Energy & Environment
Legislation
Energy
Cosponsored the Energy Bills Relief Act, a comprehensive bill to address rising energy costs by deploying cheap, clean energy, putting affordability over profits, and modernizing the electric grid.
Cosponsored the Lowering Utility Bills Act which prohibits utilities and transmission providers from recovering certain costs through customer rates such as lobbying, private planes for board of directors or officers, or contributions to political candidates.
Cosponsored a bill to prohibit data centers from claiming special federal tax breaks included in Donald Trump's partisan budget bill.
Cosponsored the bipartisan LIHEAP Staffing Support Act, fixing a staffing crisis for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) caused by the administration's federal layoffs.
Supported the bipartisan Weatherization Enhancement and Readiness Act, Weatherization Readiness Fund, and State Energy Program (SEP), which save families and businesses money through improved energy efficiency.
Cosponsored the Keep the Lights Local Act to foreign ownership of American public utilities.
Environment
Supported funding for brownfield cleanups that decontaminate old or abandoned properties and position them for productive reuse.
Supported wetland conservation grants to protect, restore, and manage wetland habitats for migratory birds and other wildlife.
Cosponsored the bipartisan Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act to improve data collection, prevention, and mitigation of harmful algal blooms and hypoxia by requiring better coordination among federal, state, local, and tribal entities.
Cosponsored the bipartisan New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act to support restoration of water resources across the region.
Cosponsored the bipartisan Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program Establishment Act to help working families afford their water bills.
Votes
Voted in favor of the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act which would prevent data centers from shifting their electricity costs to families and small businesses.
Opposed efforts to roll back regulations requiring appliances to be more efficient and keep energy costs down.
Opposed legislation rolling back Clean Air Act standards.
Successfully protected state and local authority to regulate pesticide use in the 2026 Farm Bill.
Community Project Funding
FY26 Community Project Funding
Secured $565,000 for the Village of Minoa to complete repairs to their 80-year-old Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Secured $1,092,000 to address critical drinking water infrastructure deficiencies in the Villages of Elbridge and Jordan.
Secured $1,092,000 for lead service line replacement in the City of Syracuse.
Secured $1,092,000 for the Village of Aurora to make improvements to the aging water treatment facility that provides publicly provided water.
Secured $1,092,000 for the Towns of Tully and LaFayette to modernize their water system.
Secured $1,092,000 for the Town of Verona to construct the Durhamville Sewer District.
Secured $1,092,000 for the Onondaga County Water Authority to replace lead service lines.
FY27 Community Project Funding Requests
Requested $746,868 for the Town of Sennett to extend public water to an area currently reliant on private wells.
Requested $746,868 for Cayuga County Water & Sewer Authority to install low-pressure sewers and grinder pump stations.
Requested $746,868 for Oneida County to replace equipment at the Sauquoit Creek Pumping Station.
Requested $746,868 for the Village of Union Springs to replace equipment at the wastewater treatment plant.
Requested $746,868 for the Village of Jordan to replace aging private sewer systems and install upgrades to the Village of Jordan wastewater treatment plant.
Requested $746,868 for the Town of Sullivan to replace deteriorating private sewer systems with residential grinder pump stations.
Other
Founding member of the Congressional Lowering Utility Bills Caucus.
Consistent champion for the environment, as evidenced by a score of 97% on League of Conservation Voters Congressional Scorecard.