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Engineer. Ice cream lover. Chair of Environment & Climate Subcommittee. Congressman for #NY20 Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Saratoga Springs & more 🇺🇸
Jun 3, 2019 9 tweets 2 min read
After months spent allowing the President and Attorney General to mislead the American people, Special Counsel Mueller finally set the record straight last week regarding his investigation of Russian interference into the 2016 election.

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Mueller’s statement made clear that he felt, no matter the findings of his investigation, that he could not pursue criminal charges against the President due to an official Department of Justice policy. 2/
Jan 9, 2019 17 tweets 6 min read
A few things to keep in mind as President Trump continues his fiction-filled push to keep the government closed and force taxpayers to build his ineffective border wall

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First, this needless government shutdown is already creating a drag on the economy, stopping countless home and business loans and paychecks for 800,000 federal workers, including 14,367 New Yorkers.