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The congressman appeared in today’s Staten Island Advance:STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Rep. Michael Grimm (R-Staten Island/Brooklyn) has joined Republicans and others across the country in slamming President Barack Obama's "you didn't build that" comment.During a speech in Roanoke, Va., last Friday, Obama was attempting to make the point that strong government programs help all Americans to be successful. At one point, he said, "If you've got a...
STATEN ISLAND, NY – Congressman Michael G. Grimm (R,C-NY) issued the following statement in response to today’s news that two shipping firms are leaving Staten Island’s NYCT:“Today’s news that two shipping firms are leaving the NYCT brings further urgency to the need for the Port Authority (PA) to release its toll study. For whatever reason these two firms are leaving, the bottom line is that businesses and jobs are leaving Staten Island, and...
The congressman appeared in today’s Staten Island Advance:The Supreme Court supported it, but it doesn't mean Republicans will stand for it.The GOP majority in the House of Representatives, including Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm, has voted to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act. that was first signed into law in 2010.It's the 33rd time the House GOP majority has undertaken a move to overturn the law. Like the previous attempts, this one...
The congressman appeared in today’s Staten Island Advance:WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama, eager to shift election-year attention away from the nation's lackluster jobs market, called on Congress Monday to extend tax cuts for only low and middle income earners while allowing taxes to increase for families that make more than $250,000 a year.
Obama wants Congress to pass a one-year extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for households making...
WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Michael G. Grimm (R,C-NY) issued the following statement:“Today’s announcement is further evidence of just how out-of-touch this president is with reality. President Obama recently stated that the private sector is doing fine. The fact is that it’s not doing fine, and a tax hike on America’s hard-working families and businesses couldn’t be farther from the solution. “Numbers don’t lie. Our country has just...
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