary battery-storage/data-center moratorium. East Fishkill’s June 25 minutes record unanimous adoption of Local Law 3, including a data-center moratorium through July 1, 2029 with ancillary-under-20MW and Economic Development Special Permit exceptions.

Why there is no assessment here

The documented advocacy and legislative nonacceptance support a bounded contribution account, not proof Lawler alone caused the decision. The proposal’s conditional state overrides and transit requirements are narrower than an end to all local zoning. His support for municipal decisions is a stated position, not proof he enacted them; East Fishkill adoption and effective-date filing are distinct.

Limit: The documented advocacy and legislative nonacceptance support a bounded contribution account, not proof Lawler alone caused the decision. The proposal’s conditional state overrides and transit requirements are narrower than an end to all local zoning. His support for municipal decisions is a stated position, not proof he enacted them; East Fishkill adoption and effective-date filing are distinct. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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What they say

In his closing remarks, Lawler said he had closed over 10,000 constituent cases and brought more than $120 million back to the district.

What the record shows

His office reported 8,000-plus cases and $40 million in January 2026. Later 10,000/$120 million totals lack a dated reconciliation; earlier narrower figures do not rule them out.

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In his closing remarks, Lawler said he had closed over 10,000 constituent cases and brought more than $120 million back to the district.

What the record shows

His January 27, 2026 office release reports over 8,000 cases closed and more than $39 million for Hudson Valley residents since January 2023. A January 30 release repeats the case milestone and reports $40 million through casework. Those earlier dated statements establish what his office reported at those cutoffs, rather than an independent audit of the September debate totals.

Why there is no assessment here

Over 10,000 closed cases and over $120 million remain later office assertions without a public dated reconciliation. The debate does not define the $120 million as casework alone or distinguish grants, appropriations, obligations and cash. Earlier smaller and narrower figures do not disprove later growth. Cases are not necessarily distinct people, and closed does not necessarily mean a successful recovery. Private constituent files were not requested or inspected.

Limit: Over 10,000 closed cases and over $120 million remain later office assertions without a public dated reconciliation. The debate does not define the $120 million as casework alone or distinguish grants, appropriations, obligations and cash. Earlier smaller and narrower figures do not disprove later growth. Cases are not necessarily distinct people, and closed does not necessarily mean a successful recovery. Private constituent files were not requested or inspected. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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What they say

Lawler said he had passed more than two dozen bills, seventeen of which were signed into law.

What the record shows

His biography separates standalone laws from embedded bills; six housing bills have parts in one law. No complete list reconciles his seventeen and over-two-dozen totals.

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Lawler said he had passed more than two dozen bills, seventeen of which were signed into law.

What the record shows

His official biography distinguishes seven first-term House-passed bills, one standalone law, H.R. 9106, and five earlier bills incorporated into broader enacted packages. The six Lawler-sponsored housing measures named in his June 2026 release have corresponding provisions in one ROAD housing law. These examples illustrate why a count of standalone laws, sponsored bills, cosponsored measures and embedded provisions can differ. The earlier Iran-sanctions and envoy legislative chains remain documented in separate existing cards.

Why there is no assessment here

A complete dated list reconciling the exact seventeen and over-two-dozen credits, with a consistent counting unit and role, was not identified. His claim says passed, not solely sponsored. Counting one umbrella law as several bill credits must be declared; a standalone-law tally or the universe of all cosponsored laws does not settle the intended total. No false-claim or exclusive-credit inference is made.

Limit: A complete dated list reconciling the exact seventeen and over-two-dozen credits, with a consistent counting unit and role, was not identified. His claim says passed, not solely sponsored. Counting one umbrella law as several bill credits must be declared; a standalone-law tally or the universe of all cosponsored laws does not settle the intended total. No false-claim or exclusive-credit inference is made. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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Evidence timeline

Dated records, with sources attached.

  1. race event

    General election

    Election day. Two candidates, on four party lines.

  2. race event

    General election nominations listed

    Dutchess County lists Conley on the Democratic and Working Families lines and Lawler on the Republican and Conservative lines.

  3. race event

    Lawler joins the Stop Rogue AI Act

    Gottheimer introduced H.R. 10362 with Lawler as its original cosponsor. It proposes AI-agent standards and federal procurement safeguards and remains in committee.

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    House passes stock-trading restrictions

    Lawler voted Yea on H.R. 7008, of which he is an original cosponsor. It passed 232-198; it also contains photo-ID requirements for federal voting and has not become law.

  5. race event

    ROAD to Housing Act becomes law

    Lawler cosponsored it and voted for it; it includes bills he sponsored and cosponsored.

  6. race event

    Lawler asks Senate leader for Haitian TPS bill vote

    Lawler's signed letter urges Majority Leader Thune to take up and pass H.R. 1689. Its date is July 1; the accompanying office release appeared July 6.

  7. finance

    FEC filing snapshot

    July Quarterly 2026, principal campaign committee LAWLER FOR CONGRESS, INC..

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    Primary election

    New York's primary day.

  9. race event

    House passes the Haitian TPS extension

    Lawler, an original cosponsor, voted Yea on H.R. 1689. The final Clerk tally was 224-204. The bill reached the Senate calendar and has not become law.

  10. race event

    Lawler introduces caregiver-wellness grants

    Lawler sponsored H.R. 7911, proposing nonprofit caregiver-wellness grants including mental-health support. It was referred to committee, not enacted.

  11. race event

    Lawler signs petition seeking Haitian TPS bill consideration

    The Clerk lists Lawler as signature 165 on the petition to discharge the Rules Committee from H.Res. 965, which provided for considering H.R. 1689.

  12. race event

    House passes the ACA credit extension

    H.R. 1834 passes 230-196 with Lawler voting Yea. The Senate has not taken it up.

  13. race event

    Lawler signs the ACA discharge petition

    He is signature 216 on the Democratic leader's petition to force a vote on extending ACA premium tax credits.

  14. race event

    Lawler joins letter asking Trump to extend Haitian TPS

    Lawler and local officials signed a letter urging the President to reconsider his TPS policy and renew Haiti's designation. The letter is advocacy, not an extension notice.

  15. race event

    The 2025 reconciliation act becomes law

    Lawler voted for it. It raises the SALT cap to $40,000 through 2029 and adds a $6,000 deduction for people 65 and over.

  16. race event

    Lawler introduces the 2% student-loan proposal

    Lawler sponsored H.R. 2003, with Jared Moskowitz as an original cosponsor. It proposes a 2% rate for specified federal loans and remains in committee.

  17. race event

    Lawler signs the Social Security Fairness discharge petition

    He signs on the day it is filed, as the 22nd signer and fourth Republican. It reaches 218 signatures on September 19.

  18. race event

    Lawler's Iran oil sanctions become law

    The SHIP Act and the Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act, both his bills, are enacted in Public Law 118-50.

  19. race event

    Lawler reiterates opposition to mifepristone restrictions

    As the Court heard arguments, his House-office statement again opposed a potential ruling banning or limiting the medication.

  20. race event

    Abraham Accords envoy becomes law

    The 2024 defense act, which Lawler voted for, creates a broader version of the envoy office his House-passed bill proposed.

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    Lawler opposes mifepristone restrictions in Supreme Court case

    His House office publicly urged the Supreme Court not to restrict access to mifepristone. This is a statement of advocacy, without causal credit for a ruling.

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Sources206 source records

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  1. Rep. Michael Lawler, member profilehttps://www.congress.gov/member/michael-lawler/L000599

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Bioguide L000599, taken from Congress.gov's listing of New York members and checked by name. House service for NY-17 from 2023, in the 118th and 119th Congresses.

    official legislative record

    For: Current role; Background, goals, record and campaign money; Which local data centers predated Lawler’s term?

  2. Michael Lawler, 119th Congress profilehttps://clerk.house.gov/members/L000599

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Committee and subcommittee assignments: Financial Services (Capital Markets; Housing and Insurance) and Foreign Affairs (Middle East and North Africa; Western Hemisphere). The page does not show subcommittee chairs.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  3. Issueshttps://www.lawlerforcongress.com/issues/

    Lawler for Congress, Inc. · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Fifteen issue sections, most of them lists of bills and votes he names. Undated; read October 1, 2026.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims; The senior deduction and Social Security taxes; The Social Security Fairness Act; Forcing a vote on ACA subsidies; A proposed tax credit for IVF treatment; Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act; The Bipartisan Background Checks Act; Participation in the Dignity Act; Border and detention votes; The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Permitting work and energy-production proposals; Laws against Iran's oil trade; A special envoy for the Abraham Accords; Voting for every defense bill

  4. Meet Mikehttps://www.lawlerforcongress.com/about/

    Lawler for Congress, Inc. · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Campaign biography and a list of what it says he has done in Congress. Undated.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims; The Social Security Fairness Act; Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act

  5. Public Law 118-50, national security supplemental (H.R. 815)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ50/html/PLAW-118publ50.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Apr 24, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Signed April 24, 2024. Division J is the SHIP Act and division S the Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act of 2023.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Laws against Iran's oil trade; Lawler's Iran oil sanctions become law

  6. H.R. 3774 (118th Congress), SHIP Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3774

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sponsor Lawler. Introduced May 31, 2023.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Laws against Iran's oil trade

  7. H.R. 5923 (118th Congress), Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act of 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5923

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sponsor Lawler. Introduced October 11, 2023.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Laws against Iran's oil trade

  8. H.R. 9106 (118th Congress), Enhanced Presidential Security Act of 2024https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9106

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sponsor Lawler. Passed the House 405-0 on September 20, 2024. Became Public Law 118-91.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws

  9. House Roll Call 439, 2024: H.R. 9106, Enhanced Presidential Security Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024439

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 20, 2024. Carried 405-0. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  10. Public Law 119-21, the 2025 reconciliation act (H.R. 1)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jul 4, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Signed July 4, 2025. Sec. 70120 raises the SALT cap to $40,000 for 2025, rising 1% a year through 2029, phased down above $500,000 of income, and back to $10,000 from 2030. Sec. 70103 adds a $6,000 deduction for each person 65 or older through 2028. Sec. 70104 sets the child credit at $2,200. Secs. 70201 and 70202 add capped deductions for tips and overtime.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims; The senior deduction and Social Security taxes; What no tax on tips and overtime means in the law; Medicaid eligibility rules and the protection claim; The 2025 reconciliation act becomes law

  11. House Roll Call 190, 2025: H.R. 1, on agreeing to the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    July 3, 2025. Carried 218-214. Lawler is recorded Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims; The senior deduction and Social Security taxes; What no tax on tips and overtime means in the law; The 2025 reconciliation act becomes law

  12. House Roll Call 11, 2026: H.R. 1834, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202611

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    January 8, 2026. Carried 230-196. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Forcing a vote on ACA subsidies; House passes the ACA credit extension

  13. Discharge Petition 119-10, on H.Res. 780 (H.R. 1834)https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2025111210

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Filed by Hakeem Jeffries on November 12, 2025. Lawler is signature 216, signed December 17, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Forcing a vote on ACA subsidies; Lawler signs the ACA discharge petition

  14. H.R. 1834 (119th Congress), Breaking the Gridlock Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1834

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    As passed by the House on January 8, 2026, it extends the enhanced premium tax credits through 2028. Placed on the Senate calendar; not law.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; House passes the ACA credit extension

  15. Public Law 119-101, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ101/html/PLAW-119publ101.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jul 11, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Signed July 11, 2026. Its sections include point-access block building guidelines (sec. 102, from H.R. 6345), housing supply frameworks (sec. 107), the Community Investment and Prosperity Act (sec. 203), the Choice in Affordable Housing Act (sec. 405), the Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act (sec. 602) and public housing agency accountability (sec. 805).

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws; ROAD to Housing Act becomes law

  16. H.R. 6644 (119th Congress), 21st Century ROAD to Housing Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6644

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sponsor French Hill. Lawler became a cosponsor January 15, 2026. Became Public Law 119-101.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures

  17. House Roll Call 224, 2026: H.R. 6644, on the final Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026224

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    June 23, 2026. Carried 358-32. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures

  18. Lawler identifies six authored housing measures in the ROAD packagehttps://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?documentid=6112

    Office of Rep. Mike Lawler · Published Jun 23, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    June 23, 2026 announcement lists six measures. Congress.gov corroborates Lawler as formal sponsor of all six; introduced and enacted clauses were compared with differences retained.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws

  19. H.R. 5913 (119th Congress), Community Investment and Prosperity Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5913

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sponsor Lawler. Introduced November 4, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws

  20. H.R. 3774, 119th Congress: bill, roles and actionshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3774

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Formal sponsor/cosponsor roles and recorded legislative actions. An introduced bill or House passage is distinct from enactment.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws

  21. H.R. 7504, 119th Congress: bill, roles and actionshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7504

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Formal sponsor/cosponsor roles and recorded legislative actions. An introduced bill or House passage is distinct from enactment.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws

  22. H.R. 7108 (119th Congress), Improving Public Housing Agency Accountability Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7108

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sponsor Lawler. Introduced January 15, 2026.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws

  23. H.R. 7596, 119th Congress: bill, roles and actionshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7596

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Formal sponsor/cosponsor roles and recorded legislative actions. An introduced bill or House passage is distinct from enactment.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws

  24. H.R. 7595, 119th Congress: bill, roles and actionshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7595

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Formal sponsor/cosponsor roles and recorded legislative actions. An introduced bill or House passage is distinct from enactment.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws

  25. Lawler for Congress, Inc., receipts from committees, 2025-26 (FEC lines 11B, 11C and 12)https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00815415&two_year_transaction_period=2026&line_number=F3-11C

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on October 1, 2026, through June 30, 2026. Each line's itemized rows equal the filed total for that line: 5,270.00 (11B), 1,920,804.94 (11C), 2,958,195.72 (12).

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  26. News 12 debate: college costs and vocational pathwayshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=1116s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    18:36-19:09 Lawler; 19:15-19:47 Conley. Conley supports an interest cap but does not specify 2%. Paraphrase from the host-matched native captions captured October 4; no independently confirmed exact quotation. Full native payload retained privately.

    candidate statement

    News 12 NY-17 debate, Lawler on student-loan interest, 18:36

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Host-matched native caption segments 535-539, 18:36.080-18:52.720. Paraphrase only; no independently corroborated verbatim quote. Captured via Supadata native mode on October 4, with no generated transcription.

    candidate statement

    For: A proposed 2% rate for covered federal student loans

  27. H.R. 2003 (119th Congress), Affordable Loans for Students Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2003

    Congress.gov · Published Mar 10, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Current Congress API detail, complete actions (3) and cosponsors (7) captured October 4. Sponsor Lawler; original cosponsors Moskowitz and Luna. Latest action introduction/referral to Education and Workforce on March 10, 2025. No law listed.

    official legislative record

    For: A proposed 2% rate for covered federal student loans; Lawler introduces the 2% student-loan proposal

  28. H.R. 2003, introduced House text, sections 3 and 4https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr2003ih/html/BILLS-119hr2003ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Mar 10, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sets a 2% rate for specified eligible existing federal loans through modification/refinancing and specified future Direct loans. Operates after enactment; it does not cover all private loans.

    official legislative record

    For: A proposed 2% rate for covered federal student loans; Lawler introduces the 2% student-loan proposal

  29. News 12 NY-17 debate, Lawler on Haitian TPS advocacy, 35:11https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2111s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Native-caption segments 1033-1035 support his own Haitian TPS advocacy assertion as a paraphrase. The following ICE-position discussion is outside this window.

    candidate statement

    For: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit

  30. News 12 NY-17 debate, Lawler on Haitian TPS House passage, 36:56https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2216s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Host-matched native caption segments 1089-1092, 36:56.079-37:02.640. This paraphrase covers House passage and the need for Senate action only. Later discussion of administrative extensions is a separate claim, not established by the bill/vote.

    candidate statement

    For: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit

  31. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler tps extensions cases (37:05)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2225s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit

  32. H.R. 1689 (119th Congress), Haiti temporary protected statushttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1689

    Congress.gov · Published Feb 27, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Current Congress API detail, complete actions (13) and cosponsors (8) captured October 4. Sponsor Gillen; Lawler original cosponsor. House passed April 16, 2026; latest action Senate calendar April 21. No law listed.

    official legislative record

    For: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit; House passes the Haitian TPS extension

  33. H.R. 1689, House-passed texthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1689eh/html/BILLS-119hr1689eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Apr 16, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    House text requires designation until three months after January 20, 2029, April 20, 2029. The engrossed text records House passage, not enactment.

    official legislative record

    For: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit; House passes the Haitian TPS extension

  34. House Roll Call 120, passage of H.R. 1689https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026120

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Published Apr 16, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official final XML identifies H.R.1689, On Passage, Passed, 224 Yea and 204 Nay; Lawler L000599 voted Yea. Use the Clerk final vote, not an office-release tally.

    official legislative record

    For: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit; House passes the Haitian TPS extension

  35. Signed letter to President Trump urging a Haitian TPS extension, September 8, 2025 (document)

    Office of Rep. Mike Lawler · Published Sep 8, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    The original two-page letter, with Lawler and local officials signatures, asks the President to reconsider his TPS policy and renew Haiti designation. Dated September 8; office release September 9. Signature blocks were visually checked. No administrative outcome or receipt by the White House is inferred.

    official office record

    For: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit; Lawler joins letter asking Trump to extend Haitian TPS

  36. Clerk discharge petition No. 15 for H.Res. 965, consideration of H.R. 1689https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2026012215?Page=2

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    The petition began January 22, 2026, with Ayanna Pressley as sponsor. Signature 165 is Michael Lawler, NY-17, March 4, 2026. It sought to discharge the Rules Committee from H.Res. 965 to allow consideration of H.R. 1689, not directly enact a TPS extension.

    official legislative record

    For: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit; Lawler signs petition seeking Haitian TPS bill consideration

  37. Signed letter to Majority Leader Thune urging a Senate vote on H.R. 1689 (document)

    Office of Rep. Mike Lawler · Published Jul 1, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    The signed original is dated July 1, 2026, although the office release is July 6. It asks the Senate to take up and pass the bill. Figures and court characterizations in the letter are not adopted as independently verified facts.

    official office record

    For: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit; Lawler asks Senate leader for Haitian TPS bill vote

  38. DHS July 2024 Haiti TPS extension and redesignation (document)

    Federal Register / U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Published Jul 1, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    July 1, 2024 notice extends/redesignates Haiti TPS for eighteen months to February 3, 2026. This is an administrative act distinct from H.R. 1689 and later court-adjusted status.

    official office record

    For: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit

  39. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler tax cut superlative 4000 (4:37)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=277s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims

  40. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler salt quadrupled (4:47)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=287s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims

  41. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler salt 90 percent (4:53)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=293s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims

  42. IRS 2025 Form 1040 instructions: SALT and new deductionshttps://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1040gi

    Internal Revenue Service · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    2025 instructions explain itemization, limits, income phaseouts and qualifying conditions. A deduction lowers taxable income; it is not a payment.

    official office record

    For: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims; The senior deduction and Social Security taxes; What no tax on tips and overtime means in the law

  43. Lawler’s January 2025 SALT proposalhttps://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3633

    Office of Rep. Mike Lawler · Published Jan 13, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    January 13, 2025 first-person op-ed proposed $100,000/$200,000 caps. This supports prior advocacy, not an exact $40,000 promise.

    candidate statement

    For: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims

  44. JCT JCX-35-25: Senate-passed tax provisions, present-law score (document)

    Joint Committee on Taxation · Published Jul 1, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    July 1, 2025 Senate-text score uses the present-law 2025-2034 baseline, with scheduled expirations. It is not a historical adjusted ranking or a household cash-payment calculation.

    official legislative record

    For: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims

  45. Lawler campaign tax-relief calculator and household assumptionshttps://www.lawlerforcongress.com/taxrelief/

    Mike Lawler campaign · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Lists $3,293 for a typical family of four and 90% of residents. Neither supplies a district-wide liability model for the debate’s $4,000/taxpayer assertions.

    candidate statement

    For: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims

  46. H.R. 1 (119th Congress), the 2025 reconciliation acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Passed the House 215-214 on May 22, 2025 and 218-214 on July 3, 2025. Became Public Law 119-21.

    official legislative record

    For: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims

  47. House Roll Call 145, 2025: H.R. 1, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    May 22, 2025. Carried 215-214. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims

  48. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler tips overtime (4:56)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=296s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: The senior deduction and Social Security taxes; What no tax on tips and overtime means in the law

  49. IRS Publication 554 for 2025: senior deduction and taxable Social Securityhttps://www.irs.gov/publications/p554

    Internal Revenue Service · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Retains taxable-benefit calculations and explains the enhanced age-65 deduction. Up to 85% included in taxable income does not mean an 85% tax rate.

    official office record

    For: The senior deduction and Social Security taxes

  50. The One Big Beautiful Bill Delivers on President Trump’s Promise of No Tax on Social Securityhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/research/2025/06/the-one-big-beautiful-bill-delivers-on-president-trumps-promise-of-no-tax-on-social-security/

    The White House, Council of Economic Advisers · Published Jun 30, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    CEA analysis of June 30, 2025, the source of the 88% figure: seniors on Social Security whose deductions would exceed their taxable benefits. Its PDF says the numbers are for tax year 2026 and use the Senate draft of June 16, 2025. ssa.gov, which repeated the figure, returned 403.

    official office record

    For: The senior deduction and Social Security taxes

  51. H.R. 82 (118th Congress), Social Security Fairness Act of 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/82

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Garret Graves. Lawler became a cosponsor on March 3, 2023, one of 330. Became Public Law 118-273.

    official legislative record

    For: The Social Security Fairness Act

  52. Discharge Petition 118-16, on H.Res. 1410 (H.R. 82)https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2024091016?CongressNum=118

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Sep 10, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Filed by Garret Graves on September 10, 2024, to force a vote on the Social Security Fairness Act. Lawler is signature 22, signed September 10, 2024, the fourth of 47 Republicans. Signature 218 came on September 19, 2024.

    official legislative record

    For: The Social Security Fairness Act; Lawler signs the Social Security Fairness discharge petition

  53. House Roll Call 456, 2024: H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024456

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    November 12, 2024. Carried 327-75. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: The Social Security Fairness Act

  54. Public Law 118-273, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ273/html/PLAW-118publ273.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 5, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed January 5, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: The Social Security Fairness Act

  55. H.Res. 780 (119th Congress), rule for H.R. 1834https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/780

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor James McGovern. Discharged from the Rules Committee on January 7, 2026, 221-205, and agreed to on January 8, 224-202.

    official legislative record

    For: Forcing a vote on ACA subsidies

  56. House Roll Call 4, 2026: motion to discharge H.Res. 780https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20264

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    January 7, 2026. Carried 221-205. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Forcing a vote on ACA subsidies

  57. House Roll Call 10, 2026: H.Res. 780, the rule for H.R. 1834https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202610

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    January 8, 2026. Carried 224-202. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Forcing a vote on ACA subsidies

  58. H.R. 1834 (119th Congress), as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1834eh/html/BILLS-119hr1834eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    One section: it extends the enhanced premium tax credit rules from 2025 through 2028.

    official legislative record

    For: Forcing a vote on ACA subsidies

  59. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler ivf (39:57)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2397s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: A proposed tax credit for IVF treatment

  60. H.R. 1878 (119th Congress), IVF Access and Affordability Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1878

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sponsor Lawler. Introduced March 5, 2025 and referred to Ways and Means; three cosponsors.

    official legislative record

    For: A proposed tax credit for IVF treatment

  61. H.R. 1878 introduced text: IVF Access and Affordability Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1878ih/html/BILLS-119hr1878ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Proposed annual credit, qualifying expenses, joint-return special rule, AGI phaseout and carryforward. Introduction is distinct from an available credit.

    official legislative record

    For: A proposed tax credit for IVF treatment

  62. H.R. 7040 (118th Congress), Undetectable Firearms Reauthorization Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7040

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Lawler. Introduced January 18, 2024, to extend the Act for 10 years; referred to the Judiciary Committee and went no further.

    official legislative record

    For: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act

  63. H.R. 7040 as introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr7040ih/html/BILLS-118hr7040ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 18, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Titled "To extend the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 years." It strikes "35" and inserts "45" in the Act's sunset.

    official legislative record

    For: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act

  64. Public Law 118-22, Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ22/html/PLAW-118publ22.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Nov 17, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed November 17, 2023. Sec. 138 kept the Undetectable Firearms Act in force through the stopgap's end date in section 106(3).

    official legislative record

    For: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act

  65. House Roll Call 658, 2023: H.R. 6363, the November 2023 stopgaphttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023658

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    November 14, 2023. Carried 336-95. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act

  66. Public Law 118-35, Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ35/html/PLAW-118publ35.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 19, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed January 19, 2024. Moved the stopgap end date in section 106(3) to March 8, 2024, which carried the Undetectable Firearms Act extension with it.

    official legislative record

    For: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act

  67. Public Law 118-40, Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ40/html/PLAW-118publ40.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Mar 1, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed March 1, 2024. Moved the section 106(3) end date to March 22, 2024, again carrying the Undetectable Firearms Act extension.

    official legislative record

    For: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act

  68. Public Law 118-42, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ42/html/PLAW-118publ42.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Mar 9, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed March 9, 2024. Sec. 301 of its title on extensions keeps the Undetectable Firearms Act in force until March 8, 2031.

    official legislative record

    For: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act

  69. House Roll Call 64, 2024: H.Res. 1061, clearing H.R. 4366 for final passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202464

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    March 6, 2024. Carried 339-85. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act

  70. H.R. 18 (119th Congress), Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/18

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Mike Thompson. Lawler became a cosponsor on August 15, 2025. In committee.

    official legislative record

    For: The Bipartisan Background Checks Act

  71. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler dignity (33:26)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2006s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: Participation in the Dignity Act

  72. H.R. 4393 (119th Congress), DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4393

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sponsor Maria Elvira Salazar. Lawler is an original cosponsor, July 15, 2025. In committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Participation in the Dignity Act

  73. Rep. Salazar’s Dignity Act pagehttps://salazar.house.gov/dignity-act

    Office of Rep. María Elvira Salazar · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Identifies Salazar and Escobar as leaders and Lawler as a bipartisan participant; role terminology must remain attributed.

    official office record

    For: Participation in the Dignity Act

  74. H.R. 5717 (118th Congress), No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5717

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Nick LaLota; Lawler an original cosponsor. Passed the House September 20, 2024. Not enacted.

    official legislative record

    For: Border and detention votes

  75. H.R. 5717 as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr5717eh/html/BILLS-118hr5717eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Sep 20, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sec. 3 makes a sanctuary jurisdiction ineligible for federal funds it intends to use for migrants without lawful status.

    official legislative record

    For: Border and detention votes

  76. House Roll Call 437, 2024: H.R. 5717, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024437

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    September 20, 2024. Carried 219-186. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Border and detention votes

  77. H.R. 2 (118th Congress), Secure the Border Act of 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Mario Diaz-Balart. Passed the House May 11, 2023. Not enacted.

    official legislative record

    For: Border and detention votes

  78. H.R. 2 as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr2eh/html/BILLS-118hr2eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published May 11, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Includes "Immediate resumption of border wall construction" and a title headed "Asylum reform and border protection."

    official legislative record

    For: Border and detention votes

  79. House Roll Call 209, 2023: H.R. 2, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023209

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    May 11, 2023. Carried 219-213. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Border and detention votes

  80. S. 5 (119th Congress), Laken Riley Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Katie Britt. Passed the House January 22, 2025. Became Public Law 119-1.

    official legislative record

    For: Border and detention votes

  81. Public Law 119-1, Laken Riley Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ1/html/PLAW-119publ1.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 29, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed January 29, 2025. Sec. 2 requires a detainer and custody for migrants who are inadmissible and are charged with, arrested for or convicted of burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting or assaulting a law enforcement officer.

    official legislative record

    For: Border and detention votes

  82. House Roll Call 23, 2025: S. 5, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202523

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    January 22, 2025. Carried 263-156. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Border and detention votes

  83. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler housing law (5:07)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=307s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures

  84. House Roll Call 57, 2026: H.R. 6644, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202657

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    February 9, 2026. Carried 390-9. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures

  85. H.R. 1981 (119th Congress), Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1981

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sponsor Emanuel Cleaver. Lawler is an original cosponsor, March 10, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures

  86. H.R. 965 (119th Congress), Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/965

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sponsor Brad Sherman. Lawler became a cosponsor on February 10, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures

  87. H.R. 2840 (119th Congress), Housing Supply Frameworks Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2840

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sponsor Mike Flood. Lawler became a cosponsor on October 28, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures

  88. H.R. 6345 (119th Congress), Point-Access Housing Guidelines Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6345

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sponsor Ritchie Torres. Lawler is an original cosponsor, December 1, 2025, one of three. Enacted with small changes as sec. 102 of Public Law 119-101.

    official legislative record

    For: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures

  89. H.R. 6345 as introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr6345ih/html/BILLS-119hr6345ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Dec 1, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Introduced by Torres "for himself and Mr. Lawler". Its sec. 2, HUD guidelines for point-access block buildings, matches sec. 102 of Public Law 119-101; the law adds a 7-year grant sunset and CDBG treatment and raises the height limit from 5 to 6 stories.

    official legislative record

    For: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures

  90. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler permitting (5:24)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=324s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: Permitting work and energy-production proposals

  91. H.R. 3668 (119th Congress), Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3668

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sponsor Richard Hudson; Lawler a cosponsor. Passed the House December 12, 2025; referred to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. Not enacted.

    official legislative record

    For: Permitting work and energy-production proposals

  92. H.R. 4776 (119th Congress), SPEED Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4776

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sponsor Bruce Westerman. Passed the House December 18, 2025; referred to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Not enacted.

    official legislative record

    For: Permitting work and energy-production proposals

  93. H.R. 1 (118th Congress), Lower Energy Costs Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sponsor Steve Scalise. Passed the House March 30, 2023. Not enacted.

    official legislative record

    For: Permitting work and energy-production proposals

  94. H.R. 3668 as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr3668eh/html/BILLS-119hr3668eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Dec 12, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Makes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the only lead agency for environmental reviews of natural gas pipelines.

    official legislative record

    For: Permitting work and energy-production proposals

  95. H.R. 4776 as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr4776eh/html/BILLS-119hr4776eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Dec 18, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sec. 2 amends NEPA. Sec. 3 bars a claim unless it is filed within 150 days after the final agency action is made public.

    official legislative record

    For: Permitting work and energy-production proposals

  96. H.R. 1 as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr1eh/html/BILLS-118hr1eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Mar 30, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sec. 10009 covers coordinated review of natural gas pipelines; sec. 20222 is titled "One Federal decision for pipelines."

    official legislative record

    For: Permitting work and energy-production proposals

  97. House Roll Call 334, 2025: H.R. 3668, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025334

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    December 12, 2025. Carried 213-184. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Permitting work and energy-production proposals

  98. House Roll Call 356, 2025: H.R. 4776, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025356

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    December 18, 2025. Carried 221-196. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Permitting work and energy-production proposals

  99. House Roll Call 182, 2023: H.R. 1, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023182

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    March 30, 2023. Carried 225-204. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Permitting work and energy-production proposals

  100. H.R. 8038 (118th Congress), 21st Century Peace through Strength Act, as introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr8038ih/html/BILLS-118hr8038ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The House package of April 2024. Division F is the SHIP Act; it also carries the Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act of 2023.

    official legislative record

    For: Laws against Iran's oil trade

  101. House Roll Call 145, 2024: H.R. 8038, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024145

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    April 20, 2024. Carried 360-58. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Laws against Iran's oil trade

  102. U.S. Reps. Lawler and Torres Successfully Pass Bill to Create Special Envoy for Abraham Accords Through Both Chambers of Congress; Heading to President Biden's Deskhttps://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1099

    Office of Rep. Mike Lawler · Published Dec 14, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    His House office's release of December 14, 2023. It says the FY2024 defense act included the envoy policy he and Rep. Torres championed. This is his own account; the conference report does not say where sec. 6407 came from.

    official office record

    For: A special envoy for the Abraham Accords

  103. H.R. 3099 (118th Congress), Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3099

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Lawler. Passed the House 413-13 on June 13, 2023; not taken up by the Senate.

    official legislative record

    For: A special envoy for the Abraham Accords

  104. H.R. 3099 (118th Congress), as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr3099eh/html/BILLS-118hr3099eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Adds a section 64 to the State Department Basic Authorities Act creating a Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords, Senate-confirmed, with the rank and status of ambassador.

    official legislative record

    For: A special envoy for the Abraham Accords

  105. House Roll Call 251, 2023: H.R. 3099, Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023251

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    June 13, 2023. Carried 413-13. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: A special envoy for the Abraham Accords

  106. Public Law 118-31, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ31/html/PLAW-118publ31.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Dec 22, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed December 22, 2023. Sec. 6407 adds a section 64 to the State Department Basic Authorities Act creating a Regional Integration Office headed by a Special Presidential Envoy for the Abraham Accords, Negev Forum and related agreements, Senate-confirmed, with the rank and status of ambassador.

    official legislative record

    For: A special envoy for the Abraham Accords; Voting for every defense bill; Abraham Accords envoy becomes law

  107. House Roll Call 723, 2023: H.R. 2670, FY2024 NDAA conference reporthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023723

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    December 14, 2023. Carried 310-118. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: A special envoy for the Abraham Accords; Voting for every defense bill; Abraham Accords envoy becomes law

  108. H. Rept. 118-301, conference report on the FY2024 defense act (document)

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Dec 6, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The joint explanatory statement says division F, the Department of State Authorization Act of 2023, came from the Senate amendment and the House bill had no similar division; the House receded with amendments. It does not say where sec. 6407 came from. Neither the House-passed bill nor the Senate amendment (H.R. 2670, EH and EAS) has an Abraham Accords envoy, so the section was added in conference.

    official legislative record

    For: A special envoy for the Abraham Accords

  109. House Roll Call 328, 2023: H.R. 2670, FY2024 NDAA, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023328

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    July 14, 2023. Carried 219-210. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Voting for every defense bill

  110. House Roll Call 279, 2024: H.R. 8070, FY2025 NDAA, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024279

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    June 14, 2024. Carried 217-199. Lawler is recorded Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Voting for every defense bill

  111. House Roll Call 500, 2024: H.R. 5009, FY2025 NDAA, final House votehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024500

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    December 11, 2024. Carried 281-140. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Voting for every defense bill

  112. House Roll Call 262, 2025: H.R. 3838, FY2026 NDAA, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025262

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    September 10, 2025. Carried 231-196. Lawler is recorded Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Voting for every defense bill

  113. House Roll Call 320, 2025: S. 1071, FY2026 NDAA, House passage of the final texthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025320

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    December 10, 2025. Carried 312-112. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Voting for every defense bill

  114. House Roll Call 278, 2026: H.R. 8800, FY2027 NDAA, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026278

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    July 22, 2026. Carried 216-212. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Voting for every defense bill

  115. Public Law 118-159, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ159/html/PLAW-118publ159.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Dec 23, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed December 23, 2024 (H.R. 5009).

    official legislative record

    For: Voting for every defense bill

  116. S. 1071 (119th Congress), National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1071

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The vehicle for the 2026 defense act. Became Public Law 119-60 on December 18, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Voting for every defense bill

  117. H.R. 8800 (119th Congress), National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8800

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Passed the House 216-212 on July 22, 2026. Not yet law.

    official legislative record

    For: Voting for every defense bill

  118. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler stock trading (19:54)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=1194s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: Congressional stock trading and the House-passed bill

  119. News 12 debate: congressional stock tradinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=1190s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    19:50-19:59; both candidates answer the individual-stock question, Lawler also points to a bill. Paraphrase from the host-matched native captions captured October 4; no independently confirmed exact quotation. Full native payload retained privately.

    candidate statement

    For: Congressional stock trading and the House-passed bill

  120. H.R. 7008: Stop Insider Trading Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7008

    Congress.gov · Published Jan 12, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Bryan Steil is sponsor; Lawler is an original cosponsor. Full 28-action and 93-cosponsor lists captured October 4; no enactment. Senate cloture on the motion to proceed was not invoked September 30.

    official legislative record

    For: Congressional stock trading and the House-passed bill; House passes stock-trading restrictions

  121. H.R. 7008: text passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr7008eh/html/BILLS-119hr7008eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jul 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Section 2 restricts covered stock purchases by members, spouses and dependent children and requires notice before sales; exceptions include diversified funds. Section 3 requires photo ID for federal voting.

    official legislative record

    For: Congressional stock trading and the House-passed bill; House passes stock-trading restrictions

  122. Clerk: House passage of H.R. 7008, Roll Call 280https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026280

    U.S. House Clerk · Published Jul 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Final tally 232-198; Lawler Yea. Roll 279 was a motion to recommit, not passage. The final Clerk tally governs instead of an office-release tally.

    official legislative record

    For: Congressional stock trading and the House-passed bill; House passes stock-trading restrictions

  123. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler caregiver (40:46)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2446s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: Diana Lemon and the caregiver mental-health proposal

  124. News 12 debate: caregiver mental healthhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2440s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    40:40-41:02; Lawler describes work with Diana Lemon on caregiver access. The bill title is established from its official text, rather than the caption rendering. Paraphrase from the host-matched native captions captured October 4; no independently confirmed exact quotation. Full native payload retained privately.

    candidate statement

    For: Diana Lemon and the caregiver mental-health proposal

  125. H.R. 7911: Dream's Caregiver Health and Wellness Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7911

    Congress.gov · Published Mar 12, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Lawler is sponsor. Full three-action list contains introduction and referral to Education and Workforce; no later action or enactment as checked October 4.

    official legislative record

    For: Diana Lemon and the caregiver mental-health proposal; Lawler introduces caregiver-wellness grants

  126. H.R. 7911: introduced caregiver grant texthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr7911ih/html/BILLS-119hr7911ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Mar 12, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Nonprofit caregiver-wellness grants may pay for mental-health services, meals, transport and wellness programs; authorizes $250 million per year for fiscal 2027-2031. Authorization is proposed, not spending or benefits delivered.

    official legislative record

    For: Diana Lemon and the caregiver mental-health proposal; Lawler introduces caregiver-wellness grants

  127. Lawler office: caregiver bill introductionhttps://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5628

    Office of Rep. Mike Lawler · Published Mar 12, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Names Diana E. Lemon and the Dream caregiver bill. Used to establish the identity of the bill discussed in native captions; legislative text and formal actions govern its scope and status. Private family medical details are not repeated.

    official office record

    For: Diana Lemon and the caregiver mental-health proposal

  128. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler stop rogue ai (45:40)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2740s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: The Stop Rogue AI agent-security proposal

  129. News 12 debate: AI regulation and agent safeguardshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2690s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    44:50-45:05 Conley policy position; 45:43-46:05 Lawler names the Stop Rogue AI Act and separately describes model testing. Opponent allegations are excluded. Paraphrase from the host-matched native captions captured October 4; no independently confirmed exact quotation. Full native payload retained privately.

    candidate statement

    For: The Stop Rogue AI agent-security proposal

  130. H.R. 10362: Stop Rogue AI Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10362

    Congress.gov · Published Sep 14, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Josh Gottheimer is sponsor; Lawler is its original cosponsor. Complete four-action list contains introduction and referrals only as checked October 4; no enactment. The official introduction date is September 14, distinct from the September 9 office release.

    official legislative record

    For: The Stop Rogue AI agent-security proposal; Lawler joins the Stop Rogue AI Act

  131. H.R. 10362: introduced AI-agent standards texthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr10362ih/html/BILLS-119hr10362ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Sep 14, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Directs NIST standards for finding, identifying, evaluating and controlling AI agents, plus proposed procurement-rule revisions for agencies and contractors. Agent safeguards differ from a universal pre-release requirement for every AI model.

    official legislative record

    For: The Stop Rogue AI agent-security proposal; Lawler joins the Stop Rogue AI Act

  132. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler jasa (25:16)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=1516s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: Co-leading the Jewish American Security Act

  133. News 12 NY-17 debate, September 28, 2026https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=1517s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Timestamped native-caption paraphrase of Lawler's own statement in the September 28 debate. The legislative role is checked separately against official bill records; opponent allegations are outside this comparison.

    candidate statement

    For: Co-leading the Jewish American Security Act

  134. H.R. 9211 (119th Congress), Jewish American Security Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9211

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official bill history identifies formal sponsorship and recorded actions; the separate text source provides the operative proposal. Introduction and referral do not establish enactment.

    official legislative record

    For: Co-leading the Jewish American Security Act

  135. H.R. 9211 introduced text (119th Congress)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr9211ih/html/BILLS-119hr9211ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Introduced text for this exact bill and Congress. It states the proposed provisions, which are distinct from enacted law.

    official legislative record

    For: Co-leading the Jewish American Security Act

  136. Goldman and Lawler announce the Jewish American Security Acthttps://goldman.house.gov/media/press-releases/goldman-lawler-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-strengthen-federal-efforts

    Office of Rep. Daniel Goldman · Published Jun 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    June 10, 2026 counterpart-office announcement directly describes shared introduction leadership. Participant corroboration is distinct from disinterested analysis.

    official office record

    For: Co-leading the Jewish American Security Act

  137. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler antisemitism igo (28:40)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=1720s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: Antisemitism Awareness Act with Josh Gottheimer; IGO Anti-Boycott Act with Josh Gottheimer

  138. News 12 NY-17 debate, September 28, 2026https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=1726s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Timestamped native-caption paraphrase of Lawler's own statement in the September 28 debate. The legislative role is checked separately against official bill records; opponent allegations are outside this comparison.

    candidate statement

    For: Antisemitism Awareness Act with Josh Gottheimer; IGO Anti-Boycott Act with Josh Gottheimer

  139. H.R. 1007 (119th Congress), Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1007

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official bill history identifies formal sponsorship and recorded actions; the separate text source provides the operative proposal. Introduction and referral do not establish enactment.

    official legislative record

    For: Antisemitism Awareness Act with Josh Gottheimer

  140. H.R. 1007 introduced text (119th Congress)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1007ih/html/BILLS-119hr1007ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Introduced text for this exact bill and Congress. It states the proposed provisions, which are distinct from enacted law.

    official legislative record

    For: Antisemitism Awareness Act with Josh Gottheimer

  141. H.R. 6090 (118th Congress), Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6090

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official bill history identifies formal sponsorship and recorded actions; the separate text source provides the operative proposal. Introduction and referral do not establish enactment.

    official legislative record

    For: Antisemitism Awareness Act with Josh Gottheimer

  142. H.R. 6090 introduced text (118th Congress)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr6090ih/html/BILLS-118hr6090ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Introduced text for this exact bill and Congress. It states the proposed provisions, which are distinct from enacted law.

    official legislative record

    For: Antisemitism Awareness Act with Josh Gottheimer

  143. H.R. 867 (119th Congress), IGO Anti-Boycott Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/867

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official bill history identifies formal sponsorship and recorded actions; the separate text source provides the operative proposal. Introduction and referral do not establish enactment.

    official legislative record

    For: IGO Anti-Boycott Act with Josh Gottheimer

  144. H.R. 867 introduced text (119th Congress)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr867ih/html/BILLS-119hr867ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Introduced text for this exact bill and Congress. It states the proposed provisions, which are distinct from enacted law.

    official legislative record

    For: IGO Anti-Boycott Act with Josh Gottheimer

  145. H.R. 3016 (118th Congress), IGO Anti-Boycott Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3016

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official bill history identifies formal sponsorship and recorded actions; the separate text source provides the operative proposal. Introduction and referral do not establish enactment.

    official legislative record

    For: IGO Anti-Boycott Act with Josh Gottheimer

  146. H.R. 3016 introduced text (118th Congress)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr3016ih/html/BILLS-118hr3016ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Introduced text for this exact bill and Congress. It states the proposed provisions, which are distinct from enacted law.

    official legislative record

    For: IGO Anti-Boycott Act with Josh Gottheimer

  147. News 12 NY-17 debate, Lawler on mifepristone, 39:49https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2389s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Native-caption segments 1173-1176 support a paraphrase only. The caption renders the drug name imprecisely; the official House-office statements identify mifepristone. The adjacent IVF statement is excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: Public opposition to mifepristone restrictions

  148. Lawler statement opposing restrictions on mifepristone, December 13, 2023https://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1091

    Office of Rep. Mike Lawler · Published Dec 13, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Dated historical public advocacy, not a vote, law, judicial brief or proof of a causal role in a court decision.

    official office record

    For: Public opposition to mifepristone restrictions; Lawler opposes mifepristone restrictions in Supreme Court case

  149. Lawler statement as the Supreme Court heard the mifepristone case, March 26, 2024https://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1525

    Office of Rep. Mike Lawler · Published Mar 26, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    The statement explicitly opposed a potential ruling banning or limiting mifepristone. This records his public position at the time, not why the Court later ruled.

    official office record

    For: Public opposition to mifepristone restrictions; Lawler reiterates opposition to mifepristone restrictions

  150. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler bipartisan effective (2:55)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=175s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: What the bipartisan and effectiveness indexes measure

  151. Lugar and McCourt announce calendar-2023 Bipartisan Indexhttps://www.thelugarcenter.org/newsroom-pressreleases-82.html

    The Lugar Center and Georgetown McCourt School · Published May 14, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Issuer explanation dates the rankings to calendar 2023, released May 14, 2024. Its measure is distinct from legislative effectiveness.

    original reporting

    For: What the bipartisan and effectiveness indexes measure

  152. Lugar/McCourt calendar-2023 House Bipartisan Index table (document)

    The Lugar Center and Georgetown McCourt School · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Published table records Lawler’s fourth-place rating. The unusual printed PDF header is preserved; the publisher release identifies the calendar-2023 period.

    original reporting

    For: What the bipartisan and effectiveness indexes measure

  153. Center for Effective Lawmaking: 118th Congress score highlights (office-hosted copy) (document)

    Center for Effective Lawmaking, hosted by Rep. Lawler’s office · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    March 2025 issuer report identifies Lawler as the most effective freshman under its legislative-effectiveness methodology, which includes embedded legislation. The report is mirrored at his office; its authorship remains the issuer’s.

    original reporting

    For: What the bipartisan and effectiveness indexes measure

  154. Bridge Grades: Mike Lawler in the 119th Congresshttps://www.bridgegrades.org/congress/L000599/mike-lawler

    Bridge Grades · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Issuer page reports 99.2/A as of September 28, 2026. Multiple legislative and rhetoric measures are used; this is not a continuation of the Lugar methodology.

    original reporting

    For: What the bipartisan and effectiveness indexes measure

  155. How Bridge Grades measures bipartisan workhttps://www.bridgegrades.org/methodology

    Bridge Grades · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Methodology explains its combined legislative and rhetoric measures.

    original reporting

    For: What the bipartisan and effectiveness indexes measure

  156. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler golden chab endorsements (3:01)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=181s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: Jared Golden and Ally Chemtob endorsements

  157. Jared Golden endorsement op-ed reproduced by Lawler’s campaignhttps://www.lawlerforcongress.com/category/news/op-ed/

    Mike Lawler campaign, attributed to Jared Golden and USA Today · Published Sep 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 21, 2026 campaign archive carries an op-ed attributed to Jared Golden and USA Today. This is recipient-hosted text, not a capture of Golden’s office or the newspaper original.

    endorsement

    For: Jared Golden and Ally Chemtob endorsements

  158. Ally Chemtob endorsement statement and videohttps://www.lawlerforcongress.com/2026/09/14/democratic-new-castle-councilwoman-ally-chemtob-breaks-with-her-party-to-endorse-mike-lawler/

    Mike Lawler campaign · Published Sep 14, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 14, 2026 campaign-hosted statement identifies Chemtob as a Democratic New Castle councilwoman. Her first-person statement is endorsement evidence, not independent verification of its surrounding policy claims.

    endorsement

    For: Jared Golden and Ally Chemtob endorsements

  159. IRS guidance on qualified tips and overtime for 2025https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/treasury-irs-provide-guidance-for-individuals-who-received-tips-or-overtime-during-tax-year-2025

    Internal Revenue Service · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Explains temporary federal income-tax deductions, caps, phaseouts and FLSA premium limits. It does not announce universal payroll or state-tax exemptions.

    official office record

    For: What no tax on tips and overtime means in the law

  160. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler own voting percentage (26:00)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=1560s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: One recorded vote contrary to a presidential veto

  161. House roll 9: H.R. 131 veto-override votehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20269

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Jan 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    January 8, 2026 Lawler Yea supports the override of Trump’s veto. The override failed; this is one concrete contrary action, not a computed alignment score.

    official legislative record

    For: One recorded vote contrary to a presidential veto

  162. H.R. 131, 119th Congress: bill, roles and actionshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/131

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Formal sponsor/cosponsor roles and recorded legislative actions. An introduced bill or House passage is distinct from enactment.

    official legislative record

    For: One recorded vote contrary to a presidential veto

  163. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler medicaid protection (41:50)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2510s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: Medicaid eligibility rules and the protection claim

  164. CMS June 2026 Medicaid community-engagement rule summaryhttps://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/medicaid-community-engagement-requirement-certain-individuals-interim-final-rule-comment-period-cms

    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Published Jun 1, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Explains covered adults, qualifying activities, start date, exclusions and hardship routes. Design exclusions do not prove actual coverage retention.

    official office record

    For: Medicaid eligibility rules and the protection claim

  165. CBO February 2026 Budget and Economic Outlook (document)

    Congressional Budget Office · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Contains projected outlays and law-wide enrollment/uninsured effects. Projections are not observed losses or work-requirement-only estimates.

    official legislative record

    For: Medicaid eligibility rules and the protection claim; Medicaid growth needs a defined measure and time period

  166. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler medicaid growth (42:12)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2532s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: Medicaid growth needs a defined measure and time period

  167. CMS national health-expenditure historical datahttps://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/historical

    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official source index for 2024 historical tables. Spending is combined federal/state current dollars and differs from CBO federal-only projections.

    official office record

    For: Medicaid growth needs a defined measure and time period

  168. CMS 2024 National Health Expenditure historical tables (document)

    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official downloadable tables: Medicaid spending and average enrollment for 2020 and 2024. Values were read from the complete retained archive, not a search snippet.

    official office record

    For: Medicaid growth needs a defined measure and time period

  169. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler mco 12 billion (43:05)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2585s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: New York’s MCO-tax extension and hospital-funding claim

  170. CMS February 2026 final rule: healthcare-related tax transitionhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-02/html/2026-02040.htm

    Federal Register / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Published Feb 2, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Final rule published February 2 and effective April 3, 2026. Transition periods differ by waiver approval date.

    official office record

    For: New York’s MCO-tax extension and hospital-funding claim

  171. GNYHA testimony on New York’s 2026 MCO-tax extension (document)

    Greater New York Hospital Association / New York State Senate · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Participant testimony corroborates the continuation and additional-revenue scale, not a hospital-only paid-funds audit.

    original reporting

    For: New York’s MCO-tax extension and hospital-funding claim

  172. Lawler’s January 2026 account of MCO-tax advocacyhttps://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5393

    Office of Rep. Mike Lawler · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Documents his stated letters, calls and CMS visit. The estimate and personal credit remain attributed.

    candidate statement

    For: New York’s MCO-tax extension and hospital-funding claim

  173. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler fema 2 billion (43:14)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2594s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: FEMA reimbursement progress and the $2 billion claim

  174. Lawler and Garbarino announce FEMA reimbursement progresshttps://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5549

    Office of Rep. Mike Lawler · Published Feb 26, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    February 26, 2026 announcement covers hospitals and local governments; allocation and obligation are distinct from cash payment.

    candidate statement

    For: FEMA reimbursement progress and the $2 billion claim

  175. Hospital leaders describe FEMA reimbursements advancinghttps://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/hospital-leaders-react-chairman-garbarino-helps-advance-fema-covid

    Office of Rep. Andrew Garbarino · Published Feb 27, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    February 27, 2026 participant and recipient statements say funds are being obligated/on their way. The named Northwell figure is not a statewide hospital-only cash total.

    official office record

    For: FEMA reimbursement progress and the $2 billion claim

  176. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler essential plan waiver (43:21)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2601s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: Essential Plan reinstatement and who stayed eligible

  177. CMS approval of New York’s BHP reinstatement, NY-25-0001-BHP (document)

    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Published Feb 27, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    February 27, 2026 letter effective July 1; official PDF independently read through web parsed-PDF access after raw retrieval returned 403. Eligible BHP enrollees differ from expansion enrollees.

    official office record

    For: Essential Plan reinstatement and who stayed eligible

  178. CMS approval to terminate New York’s expanded section 1332 waiver (document)

    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Published Mar 20, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    March 20, 2026 letter approves termination July 1, separately from BHP reinstatement.

    official office record

    For: Essential Plan reinstatement and who stayed eligible

  179. CMS final 2026 New York pass-through funding determination (document)

    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Published May 19, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    May 19, 2026 letter permits transition administration, not post-termination premium/cost-sharing subsidies.

    official office record

    For: Essential Plan reinstatement and who stayed eligible

  180. New York’s 2015 Basic Health Program financing presentation (document)

    New York State Department of Health / Medicaid.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    2015 issuer presentation distinguishes a state-only Medicaid predecessor population from federally/state-financed BHP. Parsed official PDF was read after raw access returned 403.

    official office record

    For: Essential Plan reinstatement and who stayed eligible

  181. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler ai model tests (45:59)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2759s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: The announced AI-model review and the all-model claim

  182. Gottheimer announces the American AI Security Act with Lawlerhttps://gottheimer.house.gov/posts/release-gottheimer-announces-new-bipartisan-legislation-on-ai-safety-to-protect-jersey-families-national-security

    Office of Rep. Josh Gottheimer · Published Sep 18, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 18, 2026 announcement describes NSA review of the most powerful covered models. Operative thresholds and an exact formal bill vehicle remain unidentified.

    official office record

    For: The announced AI-model review and the all-model claim

  183. H.R. 8094, 119th Congress: bill, roles and actionshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8094

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Formal sponsor/cosponsor roles and recorded legislative actions. An introduced bill or House passage is distinct from enactment.

    official legislative record

    For: The announced AI-model review and the all-model claim

  184. H.R. 8094: AI Foundation Model Transparency Act introduced texthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr8094ih/html/BILLS-119hr8094ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    This Beyer bill’s FTC reporting and open-source rules differ from the announced NSA predeployment-review proposal; no threshold substitution is made.

    official legislative record

    For: The announced AI-model review and the all-model claim

  185. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler data centers before term (48:09)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2889s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: Which local data centers predated Lawler’s term?

  186. October 2020 Chase data-center site-management plan (document)

    New York State Department of Environmental Conservation · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    NYSDEC-hosted remediation plan describes an existing 189,000-square-foot computer data center. It documents dated facility existence, not every current computing workload.

    official office record

    For: Which local data centers predated Lawler’s term?

  187. Orangetown’s January 2017 account of operating data centershttps://www.orangetown.com/project/rockland-psychiatric-center-information/

    Town of Orangetown · Published Jan 31, 2017 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Municipal statement names Bloomberg and other operating data centers. Named examples do not define every facility or later expansion.

    official office record

    For: Which local data centers predated Lawler’s term?

  188. Chase civil-plan revisions: original 2017 and Phase III in 2024 (document)

    Town of Orangetown · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Plan preserves 2017 revisions and adds December 11, 2024 Phase III/master-plan revisions, distinguishing original facility and subsequent expansion.

    official office record

    For: Which local data centers predated Lawler’s term?

  189. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler zoning advocacy (49:47)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2987s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: Opposing the Housing Compact and supporting local moratoria

  190. Lawler’s April 2023 response to the Housing Compact retreathttps://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=236

    Office of Rep. Mike Lawler · Published Apr 18, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    April 18, 2023 statement credits the Assembly and Senate and documents Lawler’s opposition; collective outcome does not establish sole cause.

    candidate statement

    For: Opposing the Housing Compact and supporting local moratoria

  191. Governor Hochul’s January 2023 Housing Compact proposalhttps://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-statewide-strategy-address-new-yorks-housing-crisis-and-build-800000

    Office of the Governor of New York · Published Jan 10, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Describes local growth targets, conditional approval appeals and separate transit-station rezoning requirements, rather than eliminating all local zoning.

    official office record

    For: Opposing the Housing Compact and supporting local moratoria

  192. New York 2024 State of the State: 2023 Housing Compact disposition (document)

    Office of the Governor of New York · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    The Governor states the Legislature did not accept the 2023 Housing Compact.

    official office record

    For: Opposing the Housing Compact and supporting local moratoria

  193. Orangetown Local Law 5 of 2026: adopted data-center and battery moratoriumhttps://www.orangetown.com/local-law-5-2026-temporary-town-wide-moratorium-battery-energy-storage-systems-and-data-storage-facilities-data-centers-adopted-8-25-2026/

    Town of Orangetown · Published Aug 25, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Adopted August 25, 2026, distinct from hearing or proposal. Municipal action is not legislation enacted by Lawler.

    official office record

    For: Opposing the Housing Compact and supporting local moratoria

  194. East Fishkill June 25, 2026 minutes: Local Law 3 moratorium (document)

    Town of East Fishkill · Published Jun 25, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Minutes record unanimous adoption and data-center term to July 1, 2029, with ancillary-under-20MW and economic-development-permit exceptions. Adoption and effective-date filing remain distinct.

    official office record

    For: Opposing the Housing Compact and supporting local moratoria

  195. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler 10000 cases (53:58)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=3238s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: Constituent cases and money returned to the district

  196. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler 120 million returned (54:00)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=3240s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: Constituent cases and money returned to the district

  197. Lawler’s January 27, 2026 casework milestonehttps://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5378

    Office of Rep. Mike Lawler · Published Jan 27, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Reports over 8,000 closed cases and over $39 million since January 2023. Earlier self-reported milestones do not verify a later larger total.

    candidate statement

    For: Constituent cases and money returned to the district

  198. Lawler’s January 30, 2026 constituent-funding milestonehttps://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5399

    Office of Rep. Mike Lawler · Published Jan 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Reports $40 million through casework and repeats the 8,000-case milestone. Category, cutoff and paid-funds reconciliation are not independently audited.

    candidate statement

    For: Constituent cases and money returned to the district

  199. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler bills laws totals (54:04)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=3244s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws

  200. Lawler’s official biography: legislative credits and embedded billshttps://lawler.house.gov/about/

    Office of Rep. Mike Lawler · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Office account distinguishes seven first-term House-passed bills, one standalone law and five embedded bills. The full asserted seventeen-item list remains unenumerated.

    candidate statement

    For: Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws

  201. 2026 Political Calendar (document)

    Dutchess County Board of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Gives the primary date as June 23, 2026 and the general election as November 3, 2026.

    official election record

    For: General election; Primary election

  202. Sample ballot, Town of Pawling Election District 1, November 3, 2026 (document)

    Dutchess County Board of Elections · Published Sep 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    One of the county's sample ballots for a Pawling district inside the 17th. Rows run Democratic, Republican, Conservative, Working Families, then Vote Affordable. Conley is on the first and fourth, Lawler on the second and third. No one else is printed for this office.

    official election record

    For: General election

  203. Candidate list for the November 3, 2026 general election (document)

    Dutchess County Board of Elections · Published Sep 15, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The county's list of all nominations certified to it, dated September 15, 2026. For District 17 it lists Cait Conley (DEM, WOR) and the Republican and Conservative nominee, whom it spells Mike Lawlor. Its own sample ballot spells the name Lawler.

    official election record

    For: General election nominations listed

  204. General Election 2026 Sample Ballotshttps://elections.dutchessny.gov/2026/09/23/general-election-2026-sample-ballots/

    Dutchess County Board of Elections · Published Sep 23, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The county's official sample ballots, posted September 23, 2026. The Pawling ED 1 ballot prints District 17 with Cait Conley on the Democratic and Working Families rows and Mike Lawler on the Republican and Conservative rows.

    official election record

    For: General election nominations listed

  205. 2026 Unofficial General Election Candidate List (document)

    Westchester County Board of Elections · Published Sep 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Labelled unofficial. Last modified September 22, 2026. For the 17th District it lists Conley on the DEM and WOR lines and Lawler on the REP and CON lines, and no one else.

    official election record

    For: General election nominations listed

  206. Lawler for Congress, Inc., July Quarterly 2026 (FEC file 1989486)https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00815415/1989486/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Covers June 4 to June 30, 2026; received July 9, 2026. Receipts 699,058.48; disbursements 213,304.82; cash on hand 4,841,305.62; no debt.

    fec filing

    For: FEC filing snapshot