Sue Kelly
Sue Kelly
Susan "Sue" Weisenbarger Kellywas a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2007, representing New York's 19th District. She is a Republican. She took over fellow Republican Hamilton Fish IV's seat after he dropped out of the 1994 race due to prostate cancer. Kelly defeated his son, Hamilton Fish V in that race and served until the end of 2006, when her seat went to John Hall, who defeated her in 2006 congressional election. Kelly served...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 September 1936
CountryUnited States of America
While we have made great progress in increasing funding for veterans' benefits, we still have a long way to go in fully meeting the promise to our veterans.
But there is a need to explore ways we can preserve the promise of Social Security for future generations.
Farming in our rural communities is not just an economic industry, but a way of life.
Protecting children at our local schools must always be a priority at all levels of government, ... This is a very positive example of federal and local officials working together to make sure that Goshen schools have the security equipment necessary to keep students safe and stop any crime on school grounds.
The soundness of the emergency preparedness plans for the area surrounding the plant has always been a top-level concern in my district, ... And I'm sorry to say that confidence in the plans is not nearly as strong as it should be and with good reason.
We have opportunities to address that issue. The aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the Gulf Coast have served as a wake-up call. These calamities have brought to the forefront the need for alternative sources of energy as well as a need to use public transportation and a need to drive less by planning to make several stops during a single trip.
Under the act, utilities were to be confined to a single region. Now you'll find there will be a lot of very large combinations of electric utilities covering all parts of the country. We're all about local control and local responsiveness, and we find that problematic.
I am committed to ensuring that every child has the opportunity for academic success.
One of my first achievements in Congress was enactment of the Hudson River Habitat Restoration Act back in 1996.
Working toward this goal of helping local businesses grow, I have been an ardent supporter of reducing the tax burden.
I am staunchly committed to ensuring the long-term solvency of Social Security and preserving full benefits for Americans who have spent their entire working lives contributing to this program.
The president's budget proposals have neglected water infrastructure.
We have increased conservation spending, enacted legislation that enables us to clean up and redevelop abandoned brownfields sites across the country, and implemented new clean water standards that will protect us from arsenic.
The United States must remain ever-vigilant in finding and freezing terrorist money around the world, and we need to demand similar vigilance from all countries around the globe,