Nick Langworthy
Congressman Nick Langworthy has introduced legislation to prevent New York State from clawing back federal funds meant for counties.
The “Protect Local Taxpayers Act” is in response to Governor Kathy Hochul’s Budget Proposal that would claw back $625 million in Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) funds that have been designated to counties since 2011. Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) and Congressman Brandon Williams (NY-22) are co-sponsors of this bill.
The act will prevent state governments from further shifting state Medicaid expenses onto local county governments.
New York’s per capita spending on Medicaid is the highest in the U.S. and more than double the national average. The county share of Medicaid is currently $7.6 million per year and, if Hochul’s plan moves forward, Langworthy said counties in the 23rd congressional district will face a budget shortfall in the tens of millions. The impact to Chautauqua County would be $4 million.
Langworthy said in a statement, “These federal funds are dedicated specifically to help cover local government’s costs, not to be used for Kathy Hochul’s slush fund.” He added, “We need to stand up in Congress and tell the Governor she can’t raid these federal funds.”
He is consistently destroying the very fabric of our community, the constituents needs without any regard for what they are are going through. He’s incapable of being trusted, understanding the environment or giving according to the rules, laws of the Constitution United States. He is beholden to Trump, Musk and the other illegal billionaires rather than the people who he is supposed to be representing. He is doing nothing but destroying the country and playing games.
He will not meet with anyone, talk with anyone unless it’s on his terms and makes up stories that are not true to ensure that he garners attention. Sound familiar? He has done NOTHING to his district but destroy it and try to garner attention from the white nationalist House!
Where are you Nick?