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When the coronavirus pandemic hit long-term care facilities hard and they slammed their doors shut to reduce exposure, Ron Von Ronne, 78, was among those denied personal contact with the outside world and the family that loved him.
Von Ronne, of Albany, New York, has Alzheimer’s disease and was transferred to a nursing home from the hospital just before the pandemic.
In today’s world, your internet connection can determine your destiny. It shapes your access to education, healthcare, and employment. The COVID-19 pandemic has only driven this point home. Those who lack bandwidth, lack access and opportunity.
To make matters even worse, upstate New York suffers from virtually no broadband competition and choice. This has left too many customers, especially in rural areas, with limited service options, nonexistent service, or service that is far too expensive.
Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-22, New Hartford, will host a tele-town hall for constituents in New York’s 22nd Congressional District from 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 30.
The start time is subject to change pending the House of Representatives voting schedule, according to Tenney’s announcement.
BINGHAMTON, NY – Broome County is receiving millions of dollars from the federal government to pay for less-polluting buses.
Congresswoman Claudia Tenney announced that the U-S Department of Transportation is giving B-C Transit
3.2 million dollars to purchase or lease low or no emission buses using either battery electric or fuel-cell power.
Republicans in Congress are clamoring to take action after Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated hundreds of millions of dollars last year to a group that distributed money to election precincts nationwide in a seemingly partisan fashion.
CLINTON — U.S. Army National Guard veteran Kenneth C. Thayer, 95, was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation Medal in recognition of valorous service during World War II as a member of K-Company, 3rd Battalion, 119th Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, also known as “Old Hickory,” during a special ceremony held Sunday at Brookdale Senior Living.
Thayer was presented with the medal by Congresswoman Claudia Tenney, R-22, New Hartford.
A group of House Republicans sent a letter Monday to the left-leaning group Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL), calling on them to explain where the hundreds of millions of dollars they were given during the COVID-19 pandemic went, saying the group spent less than one percent on personal protective equipment (PPE).
Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee have attacked the Biden administration for lifting sanctions last week on three former Iranian officials, and two companies, that had been involved in trading Iranian petrochemical products. The delisting, the State Department said, followed a “verified change in status or behavior.”
New Hartford Congresswoman Claudia Tenney has joined with former President Trump's physician, and 12 other Republicans asking President Joe Biden to take a cognitive test.
Trump's ex doctor and now Texas Congressman Ronny Jackson sent a letter on Thursday to Biden, his chief physician, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, calling for a mental test to be administered, like the one he gave to then President Trump during his tenure. Jackson said Trump scored a 30 out of 30 then, and that Biden should follow the precedent.
From the office of Congresswoman Claudia Tenney:
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-22), member of the House Small Business Committee, today in a hearing focused on broadband infrastructure expressed her concern for consumers in Upstate New York who are subject to a virtual Spectrum Cable monopoly that limits their broadband options. The full exchange between Tenney and hearing witness Peggy Schaffer of the ConnectMaine Authority can be read below or watched above.