Joseph D. Morelle
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, New York's 25th District (since 2018)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative
- Lives in
- Irondequoit
Background
- U.S. representative for New York's 25th District since November 2018, first elected in a special election. source: en.wikipedia.org
- New York State Assembly member, 136th District, 1991-2018; Assembly Majority Leader, 2013-2018. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Chair of the Monroe County Democratic Committee, 2005-2014; earlier elected to the Monroe County Legislature in 1983. source: en.wikipedia.org
- B.A. in political science, SUNY Geneseo (1986). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Ranking member of the Committee on House Administration and member of the Appropriations Committee. source: en.wikipedia.org
In their own words
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- Expanding access to health care and lowering costs source: votemorelle.com
- Child care access, affordable housing and workforce training for working families source: votemorelle.com
- Common-sense gun reform measures source: votemorelle.com
- Combating the effects of climate change source: votemorelle.com
- Protecting a woman's right to choose source: votemorelle.com
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