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July 30, 2021

Mask mandates are in place in the House but not the Senate, and that shows the "absurdity" of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's "abuse of power," Rep. Claudia Tenney said in a Newsmax interview Friday. 

July 29, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Claudia L. Tenney, R-22, New Hartford, has offered an amendment to the House of Representative’s appropriations “Minibus” legislation which would prevent taxpayer funds from being used for the Civilian Climate Corps (CCC).

July 28, 2021

Congresswoman Claudia Tenney is once again stepping up to try to protect a veterans clinic in Bainbridge that the V-A is threatening to close again.

Tenney has written a letter to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs asking him to reconsider any decision to close the Community Based Outpatient Clinic.

Tenney says it currently serves 3600 veterans.

This isn’t the first time the V-A has sought to relocate the operation.

It previously wanted to move it to Oneonta, saying that would be a more central location for the region with access to mass transit.

July 26, 2021

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The Justice Department says it has decided not to open a civil rights investigation into government-run nursing homes in New York over their COVID-19 response.

Under former President Donald Trump, the department’s civil rights division requested data from several states about COVID-19 deaths in public nursing homes.

The request came amid questions about whether New York inadvertently worsened the pandemic death toll by requiring nursing homes to accept residents previously hospitalized for COVID-19.

July 23, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Claudia L. Tenney, R-22, New Hartford, has issued a statement criticizing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s denial of two of five proposed Republican members of Congress from serving on the House Select Committee on January 6.

July 22, 2021

We are witnessing a once-in-a-lifetime moment in history on the streets of Cuba. This dangerous and high-risk quest by the Cuban people for a free, open, and prosperous society against a brutal dictatorship is reminiscent of so many others around the world, including our own founding.

While these protests mark a bold step for the Cuban people against communism, the Biden administration’s weak response is a national embarrassment.

July 22, 2021

TOWN OF MAINE (WBNG) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-22) announced a $1 million grant for the Greater Binghamton Airport Thursday afternoon.

The funding will be used to expand air service to other regional transportation hubs, Senator Schumer said. He also said it will support the region's "continued economic growth" and open the area to other opportunities.

Tenney noted that the funding will be used to support a new air service to Washington, D.C. It will also be used to fund associated marketing for the service.

July 21, 2021

Even as it negotiates a new nuclear deal with Iran, the Biden administration is rallying behind Iranian protesters who have clashed with the hardline government’s security forces in recent days.

July 21, 2021

Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., and Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., told Newsmax Wednesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is playing political games with her Select Committee on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot by vetoing GOP appointees.

July 21, 2021

The Biden administration is "very weak, and they're very slow out of the box right now" in supporting the popular, pro-democracy movement protesting Cuba's communist regime, Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) told the John Solomon Reports podcast.