{"id":48997,"date":"2022-12-29T07:17:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T12:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=48997"},"modified":"2022-12-29T07:17:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T12:17:44","slug":"rep-sempolinski-reflects-on-highlights-of-his-tenure-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/rep-sempolinski-reflects-on-highlights-of-his-tenure-in-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Sempolinski Reflects on Highlights of His Tenure in Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joe Sempolinski<\/p><\/div>\n

Representative Joe Sempolinski<\/strong> is looking back at the highlights of his four-month tenure in Congress.<\/p>\n

Sempolinski has represented the 23rd Congressional District<\/strong> following a special election in August. He replaced Tom Reed<\/strong> who had resigned.<\/p>\n

He said passing the 21st Century Assistive Technology Act<\/strong> was his proudest accomplishment, “This law is going to have a profound effect on those with disabilities. It’s going to make a difference in their lives. And helping Americans with disabilities is the cornerstone of my time in office.”<\/p>\n

He said he also was proud of helping nearly 300 constituent calls from the district.<\/p>\n

One item that Sempolinski supported that did not get completed was the passage of the “Words Matter Act<\/strong>” to replace the “r” word in the U.S. Code with more respectful terminology to identify those with developmental disabilities.<\/p>\n

He said he has spoken with House members who are returning next term about getting that bill reintroduced, including incoming Representative Nick Langworthy<\/strong>, “Talking about bipartisanship, on that bill you have Conservative Republicans, you have Liberal Democrats, and that is some place again where you’re dealing with community, in this case, the developmentally disabled, that people of all ideological descriptions want to be part of supporting.”<\/p>\n

Sempolinski said he anticipates that the bill will get passed in the new session given the level of bipartisan support it has.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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He said passing the 21st Century Assistive Technology Act was his proudest accomplishment, “This law is going to have a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":46933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[12602,34,6509,11579,2263,12276],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/U.S._Representative_Joe_Sempolinski_117th_Congress-feat.jpg?fit=878%2C409&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-cKh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48757,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/rep-sempolinski-celebrating-21st-century-assistive-technology-act-passing-house\/","url_meta":{"origin":48997,"position":0},"title":"Rep. 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