Tomorrow, Monday, May 15th at 7:00 p.m., I’ll participate in a live town hall meeting at Onondaga Community College.  CNY Central will be hosting and televising the event on both WSTM-NBC 3 and WTVH-CBS 5, as well as streaming online at cnycentral.com and on Facebook to ensure that folks across the 24th Congressional District may tune in. 

Our event will be entirely devoted to questions selected at random from members of the audience and via social media.  You can submit your question via social media using #KatkoTownHall.  I look forward to engaging in constructive dialogue about the issues most important to Central New York families.

This week I highlighted the impact of unfair trade practices on local industry.  I stood at Byrne Dairy with plant employees to discuss the negative impacts of Canada's protectionist dairy policies on our local farmers and milk processors. I also visited earlier this week with employees at Nucor Steel in Auburn, who face different challenges as unfairly traded imports enter the U.S. market and make it increasingly difficult to compete. I applaud the President for standing up for fair trade and will continue to fight in Congress for our local workforce.

In this economy, new graduates are faced with many difficulties as they transition out of college and enter the workforce – and student loan debt is at the top of that list.   Addressing the high cost of college and the crushing burden of student loan debt requires innovative and thoughtful changes in policy. 

In the case where financially stressed student loan borrowers have no other option but to seek bankruptcy relief, these individuals are unable to discharge their student loan debt.  While this is a last option for many, it should not be the case that student loan debt is the only form of debt that cannot be discharged.  That’s why I’ve introduced bipartisan legislation to correct that problem. We must continue to explore ways to make borrowing simpler and more manageable for students so that higher education can remain accessible to students from all backgrounds.

Congratulations to the 2017 graduates of the Plumbers and Steamfitters 267 Apprenticeship program! Apprenticeships and vocational training are critical to growing our workforce and boosting our local economy. These men and women spent five years of classroom and shop training in the Plumbing, Steamfitting, and HVAC industry.

Great to be a part of the North Side Learning Center's Spring Into Literacy dinner to support education and literacy for new Americans in our community.

Honored to take part in On Point For College's Celebration Dinner! As a federal prosecutor, I saw the impact of poverty in our community every day. This organization fights to end the cycle of poverty by encouraging and supporting at-risk youth to dream big and pursue higher education opportunities.

• Dealing with Federal agencies
• Purchasing U.S. Flags
• Military Academy Nominations
• Tours and tickets for your visit to Washington, D.C.
• Internships