Letters
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Representatives Joe Morelle and Tom Reed sent the attached letter urging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to consider the Greater Rochester-Finger Lakes region as the site for the new headquarters of the National Institute for Food and Agriculture and the Economic Research Service. The Greater Rochester region was recently included in the first round of sites for consideration for the new headquarters.
Today, Congressman Joe Morelle sent the attached letter urging the International Joint Commission (IJC) to take action to address dangerously high Lake Ontario water levels and develop a long-term plan to reduce potential for future flooding. This week, it was reported that water levels are nearly 14 inches higher than the average for this time of year, and almost six inches higher than this year in 2017. Read below:
Today, Congressman Joe Morelle sent the attached letter urging Amazon Founder, Chairman, and CEO Jeff Bezos to reconsider Rochester, New York as a potential location for the future expansion of Amazon.com Inc. Read more below:
Today, Congressman Joe Morelle released a letter calling on acting Attorney General Whittaker to take immediate action to address the growing instances of gun store burglaries that allow legal firearms to flow into the black market and the hands of dangerous criminals.
Rep. Joe Morelle and 301 of his other colleagues signed onto a bipartisan letter urging Administrator Seema Verma at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to ensure, when considering the year 2020 plans, that the Medicare Advantage program continue to offer high quality, affordable options to roughly 22 million Americans who participate in the program. Read more below:
In light of the Supreme Court's decision to uphold President Trump's ban on transgender soldiers from serving in the military, Rep. Joe Morelle signed on to a letter, authored by Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), addressed to Acting Secretary Patrick Shanahan urging him to not uphold the ban while the case is still in litigation. Read below:
Rep. Joe Morelle signed a letter today addressed to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in response to her proposed regulation regarding Title IX, the 1972 Education Amendment that says "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." This regulation would not assure the preservation of due process nor make it easier for survivors to seek redress. Read below: