U.S. House

New York
District 17

Election day: November 3, 2026

Two candidates are on the U.S. House ballot in New York's District 17.

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-up

Ratings checked October 1, 2026

Updated October 7, 2026

At a glance

A quick look at the candidates

One stated goal, one checked action and the top committee funding for each candidate. Read the detailed guide for the rest.

What the funding line covers

Funding shows up to the two largest listed committee categories, without individual-donor conduit entries.

Record checked Oct 7, 2026. Money dates are shown separately.

Cait Conley

Democratic, Working Families

One stated goal A public health insurance option open to anyone, and Medicare that covers vision, dental and hearing.

One checked action Jun 30, 2023. CISA announced that she would lead its partnership work with state and local election officials, as Senior Advisor to the Director.

Campaign cash $1,319,156 on Jun 30, 2026, principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees: $178,517; Committees the FEC records no type for: $155,875.

Through June 30, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

Money from political committees in the 2025-26 cycle, through June 30, 2026 (FEC lines 11B, 11C and 12). The rows sum to 601,507.43 dollars. They include 153,174.76 dollars moved in from two Democratic nominee funds after the primary, and 44,065.66 dollars the campaign reported from ActBlue on line 11C. Other donations from individuals, including through ActBlue, are not counted here.

Mike Lawler

Republican, Conservative

One stated goal Reopen the Indian Point nuclear plant and repeal or overhaul New York's climate law.

One checked action Apr 24, 2024. Two of his Iran oil sanctions bills, the SHIP Act and the Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act, became law inside Public Law 118-50.

Campaign cash $4,841,306 on Jun 30, 2026, principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees: $2,958,196; Leadership PACs: $573,500.

Through June 30, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

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.

Who is running?

Printed ballot candidates

Cait ConleyDemocratic, Working Families
Mike LawlerRepublican, Conservative

Source: Dutchess County Board of Elections general election 2026 sample ballots

Checked October 1, 2026

Read the detailed guide, goals, actions and campaign funding

Voter guide

The candidates, side by side

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

How this guide is built

Background comes from government or official office records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so. Goals are summarized from each campaign's own platform page and stay attributed to the campaign. The record lines are official votes, sponsorships, and filings with the government source attached. Money is shown as filed, by the type the FEC records for the contributing committee, and is not evidence of why any position was taken. Money rows are itemized receipts from political committees; transfers from joint fundraising committees and the conduit entries for earmarked individual contributions sit on their own rows; other memo entries, reimbursements, and receipts from organizations that are not political committees are excluded; each candidate's note gives the filings it covers, and some notes also compare the rows with the campaign's own FEC summary.

Cait Conley

Background

Holds no public office. Her campaign says she grew up in the Hudson Valley, the daughter of a postal worker and a construction worker, went to West Point, and was the first in her family to graduate from college.
Her campaign says she served 16 years as an active-duty Army officer, deployed six times to combat zones including Iraq and Afghanistan, and holds three Bronze Stars. CISA calls her a combat-tested Army veteran, and West Point's Combating Terrorism Center biography calls her a decorated combat veteran with six overseas deployments; her service dates, final rank and three Bronze Stars are not established in any official record found.
Her campaign says she was Director for Counterterrorism on the National Security Council at the White House. West Point's Combating Terrorism Center biography gives her the same title; her dates in the job are not established.
In June 2023 CISA put her, as Senior Advisor to the Director, in charge of its work with election officials.

What they say they want to do

A public health insurance option open to anyone, and Medicare that covers vision, dental and hearing.
A ban on stock trading by members of Congress and the White House, term limits, and an end to Citizens United.
Lower utility bills by tying utility profits to performance and banning pass-through costs for jets, lobbying and campaign donations.
An end to the SALT deduction cap.
Body cameras, visible ID and no masks for ICE agents, and a path to citizenship for long-settled immigrants.

What the official record shows

Jun 30, 2023 CISA announced that she would lead its partnership work with state and local election officials, as Senior Advisor to the Director.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 7 committees	$178,517
Committees the FEC records no type for 8 committees	$155,875
Leadership PACs 20 committees	$70,500
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 10 committees	$59,500
PAC - Qualified 15 committees	$57,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Nonqualified 2 committees	$46,066
House 10 committees	$19,500
Labor Organization PACs 3 committees	$12,500
Membership Organization PACs 2 committees	$1,050
PAC - Nonqualified 1 committee	$1,000

Source: Federal Election Commission

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

Apr 24, 2024 Two of his Iran oil sanctions bills, the SHIP Act and the Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act, became law inside Public Law 118-50.
Oct 1, 2024 His Enhanced Presidential Security Act, passed by the House 405-0, became Public Law 118-91.
Jul 4, 2025 Voted for the 2025 reconciliation act, which raised the SALT cap to $40,000; it became Public Law 119-21.
Jan 8, 2026 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.
Jul 11, 2026 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

Race outlook

How an approved rating source sees this race

Categories are ordered judgments, not win probabilities. A rating appears only when that publisher allows the use.

Sabato's Crystal BallToss-up
Sabato's Crystal Ball assessed this Sep 29, 2026; checked Oct 1, 2026.

Sabato's Crystal Ball allows this rating to be used with credit, so their name and date stay on the row. A Stated Record comparison is added only when two or more approved ratings are current. The rule is in Methodology.

What to know

The race in context

Cait Conley won the Democratic primary in New York's 17th District and will face Rep. Mike Lawler in November, WAMC reported.
As of Oct 1, 2026.

Latest record

Updates to this race desk.

Public statementPublished Oct 7, 2026

Lawler’s tax, housing and health-care record expanded

New debate checks separate SALT and housing provisions now in law from health-care proposals, savings estimates and claims of personal credit. Core parts of six Lawler-sponsored bills are in the ROAD law, in changed form. Homes built and lower prices are not yet shown.

Named in this record: Mike Lawler

CorrectionPublished Oct 7, 2026

Lawler’s six housing measures corrected to their formal sponsor roles

An earlier summary grouped two Lawler-sponsored housing bills with four he cosponsored as the six authored measures. The corrected comparison identifies six separate formally Lawler-sponsored bills and their corresponding core law provisions; other cosponsored package measures remain separate, and version changes are disclosed.

Named in this record: Mike Lawler

Public statementPublished Oct 6, 2026

Lawler's mifepristone opposition and Haitian TPS advocacy checked

Dated House-office statements show Lawler publicly opposed mifepristone restrictions in a Supreme Court case. Signed letters and a Clerk petition record document his Haitian TPS advocacy. They do not prove he caused the court or administrative outcomes.

Named in this record: Mike Lawler

Public statementPublished Oct 6, 2026

Three Lawler proposals checked, including religious security

Lawler was an original cosponsor of Goldman's Jewish American Security Act. He sponsored the Antisemitism Awareness and IGO Anti-Boycott bills, with Gottheimer as an original cosponsor. All three current bills remain in committee; earlier House-passed versions are kept separate.

Named in this record: Mike Lawler

Public statementPublished Oct 4, 2026

Three more NY-17 debate statements checked

New checks cover Lawler's stock-trading role, caregiver-wellness bill and Stop Rogue AI cosponsorship. None has become law. The desk also adds issue comparisons on college costs, ethics and AI, with both candidates' sourced positions.

Named in this record: Cait Conley, Mike Lawler

Public statementPublished Oct 4, 2026

Two Lawler debate claims checked against the bills and vote

New checks cover Lawler's student-loan interest proposal and his Haitian TPS House-passage statement. Official records show he sponsored the first; on the second, he was an original cosponsor and voted Yea. Neither bill has become law.

Named in this record: Mike Lawler

Candidate records

The field, without the campaign gloss

Current public roles come from government sources. Campaign-finance IDs come from the FEC.

Democratic, Working Families

Cait Conley

Holds no public office. Her campaign describes her as an Army combat veteran and former national security official.

FEC candidate: H6NY17171
Principal committee: C00900431

Public profiles

X @CaitforNewYorkLinked by the campaign site. A profile link is not a complete archive.
Facebook 61574763653064Linked by the campaign site by profile number.
Instagram @caitconleyLinked by the campaign site.

Republican, Conservative

Mike Lawler

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

FEC candidate: H2NY17162
Principal committee: C00815415

Public profiles

X @lawler4nyLinked by the campaign site. His House office keeps separate accounts.
Facebook lawler4nyLinked by the campaign site.
Instagram @lawler4nyLinked by the campaign site.

Profile links show what is public now, not a complete archive. Each was confirmed through the campaign site unless a note says otherwise.

How social posts are used

Individual social posts enter the evidence record only with a post URL, date, context, and review note.

Issue comparison

What each campaign says

Each campaign's own positions, not promises The Stated Record has verified or endorsed.

Taxes and the SALT cap

Cait Conley's campaign would end the cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction. Mike Lawler's campaign points to the 2025 tax law he voted for, which raised the SALT cap to $40,000 and added tip and overtime deductions. On the record, that cap drops back to $10,000 in 2030, and the tip and overtime deductions end after 2028. The record does not settle his figures on local tax savings.

What each campaign says

Cait Conley

Would end the cap on the state and local tax deduction entirely, and pass the PRO Act and other pro-worker laws.

Mike Lawler

Points to the 2025 tax law he voted for: a SALT cap raised to $40,000, a $2,200 child tax credit, and new deductions for seniors, tips and overtime. Has introduced bills for tax credits on school supplies and youth sports equipment.

Health care costs

Cait Conley's campaign backs a public option, a $35 insulin cap for everyone and more Medicare drug-price negotiation. Mike Lawler's campaign says he helped force a House vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, and backs an IVF tax credit. On the record, he signed the petition for that vote and voted yes; the bill has not passed the Senate. His IVF bill is in committee, and the record does not settle his hospital-funding totals.

What each campaign says

Cait Conley

Would let anyone buy into a public insurance option, defend the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid, cap insulin at $35 for everyone, and let Medicare negotiate more drug prices. Would restore federal Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood.

Mike Lawler

Says he helped force a House vote on extending ACA subsidies, supports an IVF tax credit and opposes Medicare physician-pay cuts. Supports Medicaid work requirements for adults without children. His caregiver bill proposes nonprofit grants for mental-health and practical support; it has not become law.

Social Security and Medicare

Cait Conley's campaign would add vision, dental and hearing to Medicare; in the debate, she proposed a payroll tax above $400,000 for Social Security. Mike Lawler's campaign cites the Social Security Fairness Act and a $6,000 senior deduction; in the debate, he called for new revenue. On the record, he cosponsored and voted for that act, now law. The deduction ends after 2028 and does not make all benefits tax-free.

What each campaign says

Cait Conley

Would expand Medicare to cover vision, dental and hearing. In the debate, proposed applying a payroll tax above $400,000 to support Social Security solvency.

Mike Lawler

Says he helped pass the Social Security Fairness Act and voted for a $6,000 senior tax deduction. In the debate, called for a bipartisan working group and new revenue for Social Security to avoid automatic benefit reductions.

Housing costs

Cait Conley's campaign backs a no-down-payment home loan for teachers, nurses and first responders, and cutting zoning rules that slow building. Mike Lawler's campaign points to the ROAD to Housing Act, now law, and his own housing bills. On the record, Conley's loan plan is modeled on VA home loans for veterans and is not law. Parts of six Lawler bills are in the ROAD law, which does not yet show lower prices.

What each campaign says

Cait Conley

Would create a home loan program for teachers, nurses and first responders with no down payment, cut zoning rules that slow building, expand block grants and builder tax credits, and crack down on corporate landlords.

Mike Lawler

Points to the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, now law, and his own bills on housing supply, rental vouchers and a home loan program for public servants.

Energy and utility bills

Cait Conley's campaign opposes reopening Indian Point and would tie utility profits to performance and invest in solar, wind, hydro and geothermal power. Mike Lawler's campaign wants Indian Point reopened, more natural gas pipeline capacity, faster federal permits and New York's climate law repealed or overhauled. On the record, he cosponsored or voted for permitting bills that passed the House but are not law. The votes do not show lower utility bills.

What each campaign says

Cait Conley

Would hold utility companies to account, tie their profits to performance, invest in solar, wind, hydro and geothermal power, and opposes reopening Indian Point.

Mike Lawler

Wants the Indian Point nuclear plant reopened, more natural gas pipeline capacity, faster federal permitting, and New York's climate law repealed or overhauled.

Immigration

Cait Conley's campaign would require ICE agents to wear body cameras and visible ID, ban their masks and create a path to citizenship for long-settled immigrants and Dreamers. Mike Lawler's campaign backs border enforcement and the Dignity Act and opposes sanctuary policies. On the record, he voted for the Laken Riley Act, now law. He backed the Dignity Act and bills on sanctuary cities, the border wall and protected status for Haitians; none is law.

What each campaign says

Cait Conley

Would require ICE agents to wear body cameras and visible ID and ban masks, end 287(g) agreements, create a path to citizenship for long-settled immigrants and Dreamers, and focus enforcement on violent criminals.

Mike Lawler

Supports border enforcement, opposes sanctuary policies, and backs the Dignity Act and workforce-related legal immigration. He also cosponsored and voted for the Haitian TPS extension passed by the House; that proposal has not become law.

Guns

Cait Conley's campaign calls her a gun owner and backs universal background checks and funding state red flag laws with due process. Mike Lawler's campaign backs gun rights, red flag laws with due process and safe-storage incentives. On the record, he cosponsored the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, which has had no vote. His bill to extend the Undetectable Firearms Act stayed in committee; a 2024 spending law he voted for extended it to 2031.

What each campaign says

Cait Conley

A gun owner who would pass universal background checks, close the unlicensed-seller exemption, and fund state red flag laws with due process.

Mike Lawler

Supports gun rights and red flag laws with full due process, cosponsored the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, and backs safe-storage incentives and a ban on gun purchases by anyone with an outstanding warrant.

Defense and foreign policy

Cait Conley's campaign backs diplomacy over military escalation with Iran, restoring USAID, checks on presidential military action, a two-state solution and support for Ukraine. Mike Lawler's campaign backs Israel, Ukraine and sanctions on Iranian oil, and cites a yes vote on every defense bill. On the record, he voted for each year's defense bill from 2023 to 2026. His two Iran oil sanctions bills became law inside a larger foreign aid package.

What each campaign says

Cait Conley

Would end military escalation with Iran in favour of diplomacy, restore USAID, check presidential military action, support a two-state solution, and back Ukraine.

Mike Lawler

Calls for peace through strength: steady support for Israel, which he says he has never wavered on, support for Ukraine against his own party's critics, sanctions on Iranian oil, and a yes vote on every defense authorization.

College costs and job training

In the debate, Cait Conley backed a cap on federal student-loan interest rates without naming a rate, and her campaign backs trade skills and apprenticeships. In the debate, Mike Lawler backed a 2% rate for certain federal student loans and more vocational schooling. On the record, he introduced that plan as H.R. 2003 with Jared Moskowitz as a cosponsor. It is in committee and is not law.

What each campaign says

Cait Conley

In the debate, supported a cap on federal student-loan interest rates, without specifying a rate. Would invest in trade skills and apprenticeships so a four-year degree is not the only route to the middle class.

Mike Lawler

In the debate, backed a 2% interest rate for specified federal student loans and more vocational schooling. His H.R. 2003 proposal has been introduced and referred to committee; it has not become law.

Money in politics and ethics

Cait Conley's campaign backs banning individual-stock trading by members of Congress and says she takes no corporate PAC money. Mike Lawler's campaign backs limits on stock trading by members. On the record, Conley's filings through June 2026 list $601,507 from political committees, none a corporate PAC in FEC records. Lawler cosponsored and voted for H.R. 7008, which limits stock buys and adds a voter ID rule; it passed the House but not the Senate.

What each campaign says

Cait Conley

Supports a ban on individual-stock trading by members of Congress. Her campaign also calls for extending a ban to the White House, term limits and an end to Citizens United; she says she takes no corporate PAC money.

Mike Lawler

Supports restrictions on stock trading by members of Congress. He is an original cosponsor of H.R. 7008 and voted for the House-passed version, which restricts stock purchases and requires notice before sales, and also contains federal voter photo-ID requirements.

Artificial intelligence

In the debate, Cait Conley called for federal AI rules that protect safety and security and keep the U.S. a leader in AI. In the debate, Mike Lawler pointed to bipartisan safeguards for AI agents and the Stop Rogue AI Act, which he cosponsors. On the record, that bill is in committee. The record does not settle his statement that he has a bill to test all new AI models before release.

What each campaign says

Cait Conley

In the debate, called for federal AI regulation to protect public safety and security while keeping the United States a global leader in AI development. The statement is a proposed policy, not an enacted safeguard.

Mike Lawler

In the debate, pointed to bipartisan AI-agent safeguards. He cosponsors the Stop Rogue AI Act, which proposes NIST standards for identifying, evaluating, monitoring and controlling agents and changes to federal purchasing rules. The bill remains in committee.

Words and record

Where statements meet official action

Each card sets one thing a candidate says beside their own official record, with one label from a fixed list and its limit. No card says why someone did something.

How the cards work

The number of cards varies with what each candidate's official record supports, and every card carries the same required parts: what they say, what the official record shows, one label from the fixed list, and its limit. Each card is labeled narrowly, by rule. A single vote, sponsorship, or filing can match one claim without proving a candidate's whole record.

Mike Lawler

A proposed 2% rate for covered federal student loans

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 · Mar 10, 2025

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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Quotes, full record and limits

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 · Mar 10, 2025

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.

Mike Lawler

Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit

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 · Apr 16, 2026

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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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

What the record shows · Apr 16, 2026

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.

Cait Conley

No corporate PAC money

Matches stated record claim

What they say

Her campaign said in April 2026 that it had taken no money from corporate PACs.

What the record shows · Jun 30, 2026

Her filings through June 2026 list $601,507 from political committees, and none is a committee the FEC records as a corporation's PAC.

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What they say

Her campaign said in April 2026 that it had taken no money from corporate PACs.

“$0 in Corporate PAC money”

In their own words, dated

“Conley’s campaign has accepted no corporate PAC money”
Jan 5, 2026

What the record shows · Jun 30, 2026

Her filings through June 30, 2026 list money from political committees on lines 11B, 11C and 12 totalling 601,507.43 dollars. None of it is from a committee the FEC records as a corporation's PAC. The largest sources are two Democratic nominee funds, ActBlue, leadership PACs, and other and labor PACs.

Limit: This rests on the FEC's record of each giving committee's type. A leadership PAC or other PAC that gave to her can itself take corporate PAC money, and that is not traced here. Filings after June 30 were not yet due.

Cait Conley

Her fundraising figures

Matches stated record claim

What they say

Her campaign said she raised over 730,000 dollars in the first quarter of 2026 and had over 1.5 million dollars in cash on hand.

What the record shows · Mar 31, 2026

Her April 2026 report shows $731,119.82 raised from January to March 2026 and $1,534,756.02 cash on hand.

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What they say

Her campaign said she raised over 730,000 dollars in the first quarter of 2026 and had over 1.5 million dollars in cash on hand.

“For the first quarter of 2026, Cait raised over $730,000”

In their own words, dated

“her campaign raised more than $560,000 in the fourth quarter of 2025”
Jan 5, 2026

What the record shows · Mar 31, 2026

Her April Quarterly report shows receipts of 731,119.82 dollars for January 1 to March 31, 2026, and 1,534,756.02 dollars cash on hand. Her Year-End 2025 report shows 572,357.28 dollars raised in the fourth quarter and 1,226,510.32 in cash; her four 2025 reports add up to 1,914,138.04 dollars.

Limit: Receipts include all money in, not only individual donations. The release's counts of donors and small gifts cannot be checked from the filings, because gifts under 200 dollars are not itemized.

Cait Conley

CISA election-security work and faith-community support

Matches stated direction

What they say

Conley said that while she worked at CISA, the agency did substantial work supporting faith-based organizations, specifically synagogues. Her campaign also describes her as the federal senior executive overseeing election-infrastructure security.

What the record shows

CISA and EAC confirm her role and DHS confirms faith-community work during that tenure, without establishing personal authorship or security outcomes.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

What the record shows

CISA announced June 30, 2023 that Conley, Senior Advisor to the Director, would take on its election-security work and lead partnerships with election officials nationwide. The EAC’s February 2024 newsletter identifies her in that role at a January 8-9 event. DHS’s December 6, 2023 release documents faith-community physical-security work explicitly including synagogues. West Point’s institutional biography separately describes her as CISA’s senior executive overseeing its multidomain election-security mission.

Limit: These dated institutional records corroborate agency work during her tenure and distinguish the titles each source uses. The debate did not say she personally authored the synagogue program. This does not measure delivery to individual synagogues, reduced hate or uninterrupted employment on every date. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

Mike Lawler

The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims

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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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

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.

Mike Lawler

The senior deduction and Social Security taxes

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 · Jul 4, 2025

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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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 · Jul 4, 2025

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.

Mike Lawler

Forcing a vote on ACA subsidies

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 · Jan 8, 2026

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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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 · Jan 8, 2026

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.

Mike Lawler

A proposed tax credit for IVF treatment

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 · Mar 5, 2025

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

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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 · Mar 5, 2025

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.

Mike Lawler

Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act

Matches stated direction

What they say

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

What the record shows · Mar 9, 2024

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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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 · Mar 9, 2024

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.

Mike Lawler

The Bipartisan Background Checks Act

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he cosponsored the Bipartisan Background Checks Act.

What the record shows · Aug 15, 2025

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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His campaign says he cosponsored the Bipartisan Background Checks Act.

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

What the record shows · Aug 15, 2025

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.

Mike Lawler

Participation in the Dignity Act

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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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.

Mike Lawler

Border and detention votes

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 · Jan 29, 2025

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 · Jan 29, 2025

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.

Mike Lawler

The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures

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 · Jul 11, 2026

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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What the record shows · Jul 11, 2026

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.

Mike Lawler

Permitting work and energy-production proposals

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 · Dec 18, 2025

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 · Dec 18, 2025

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.

Mike Lawler

Laws against Iran's oil trade

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 · Apr 24, 2024

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 · Apr 24, 2024

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.

Mike Lawler

A special envoy for the Abraham Accords

Matches stated direction

What they say

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

What the record shows · Dec 22, 2023

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”
Dec 14, 2023

What the record shows · Dec 22, 2023

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.

Mike Lawler

Voting for every defense bill

Matches stated record claim

What they say

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

What the record shows · Jul 22, 2026

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 · Jul 22, 2026

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.

Mike Lawler

Congressional stock trading and the House-passed bill

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 · Jul 22, 2026

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 · Jul 22, 2026

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.

Mike Lawler

Diana Lemon and the caregiver mental-health proposal

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.

What the record shows · Mar 12, 2026

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.

What the record shows · Mar 12, 2026

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.

Mike Lawler

The Stop Rogue AI agent-security proposal

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.

Mike Lawler

Co-leading the Jewish American Security Act

Matches stated record claim

What they say

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

What the record shows · Jun 9, 2026

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

What the record shows · Jun 9, 2026

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.

Mike Lawler

Antisemitism Awareness Act with Josh Gottheimer

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What they say

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

What the record shows · Feb 5, 2025

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.

What the record shows · Feb 5, 2025

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.

Mike Lawler

IGO Anti-Boycott Act with Josh Gottheimer

Matches stated record claim

What they say

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

What the record shows · Jan 31, 2025

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.

What the record shows · Jan 31, 2025

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.

Mike Lawler

Public opposition to mifepristone restrictions

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What they say

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

What the record shows · Mar 26, 2024

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.

What the record shows · Mar 26, 2024

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.

Cait Conley

West Point, Army tours and the limits of a public biography

No assessment

What they say

At the September 28 debate, Conley described graduating from West Point, sixteen years as an active-duty Army officer and six overseas tours. She also said she was her family’s first college graduate and a former military-police officer. Later, she separately referred to over sixteen military years, four West Point years and time in the reserves.

What the record shows

West Point confirms Conley’s graduation and six overseas deployments, while exact service periods, military-police work and family education remain attributed to her.

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What the record shows

West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center identifies Conley as a West Point graduate and decorated combat veteran with six overseas deployments and more than a decade in Special Operations. Her July 27, 2025 first-person service account describes sixteen active-duty years, being the first in her family to graduate college and leading a military-police platoon on her first Iraq deployment. The institutional biography corroborates her own education and deployments; the additional personal history comes from her account.

Why there is no assessment here

Exact active-duty boundaries, reserve appointment and duration, her earlier military-police billet and her relatives’ education are not independently reconstructed here. West Point years and reserve periods are separate from active-duty years; the debate’s differently worded totals cannot be added into a new service total. Her parents not graduating does not mean they never attended college.

Limit: Exact active-duty boundaries, reserve appointment and duration, her earlier military-police billet and her relatives’ education are not independently reconstructed here. West Point years and reserve periods are separate from active-duty years; the debate’s differently worded totals cannot be added into a new service total. Her parents not graduating does not mean they never attended college. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

Mike Lawler

What the bipartisan and effectiveness indexes measure

No assessment

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.

Mike Lawler

Jared Golden and Ally Chemtob endorsements

No assessment

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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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.

Mike Lawler

What no tax on tips and overtime means in the law

No assessment

What they say

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

What the record shows · Jul 4, 2025

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.

What the record shows · Jul 4, 2025

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.

Cait Conley

VA home-loan assistance and Conley’s public-service proposal

No assessment

What they say

Conley referred to VA home-loan assistance available to veterans like herself while proposing similar help after ten years of service for first responders, law enforcement, nurses and teachers.

What the record shows

VA confirms the conditional veterans benefit used as her model, while Conley’s individual eligibility and loan use remain personal assertions.

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What they say

Conley referred to VA home-loan assistance available to veterans like herself while proposing similar help after ten years of service for first responders, law enforcement, nurses and teachers.

What the record shows

VA guidance describes home-loan assistance for people meeting military-service eligibility rules, verified through a Certificate of Eligibility. Financing also depends on credit, income and occupancy requirements from VA and the lender. West Point’s institutional biography corroborates Conley’s military service. Her statement identifies an existing veterans program as the model for her proposal; it does not say she authored that program.

Why there is no assessment here

Her individual eligibility, Certificate of Eligibility and any loan use remain personal assertions. Military service alone does not prove every veteran qualifies. The proposed extension to other public-service workers is not an enacted benefit.

Limit: Her individual eligibility, Certificate of Eligibility and any loan use remain personal assertions. Military service alone does not prove every veteran qualifies. The proposed extension to other public-service workers is not an enacted benefit. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

Mike Lawler

One recorded vote contrary to a presidential veto

Matches stated record claim

What they say

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

What the record shows · Jan 8, 2026

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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What they say

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

What the record shows · Jan 8, 2026

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.

Mike Lawler

Medicaid eligibility rules and the protection claim

No assessment

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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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

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.

Mike Lawler

Medicaid growth needs a defined measure and time period

No assessment

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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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

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.

Mike Lawler

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

No assessment

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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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

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.

Mike Lawler

FEMA reimbursement progress and the $2 billion claim

No assessment

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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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

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.

Mike Lawler

Essential Plan reinstatement and who stayed eligible

No assessment

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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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 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.

Mike Lawler

The announced AI-model review and the all-model claim

No assessment

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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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 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.

Mike Lawler

Which local data centers predated Lawler’s term?

No assessment

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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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

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.

Mike Lawler

Opposing the Housing Compact and supporting local moratoria

No assessment

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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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

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.

Mike Lawler

Constituent cases and money returned to the district

No assessment

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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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 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.

Mike Lawler

Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws

No assessment

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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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 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.

Campaign finance

FEC snapshot through Jun 30, 2026

Principal campaign committees only. Receipts and disbursements are the election-cycle-to-date figures, Column B on each filing's summary page; cash on hand and debt are period-end figures. All are carried by reports covering the same period. Money is not a score of candidate quality or voter support.

Candidate	Cycle receipts	Cycle disbursements	Cash on hand	Debt owed
Cait ConleyC00900431	$1,059,260	$681,077	$1,319,156	$0
Mike LawlerC00815415	$699,058	$213,305	$4,841,306	$0

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Cait Conley: July Quarterly 2026, coverage Jun 4, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, received Jul 15, 2026, file 1996964, image 202607159880594555.

Mike Lawler: July Quarterly 2026, coverage Jun 4, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, received Jul 9, 2026, file 1989486, image 202607099874818333.

Retrieved from OpenFEC on Oct 1, 2026. FEC amendments can revise these committee-reported figures.

Chronology

How the field took shape

Dec 13, 2023
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.
Dec 22, 2023
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.
Mar 26, 2024
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.
Apr 24, 2024
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.
Sep 10, 2024
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.
Mar 10, 2025
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.
Jul 4, 2025
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.
Sep 8, 2025
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.
Dec 17, 2025
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.
Jan 8, 2026
House passes the ACA credit extension
H.R. 1834 passes 230-196 with Lawler voting Yea. The Senate has not taken it up.
Mar 4, 2026
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.
Mar 12, 2026
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.
Apr 16, 2026
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.
Jun 23, 2026
Primary election
New York's primary day.
Jul 1, 2026
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.
Jul 11, 2026
ROAD to Housing Act becomes law
Lawler cosponsored it and voted for it; it includes bills he sponsored and cosponsored.
Jul 22, 2026
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.
Sep 14, 2026
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.
Sep 15, 2026
General election nominations listed
Dutchess County lists Conley on the Democratic and Working Families lines and Lawler on the Republican and Conservative lines.
Nov 3, 2026
General election
Election day. Two candidates, on four party lines.

The details

Election facts. Original sources.

Election date: November 3, 2026
Added: October 2026
Ballot source updated: Dutchess County sample ballots dated September 23, 2026; reviewed October 1, 2026.
Candidate field: Printed candidates checked against official election records.

Coverage

What this page includes, and what is not yet included.

As of Oct 17, 2026. Only what passed a source check is listed. How coverage works.

BallotIncluded
2 printed candidates, checked October 1, 2026 against the official election record.
Race outlookIncluded
1 of 1 specialist rating is current as of Oct 17, 2026.
Reported contextIncluded
1 dated development with original reporting attached.
Words and recordIncluded
42 statement-to-action comparisons across 2 candidate records, each with a stated limitation.
Campaign financeIncluded
FEC filing snapshots for 2 principal campaign committees, with a common coverage cutoff.
PollingNot yet
No published poll has been reviewed for this race yet.

1 correction recorded for this race; each is dated in the corrections log. Report an error.

Sources234 source records

Snapshot as of Oct 17, 2026. The live page may have changed: https://statedrecord.com/races/new-york-us-house-17-2026

How we use sources

Dutchess County Board of Elections general election 2026 sample ballotshttps://elections.dutchessny.gov/2026/09/23/general-election-2026-sample-ballots/
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: Election facts, ratings and race context; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
How these races were chosenhttps://statedrecord.com/methodology#race-selection
For: Election facts, ratings and race context
Sabato's Crystal Ball ratingshttps://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-house/
For: Election facts, ratings and race context
WAMChttps://www.wamc.org/news/2026-06-23/ny-primary-election-2026-ny-17-democrat-conley
For: Election facts, ratings and race context
Cait Conley for Congresshttps://caitconley.com/
Cait for New York · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign home page. Paid for by Cait for New York. Links X (@CaitforNewYork), Facebook and Instagram (caitconley).
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Cait Conley: background, goals, record and money; Energy and utility bills; Money in politics and ethics
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: Candidate roles and profiles; Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: Which local data centers predated Lawler’s term?
Mike Lawler for Congresshttps://www.lawlerforcongress.com/
Lawler for Congress, Inc. · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign home page. Paid for by Lawler for Congress, Inc. Links X, Facebook and Instagram accounts under lawler4ny. mikelawler.com redirects here.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles
CISA Announces Updates to the Election Security Teamhttps://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/cisa-announces-updates-election-security-team
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency · Published Jun 30, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Agency press release of June 30, 2023. It names Conley as Senior Advisor to the Director and says she will lead the agency's work with election officials.
official office record
For: Cait Conley: background, goals, record and money; Cait Conley: CISA election-security work and faith-community support
Cait Conley (Downing Scholars Program biography)https://ctc.westpoint.edu/scholars/cait-conley/
Combating Terrorism Center at West Point · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Undated scholar biography. Calls her a decorated combat veteran with six overseas deployments and says that before CISA she was Director for Counterterrorism on the National Security Council. It gives no service dates, rank, awards or NSC dates.
official office record
For: Cait Conley: background, goals, record and money; Cait Conley: CISA election-security work and faith-community support; Cait Conley: West Point, Army tours and the limits of a public biography; Cait Conley: VA home-loan assistance and Conley’s public-service proposal
Cait Conley: My military service was questioned. Here is the answer.https://caitconley.com/cait-conley-my-military-service-was-questioned-here-is-the-answer/
Cait for New York · Published Jul 27, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
A letter by Conley reposted on her site July 27, 2025, describing her Army service. No official service record was found to check it against.
candidate statement
For: Cait Conley: background, goals, record and money; Cait Conley: West Point, Army tours and the limits of a public biography
Policyhttps://caitconley.com/policy/
Cait for New York · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Twelve policy sections. Undated; read October 1, 2026.
candidate statement
For: Cait Conley: background, goals, record and money; Taxes and the SALT cap; Health care costs; Social Security and Medicare; Housing costs; Energy and utility bills; Immigration; Guns; Defense and foreign policy; Money in politics and ethics; Cait Conley: CISA election-security work and faith-community support
Cait for New York, receipts from committees, 2025-26 (FEC lines 11B, 11C and 12)https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00900431&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: 0 (11B), 422,990.43 (11C), 178,517.00 (12). No 11C row comes from a committee the FEC records as a corporation's PAC.
fec filing
For: Cait Conley: background, goals, record and money; Cait Conley: No corporate PAC money
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: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money
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: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Taxes and the SALT cap; Health care costs; Social Security and Medicare; Housing costs; Energy and utility bills; Immigration; Guns; Defense and foreign policy; Mike Lawler: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims; Mike Lawler: The senior deduction and Social Security taxes; Mike Lawler: The Social Security Fairness Act; Mike Lawler: Forcing a vote on ACA subsidies; Mike Lawler: A proposed tax credit for IVF treatment; Mike Lawler: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act; Mike Lawler: The Bipartisan Background Checks Act; Mike Lawler: Participation in the Dignity Act; Mike Lawler: Border and detention votes; Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Mike Lawler: Permitting work and energy-production proposals; Mike Lawler: Laws against Iran's oil trade; Mike Lawler: A special envoy for the Abraham Accords; Mike Lawler: Voting for every defense bill
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: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims; Mike Lawler: The Social Security Fairness Act; Mike Lawler: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act
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: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: Laws against Iran's oil trade; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: Laws against Iran's oil trade
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: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: Laws against Iran's oil trade
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: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws
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: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money
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
Public Law 119-21, the 2025 reconciliation act (H.R. 1)
For: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims; Mike Lawler: The senior deduction and Social Security taxes; Mike Lawler: What no tax on tips and overtime means in the law; Mike Lawler: Medicaid eligibility rules and the protection claim; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Lawler’s tax, housing and health-care record expanded
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: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims; Mike Lawler: The senior deduction and Social Security taxes; Mike Lawler: What no tax on tips and overtime means in the law; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: Forcing a vote on ACA subsidies; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: Forcing a vote on ACA subsidies; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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
Public Law 119-101, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
For: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Mike Lawler: Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Lawler’s tax, housing and health-care record expanded; Lawler’s six housing measures corrected to their formal sponsor roles
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
H.R. 6644 (119th Congress), 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
For: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Lawler’s tax, housing and health-care record expanded
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: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures
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
Lawler identifies six authored housing measures in the ROAD package
For: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Mike Lawler: Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws; Lawler’s six housing measures corrected to their formal sponsor roles
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
H.R. 5913 (119th Congress), Community Investment and Prosperity Act
For: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Mike Lawler: Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws; Lawler’s six housing measures corrected to their formal sponsor roles
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
H.R. 3774, 119th Congress: bill, roles and actions
For: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Mike Lawler: Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws; Lawler’s six housing measures corrected to their formal sponsor roles
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
H.R. 7504, 119th Congress: bill, roles and actions
For: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Mike Lawler: Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws; Lawler’s six housing measures corrected to their formal sponsor roles
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
H.R. 7108 (119th Congress), Improving Public Housing Agency Accountability Act
For: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Mike Lawler: Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws; Lawler’s six housing measures corrected to their formal sponsor roles
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
H.R. 7596, 119th Congress: bill, roles and actions
For: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Mike Lawler: Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws; Lawler’s six housing measures corrected to their formal sponsor roles
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
H.R. 7595, 119th Congress: bill, roles and actions
For: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money; Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Mike Lawler: Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws; Lawler’s six housing measures corrected to their formal sponsor roles
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: Mike Lawler: background, goals, record and money
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: Health care costs; Mike Lawler: Diana Lemon and the caregiver mental-health proposal
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
H.R. 7911 caregiver proposal
For: Health care costs; Mike Lawler: Diana Lemon and the caregiver mental-health proposal; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Three more NY-17 debate statements checked
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: Health care costs; Mike Lawler: Diana Lemon and the caregiver mental-health proposal; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
News 12 debate: Social Security solvency proposalshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=789s
News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 4, 2026
13:09-13:39 Conley; 14:03-14:23 Lawler. These are their proposals; the exchange about the reconciliation law is not adjudicated. Paraphrase from the host-matched native captions captured October 4; no independently confirmed exact quotation. Full native payload retained privately.
candidate statement
For: Social Security and Medicare
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
H.R. 1689
For: Immigration; Mike Lawler: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Two Lawler debate claims checked against the bills and vote
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
Clerk Roll Call 120
For: Immigration; Mike Lawler: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Two Lawler debate claims checked against the bills and vote
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: College costs and job training; Mike Lawler: A proposed 2% rate for covered federal student loans
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
H.R. 2003
For: College costs and job training; Mike Lawler: A proposed 2% rate for covered federal student loans; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Two Lawler debate claims checked against the bills and vote
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: College costs and job training; Mike Lawler: A proposed 2% rate for covered federal student loans; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Money in politics and ethics; Mike Lawler: Congressional stock trading and the House-passed bill
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: Money in politics and ethics; Mike Lawler: Congressional stock trading and the House-passed bill; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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
H.R. 7008 House text
For: Money in politics and ethics; Mike Lawler: Congressional stock trading and the House-passed bill; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Three more NY-17 debate statements checked
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
Clerk Roll Call 280
For: Money in politics and ethics; Mike Lawler: Congressional stock trading and the House-passed bill; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Three more NY-17 debate statements checked
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: Artificial intelligence; Mike Lawler: The Stop Rogue AI agent-security proposal
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
H.R. 10362 AI-agent proposal
For: Artificial intelligence; Mike Lawler: The Stop Rogue AI agent-security proposal; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Three more NY-17 debate statements checked
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: Artificial intelligence; Mike Lawler: The Stop Rogue AI agent-security proposal; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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
News 12 NY-17 debate, Lawler on Haitian TPS advocacy, 35:11
For: Mike Lawler: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit; Lawler's mifepristone opposition and Haitian TPS advocacy checked
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: Mike Lawler: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit
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: Mike Lawler: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit
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: Mike Lawler: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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
Signed letter to President Trump urging a Haitian TPS extension, September 8, 2025
For: Mike Lawler: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Lawler's mifepristone opposition and Haitian TPS advocacy checked
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
Clerk discharge petition No. 15 for H.Res. 965, consideration of H.R. 1689
For: Mike Lawler: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Lawler's mifepristone opposition and Haitian TPS advocacy checked
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
Signed letter to Majority Leader Thune urging a Senate vote on H.R. 1689
For: Mike Lawler: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Lawler's mifepristone opposition and Haitian TPS advocacy checked
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: Mike Lawler: Haitian TPS advocacy, House passage and extension credit
Cait Conley Again Outraises Entire NY-17 Primary Field Combinedhttps://caitconley.com/cait-conley-again-outraises-entire-ny-17-primary-field-combined-heads-into-final-two-months-with-massive-momentum-and-coh-advantage/
Cait for New York · Published Apr 16, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign release posted April 16, 2026, on first-quarter fundraising.
candidate statement
For: Cait Conley: No corporate PAC money; Cait Conley: Her fundraising figures
Cait Conley Raises Over $560,000 in Q4, Surpasses $1.9 Million for the Cyclehttps://caitconley.com/cait-conley-raises-over-560000-in-q4-surpasses-1-9-million-for-the-cycle/
Cait for New York · Published Jan 5, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign release posted January 5, 2026, on fourth-quarter 2025 fundraising. It was posted before the year-end report was filed on January 31.
candidate statement
For: Cait Conley: No corporate PAC money; Cait Conley: Her fundraising figures
Cait for New York, July Quarterly 2026 (FEC file 1996964)https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00900431/1996964/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Covers June 4 to June 30, 2026; received July 15, 2026. Receipts 1,059,259.60; disbursements 681,076.51; cash on hand 1,319,156.47; no debt. Committee C00900431; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-06-04 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-07-15; file 1996964; image 202607159880594555.
fec filing
For: Cait Conley: No corporate PAC money; Campaign finance
Cait for New York, April Quarterly 2026, amended (FEC file 1984896)https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00900431/1984896/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Covers January 1 to March 31, 2026. Receipts 731,119.82; cash on hand 1,534,756.02. The June 18 amendment carries the same totals as the April 15 original (file 1966643).
fec filing
For: Cait Conley: Her fundraising figures
Cait for New York, Year-End 2025 (FEC file 1943590)https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00900431/1943590/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Covers October 1 to December 31, 2025. Receipts 572,357.28; cash on hand 1,226,510.32.
fec filing
For: Cait Conley: Her fundraising figures
Cait for New York, 2025 April, July and October Quarterly reports (FEC files 1887389, 1903195, 1921203)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00900431/?tab=filings
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Receipts of 335,161.09, 480,363.99 and 526,255.68. With the year-end report, the campaign's 2025 receipts sum to 1,914,138.04 dollars.
fec filing
For: Cait Conley: Her fundraising figures
News 12 NY17 debate: conley cisa faith org (29:23)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=1763s
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: Cait Conley: CISA election-security work and faith-community support
EAC February 2024 update: Conley’s January federal-partners panelhttps://www.eac.gov/february-2024-eac-monthly-updates-and-events
U.S. Election Assistance Commission · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Dated January 8-9, 2024 event reporting identifies Conley as Senior Advisor to the CISA Director. It corroborates tenure context, not every day of employment.
official office record
For: Cait Conley: CISA election-security work and faith-community support
DHS December 2023 faith-community physical-security goalshttps://www.dhs.gov/news/2023/12/06/dhs-releases-physical-security-performance-goals-faith-based-communities
U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Published Dec 6, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
December 6, 2023 institutional work explicitly includes synagogues. It supports agency activity during Conley’s documented tenure, not personal authorship.
official office record
For: Cait Conley: CISA election-security work and faith-community support
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: Mike Lawler: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims
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: Mike Lawler: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims
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: Mike Lawler: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims
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: Mike Lawler: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims; Mike Lawler: The senior deduction and Social Security taxes; Mike Lawler: What no tax on tips and overtime means in the law
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: Mike Lawler: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims
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: Mike Lawler: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims
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: Mike Lawler: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims
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: Mike Lawler: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims
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: Mike Lawler: The SALT increase and the local tax-savings claims
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: Mike Lawler: The senior deduction and Social Security taxes; Mike Lawler: What no tax on tips and overtime means in the law
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: Mike Lawler: The senior deduction and Social Security taxes
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: Mike Lawler: The senior deduction and Social Security taxes
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: Mike Lawler: The Social Security Fairness Act
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: Mike Lawler: The Social Security Fairness Act; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Mike Lawler: The Social Security Fairness Act
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: Mike Lawler: The Social Security Fairness Act
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: Mike Lawler: Forcing a vote on ACA subsidies
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: Mike Lawler: Forcing a vote on ACA subsidies
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: Mike Lawler: Forcing a vote on ACA subsidies
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: Mike Lawler: Forcing a vote on ACA subsidies
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: Mike Lawler: A proposed tax credit for IVF treatment
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: Mike Lawler: A proposed tax credit for IVF treatment
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: Mike Lawler: A proposed tax credit for IVF treatment
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: Mike Lawler: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act
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: Mike Lawler: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act
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: Mike Lawler: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act
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: Mike Lawler: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act
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: Mike Lawler: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act
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: Mike Lawler: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act
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: Mike Lawler: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act
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: Mike Lawler: Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act
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: Mike Lawler: The Bipartisan Background Checks Act
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: Mike Lawler: Participation in the Dignity Act
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: Mike Lawler: Participation in the Dignity Act
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: Mike Lawler: Participation in the Dignity Act
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: Mike Lawler: Border and detention votes
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: Mike Lawler: Border and detention votes
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: Mike Lawler: Border and detention votes
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: Mike Lawler: Border and detention votes
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: Mike Lawler: Border and detention votes
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: Mike Lawler: Border and detention votes
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: Mike Lawler: Border and detention votes
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: Mike Lawler: Border and detention votes
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: Mike Lawler: Border and detention votes
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
News 12 NY17 debate: lawler housing law (5:07)
For: Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures; Lawler’s tax, housing and health-care record expanded
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: Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures
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: Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures
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: Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures
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: Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures
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: Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures
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: Mike Lawler: The ROAD housing law and Lawler’s six sponsored measures
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: Mike Lawler: Permitting work and energy-production proposals
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: Mike Lawler: Permitting work and energy-production proposals
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: Mike Lawler: Permitting work and energy-production proposals
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: Mike Lawler: Permitting work and energy-production proposals
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: Mike Lawler: Permitting work and energy-production proposals
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: Mike Lawler: Permitting work and energy-production proposals
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: Mike Lawler: Permitting work and energy-production proposals
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: Mike Lawler: Permitting work and energy-production proposals
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: Mike Lawler: Permitting work and energy-production proposals
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: Mike Lawler: Permitting work and energy-production proposals
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: Mike Lawler: Laws against Iran's oil trade
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: Mike Lawler: Laws against Iran's oil trade
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: Mike Lawler: A special envoy for the Abraham Accords
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: Mike Lawler: A special envoy for the Abraham Accords
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: Mike Lawler: A special envoy for the Abraham Accords
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: Mike Lawler: A special envoy for the Abraham Accords
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: Mike Lawler: A special envoy for the Abraham Accords; Mike Lawler: Voting for every defense bill; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Mike Lawler: A special envoy for the Abraham Accords; Mike Lawler: Voting for every defense bill; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Mike Lawler: A special envoy for the Abraham Accords
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: Mike Lawler: Voting for every defense bill
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: Mike Lawler: Voting for every defense bill
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: Mike Lawler: Voting for every defense bill
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: Mike Lawler: Voting for every defense bill
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: Mike Lawler: Voting for every defense bill
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: Mike Lawler: Voting for every defense bill
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: Mike Lawler: Voting for every defense bill
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: Mike Lawler: Voting for every defense bill
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: Mike Lawler: Voting for every defense bill
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: Mike Lawler: Congressional stock trading and the House-passed bill
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: Mike Lawler: Diana Lemon and the caregiver mental-health proposal
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: Mike Lawler: Diana Lemon and the caregiver mental-health proposal
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: Mike Lawler: The Stop Rogue AI agent-security proposal
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: Mike Lawler: Co-leading the Jewish American Security Act
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
News 12 NY-17 debate, 25:17
For: Mike Lawler: Co-leading the Jewish American Security Act; Three Lawler proposals checked, including religious security
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
H.R. 9211, 119th Congress
For: Mike Lawler: Co-leading the Jewish American Security Act; Three Lawler proposals checked, including religious security
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: Mike Lawler: Co-leading the Jewish American Security Act
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: Mike Lawler: Co-leading the Jewish American Security Act
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: Mike Lawler: Antisemitism Awareness Act with Josh Gottheimer; Mike Lawler: IGO Anti-Boycott Act with Josh Gottheimer
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
News 12 NY-17 debate, 28:46
For: Mike Lawler: Antisemitism Awareness Act with Josh Gottheimer; Mike Lawler: IGO Anti-Boycott Act with Josh Gottheimer; Three Lawler proposals checked, including religious security
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
H.R. 1007, 119th Congress
For: Mike Lawler: Antisemitism Awareness Act with Josh Gottheimer; Three Lawler proposals checked, including religious security
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: Mike Lawler: Antisemitism Awareness Act with Josh Gottheimer
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
H.R. 6090, 118th Congress
For: Mike Lawler: Antisemitism Awareness Act with Josh Gottheimer; Three Lawler proposals checked, including religious security
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: Mike Lawler: Antisemitism Awareness Act with Josh Gottheimer
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
H.R. 867, 119th Congress
For: Mike Lawler: IGO Anti-Boycott Act with Josh Gottheimer; Three Lawler proposals checked, including religious security
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: Mike Lawler: IGO Anti-Boycott Act with Josh Gottheimer
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
H.R. 3016, 118th Congress
For: Mike Lawler: IGO Anti-Boycott Act with Josh Gottheimer; Three Lawler proposals checked, including religious security
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: Mike Lawler: IGO Anti-Boycott Act with Josh Gottheimer
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
News 12 NY-17 debate, Lawler on mifepristone, 39:49
For: Mike Lawler: Public opposition to mifepristone restrictions; Lawler's mifepristone opposition and Haitian TPS advocacy checked
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
Lawler statement opposing restrictions on mifepristone, December 13, 2023
For: Mike Lawler: Public opposition to mifepristone restrictions; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Lawler's mifepristone opposition and Haitian TPS advocacy checked
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
Lawler statement as the Supreme Court heard the mifepristone case, March 26, 2024
For: Mike Lawler: Public opposition to mifepristone restrictions; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Lawler's mifepristone opposition and Haitian TPS advocacy checked
News 12 NY17 debate: conley service years tours (2:11)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=131s
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: Cait Conley: West Point, Army tours and the limits of a public biography
News 12 NY17 debate: conley first college (19:10)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=1150s
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: Cait Conley: West Point, Army tours and the limits of a public biography
News 12 NY17 debate: conley military police (25:42)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=1542s
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: Cait Conley: West Point, Army tours and the limits of a public biography
News 12 NY17 debate: conley reserve service (46:17)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=2777s
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: Cait Conley: West Point, Army tours and the limits of a public biography
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: Mike Lawler: What the bipartisan and effectiveness indexes measure
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: Mike Lawler: What the bipartisan and effectiveness indexes measure
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: Mike Lawler: What the bipartisan and effectiveness indexes measure
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: Mike Lawler: What the bipartisan and effectiveness indexes measure
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: Mike Lawler: What the bipartisan and effectiveness indexes measure
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: Mike Lawler: What the bipartisan and effectiveness indexes measure
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: Mike Lawler: Jared Golden and Ally Chemtob endorsements
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: Mike Lawler: Jared Golden and Ally Chemtob endorsements
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: Mike Lawler: Jared Golden and Ally Chemtob endorsements
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: Mike Lawler: What no tax on tips and overtime means in the law
News 12 NY17 debate: conley va home loan (6:37)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=397s
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: Cait Conley: VA home-loan assistance and Conley’s public-service proposal
VA home-loan eligibility and Certificate of Eligibilityhttps://www.va.gov/housing-assistance/home-loans/eligibility/
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Public program criteria distinguish qualifying service and COE from lender financing requirements; no personal mortgage or service file is inspected.
official office record
For: Cait Conley: VA home-loan assistance and Conley’s public-service proposal
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: Mike Lawler: One recorded vote contrary to a presidential veto
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: Mike Lawler: One recorded vote contrary to a presidential veto
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: Mike Lawler: One recorded vote contrary to a presidential veto
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: Mike Lawler: Medicaid eligibility rules and the protection claim
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: Mike Lawler: Medicaid eligibility rules and the protection claim
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: Mike Lawler: Medicaid eligibility rules and the protection claim; Mike Lawler: Medicaid growth needs a defined measure and time period
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: Mike Lawler: Medicaid growth needs a defined measure and time period
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: Mike Lawler: Medicaid growth needs a defined measure and time period
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: Mike Lawler: Medicaid growth needs a defined measure and time period
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: Mike Lawler: New York’s MCO-tax extension and hospital-funding claim
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: Mike Lawler: New York’s MCO-tax extension and hospital-funding claim
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: Mike Lawler: New York’s MCO-tax extension and hospital-funding claim
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: Mike Lawler: New York’s MCO-tax extension and hospital-funding claim
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: Mike Lawler: FEMA reimbursement progress and the $2 billion claim
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: Mike Lawler: FEMA reimbursement progress and the $2 billion claim
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: Mike Lawler: FEMA reimbursement progress and the $2 billion claim
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: Mike Lawler: Essential Plan reinstatement and who stayed eligible
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: Mike Lawler: Essential Plan reinstatement and who stayed eligible
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: Mike Lawler: Essential Plan reinstatement and who stayed eligible
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: Mike Lawler: Essential Plan reinstatement and who stayed eligible
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: Mike Lawler: Essential Plan reinstatement and who stayed eligible
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: Mike Lawler: The announced AI-model review and the all-model claim
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: Mike Lawler: The announced AI-model review and the all-model claim
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: Mike Lawler: The announced AI-model review and the all-model claim
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: Mike Lawler: The announced AI-model review and the all-model claim
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: Mike Lawler: Which local data centers predated Lawler’s term?
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: Mike Lawler: Which local data centers predated Lawler’s term?
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: Mike Lawler: Which local data centers predated Lawler’s term?
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: Mike Lawler: Which local data centers predated Lawler’s term?
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: Mike Lawler: Opposing the Housing Compact and supporting local moratoria
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: Mike Lawler: Opposing the Housing Compact and supporting local moratoria
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: Mike Lawler: Opposing the Housing Compact and supporting local moratoria
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: Mike Lawler: Opposing the Housing Compact and supporting local moratoria
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: Mike Lawler: Opposing the Housing Compact and supporting local moratoria
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: Mike Lawler: Opposing the Housing Compact and supporting local moratoria
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: Mike Lawler: Constituent cases and money returned to the district
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: Mike Lawler: Constituent cases and money returned to the district
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: Mike Lawler: Constituent cases and money returned to the district
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: Mike Lawler: Constituent cases and money returned to the district
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: Mike Lawler: Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws
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: Mike Lawler: Counting bills, embedded provisions and laws
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: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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. Committee C00815415; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-06-04 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-07-09; file 1989486; image 202607099874818333.
fec filing
For: Campaign finance
Amended Certification for the November 3, 2026 General Election (document)
New York State Board of Elections · Published Sep 17, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026
The state's certification, amended September 17, 2026. For District 17 it lists Cait Conley on the Democratic and Working Families lines and Mike Lawler on the Republican and Conservative lines. The site blocks scripts, so it was read in the owner's browser.
official election record
For: Race desk evidence
News 12 NY-17 debatehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc
For: Three more NY-17 debate statements checked; Two Lawler debate claims checked against the bills and vote

A quick look at the candidates

Who is running?

The candidates, side by side

Background

What they say they want to do

What the official record shows

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Background

What they say they want to do

What the official record shows

Campaign money from other committees, by type

How an approved rating source sees this race

The race in context

Updates to this race desk.

Lawler’s tax, housing and health-care record expanded

Lawler's mifepristone opposition and Haitian TPS advocacy checked

Three Lawler proposals checked, including religious security

Three more NY-17 debate statements checked

Two Lawler debate claims checked against the bills and vote

The field, without the campaign gloss

What each campaign says

Where statements meet official action

FEC snapshot through Jun 30, 2026

How the field took shape

Lawler opposes mifepristone restrictions in Supreme Court case

Abraham Accords envoy becomes law

Lawler reiterates opposition to mifepristone restrictions

Lawler's Iran oil sanctions become law

Lawler signs the Social Security Fairness discharge petition

Lawler introduces the 2% student-loan proposal

The 2025 reconciliation act becomes law

Lawler joins letter asking Trump to extend Haitian TPS

Lawler signs the ACA discharge petition

House passes the ACA credit extension

Lawler signs petition seeking Haitian TPS bill consideration

Lawler introduces caregiver-wellness grants

House passes the Haitian TPS extension

Primary election

Lawler asks Senate leader for Haitian TPS bill vote

ROAD to Housing Act becomes law

House passes stock-trading restrictions

Lawler joins the Stop Rogue AI Act

General election nominations listed

General election

Election facts. Original sources.

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