Josh Riley
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 19th District (since 2025)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative
- Lives in
- Ithaca
Background
- U.S. representative for New York's 19th District since January 3, 2025. source: en.wikipedia.org
- B.S. in government and economics, College of William & Mary (2003); J.D., Harvard Law School (2007). source: en.wikipedia.org
- General counsel to U.S. Sen. Al Franken on the Senate Judiciary Committee, 2011-2014. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Worked as a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and as an attorney at Boies Schiller Flexner and Jenner & Block. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Serves on the House Agriculture and Science, Space, and Technology committees. source: en.wikipedia.org
In their own words
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- Taking on utility companies source: joshrileyforcongress.com
- Lowering costs source: joshrileyforcongress.com
- Draining the swamp source: joshrileyforcongress.com
- Keeping our communities safe source: joshrileyforcongress.com
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