Timothy Bishop News

As we've all seen, the Republicans are currently attempting to orchestrate a re-branding effort.

Congressman Tim Bishop visited the site of the Shinnecock Inlet dredge with New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr., Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman, officials from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and other local officials on Monday.

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., have introduced legislation aimed at allowing Enrolled Agents to present themselves as such and tout their credential wherever they practice.

As House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders plan their version of a Water Resources Development Act, or WRDA, it's clear they want the bill to include provisions to accelerate Army Corps of Engineers civil-works project reviews.

The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, including $404 million for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas.

When last year's redistricting landed Manhattan in the 1st Congressional District, many Kansans wondered whether fiscal hawk Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Fowler, would advocate for the federal funding needed to build the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in the city.

Back in 1978, the Shinnecock Indian Nation - with funding from the Federal Department of Commerce's Economic Development Assistance program - built a state of the art shellfish hatchery at its Southampton reservation on Shinnecock Bay.

Despite his reputation as a tea party conservative, Huelskamp voted for an appropriations measure that includes $404 million for construction of a lab in his home district.

The House of Representatives Wednesday defeated an effort by a Long Island-based Congressman to strip funding for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility from an appropriations measure.

Planning and design for rebuilding downtown Montauk's beaches, which were severely eroded after last fall's Hurricane Sandy, will continue at 100-percent federal expense by the Army Corps of Engineers.

On Tuesday I got a frantic e-mail forwarded to me from Laraine Creegan regarding Ditch Plains Beach in Montauk and how bad the erosion was there, and also how important it was that the Town of East Hampton come up with the money for the beach to be restored.

Congressman Tim Bishop and state and local officials representing East Hampton Town announced Tuesday that federal funding to begin the process of rebuilding heavily eroded beaches on the South Fork, including Montauk, has been approved by the federal Office of Management and Budget as a part of the implementation of the US Army Corps of Engineers' ... (more)

A Shelter Island Capital One customer may have been successful in tapping into one of the major list providers whose data base is causing mail delivery problems for residents here.

In our endorsement for U.S. Congress, it's no contest. We support Tim Bishop and feel that at this critical juncture in history East End voters should do the same.

I write in response to a recent piece by my colleague and neighbor, Rep. Adam Schroadter.

After Congress mandated new efficiency standards for washing machines in 2001 , manufacturers responded.

Former Rep. Joe Baca is touting 30 endorsements from former House colleagues in a bid to retake a seat in Congress, despite lacking support from the national party.

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23, 2013- Leigh Ann Pusey, president and CEO of the American Insurance Association , issued the following statement in response to today's introduction of the "Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2013" sponsored by Reps.

A plan devised by a task force to "spread the pain" of helicopter noise over three routes into and out of East Hampton Airport was supported by a majority of the East Hampton Town Board on Tuesday, although officials acknowledged it would make no one happy.