Standing Up for the American Worker

Putting Long Island Workers First

Working families care about good jobs, fair pay, and being able to afford the high cost of living in New York. As the son and grandson of Cops and the husband of a public school teacher, I believe every worker deserves a fair day’s pay and leaders who put working people ahead of partisan politics.

Prioritizing Workers Above Politics

Too many Democrats treat workers, especially union workers, as political allies while failing to deliver the affordability, economic growth, and good-paying jobs their families need. Under the Biden Administration, inflation reached a 40-year high, supply chain disruptions exposed America’s dependence on foreign countries, and massive trade deficits coincided with too many American manufacturing jobs being sent overseas.

Here in New York, Governor Hochul’s hostility toward natural gas has delayed or blocked projects that would support skilled union workers, while driving up energy costs and making our state less competitive.

At the same time, too many in my own party remain stuck in decades-old thinking that paints union workers with the same broad brush.

I reject both approaches.

Workers deserve the freedom to organize if they choose, the right to bargain collectively, and an economy that rewards work. That means strengthening American manufacturing, expanding domestic energy production, securing our supply chains, and creating more good-paying American jobs.

Under the second Trump Administration, a renewed focus on manufacturing, domestic energy, and trade has helped bring inflation rates down and narrow the trade deficit. Still, prices remain too high, and Long Island families are still feeling the squeeze.

Rewarding Work

Being pro-worker means more than protecting workers on the job. It means making sure working families keep more of what they earn and building a government that rewards work rather than discourages it.

That’s why I helped pass tax relief that quadrupled the SALT deduction cap from $10,000 to $40,000, cut taxes on tips and overtime, and provided additional tax relief for seniors receiving Social Security and working families.

At the same time, I supported commonsense reforms requiring able-bodied adults receiving certain taxpayer-funded benefits to work, seek work, or volunteer for at least 80 hours per month. Our safety net should always be there for seniors, people with disabilities, and Americans who genuinely need help, while encouraging those who can work to participate in the workforce.

These policies are part of a broader pro-worker movement built around a simple principle: America should incentivize and reward work.

That means lowering taxes on the people who earn a paycheck, protecting the right to organize and collectively bargain, creating more good-paying American jobs, and ensuring government policies make work pay.

If you work hard and play by the rules, government should help you get ahead—not make it harder.

Standing Up for the American Worker

As Chairman of the Republican Main Street Labor Caucus, I’ve worked across party lines to protect workers’ rights, wages, and opportunities.

I co-led the bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act to crack down on worker misclassification and protect wages, benefits, and collective bargaining rights. I fought to preserve Davis-Bacon prevailing wage protections, supported Project Labor Agreements on appropriate federal projects, and fought to expand overtime tax relief for First Responders and other union workers.

And when I believe working people will be harmed, I’m willing to break with my own party.

I’ve opposed legislation threatening New York solar jobs, deep Amtrak cuts affecting Northeast workers and commuters, and efforts to repeal clean-energy tax incentives supporting Long Island jobs. I’ve voted against legislation that undermined workers’ rights and fair pay, and I joined just 20 House Republicans in passing the Faster Labor Contracts Act, helping newly organized workers secure their first collective bargaining agreement more quickly.

Making More Things in America

Strong American manufacturing means stronger communities, better wages, more secure supply chains, and greater opportunity.

I’ve supported American manufacturing by cutting red tape for small businesses competing for federal contracts, strengthening America’s—and Long Island’s—defense industrial base through the National Defense Authorization Act, protecting American industries from unfair foreign trade practices, supporting high-paying manufacturing jobs here on Long Island, and expanding workforce training for the next generation of skilled workers.

America should make more of what we need right here at home, with American workers earning American wages.

Supporting the Workers Who Keep America Running

Our economy depends on the professionals who keep America safe and moving—from our skies and shores to our roads, hospitals, and communities.

I’ve delivered critical infrastructure funding that supports good-paying Long Island jobs, protected our safety-net hospitals, fought to improve housing allowances for Coast Guardsmen serving in high-cost areas, and co-sponsored legislation guaranteeing homeland security employees are paid during government shutdowns.

I also opposed the forced relocation of Long Island FAA employees and supported FAA reauthorization to hire thousands of new Air Traffic Controllers and modernize our air traffic control system.

My record has earned early 2026 endorsements from the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) District 2 and the Laborers’ International Union of North America–New York (LiUNA-NY).

As Chairman of the Republican Main Street Labor Caucus, I’m working to prove that supporting workers isn’t a Republican or Democratic issue.

Workers deserve allies in both parties.

I’ll continue fighting to protect workers’ rights, reward work, strengthen American manufacturing, expand domestic energy production, lower the cost of living, and create more good-paying jobs for Long Island families.