STEFANIK HIGHLIGHTS RECORD OF RESULTS AT WATERTOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik today highlighted her record of real results for Watertown International Airport and others across the North Country. Joined by a host of airport and Jefferson County officials, Congresswoman Stefanik toured the airport’s expanding facilities, and underscored its vital economic importance to Jefferson County and to the region.

Fighting back against the Opioid Epidemic

In 2016, over 3,600 New Yorkers died of an opioid overdose. In some counties in our congressional district, overdose fatalities have doubled and tripled in recent years. We see the harmful effects heroin and opioids have on our communities almost every day when we open the local paper.
Since arriving in Congress, I have prioritized combating this tragic epidemic. I have met and visited with many of the local organizations focused on this crisis.

Molinaro visits St. Lawrence County, receives Stefanik endorsement

Marc Molinaro, Republican candidate for governor, had been bouncing around St. Lawrence County all day by the time he reached the Conservative Party Dinner at Between the Buns in Potsdam Friday night, but he seemed delighted by the packed schedule. “These are actually days you enjoy,” he said. “When you’re running for office, to be out all day meeting people is nice; it’s the way it’s supposed to be.”

Molinaro takes fight to Cuomo deep into farm country

Marc Molinaro has had a busy summer, alternating between news conferences excoriating state corruption and traveling upstate meeting with farmers and regular voters.
The Republican gubernatorial candidate stumped in Willsboro on Saturday, bringing his core campaign issues deep into farm country.

Stefanik touts legislation to defend America

North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has jumped on board the bipartisan Secure America from Russian Interference Act of 2018. The package of legislation put forth by Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland is designed to protect America’s interests against Russia.

8.4M to improve Lake Champlain Water quality

Phosphorous, it’s found in everything from our fertilizers, manure and sewage waste and eventually it ends up, one way or another into our rivers, streams and lakes. Although it occurs naturally in any water sources and can actually help a habitat to thrive, too much of it can create an imbalance in the ecosystem, starving other organisms of oxygen.