The Fighting 29th

All about New York's 29th Congressional District

The Leader has a story on falling milk prices. In addition to Massa's prescription of limiting uncertified foreign imports, a New York Dairy Association spokesman says that we need to lower the price of doing business in New York, which is the highest in the nation.

Eric Massa had his first press conference since he was elected to Congress. He spoke about his swearing-in, recent votes, legislation he's co-sponsoring, and what's coming up in Congress. Read on to learn more.

Reader Elmer sends today's Corning Leader editorial page [pdf], where the Leader editorial staff voices its outrage that Massa's trip took two cars.

Just kidding. Massa got a "Grin" in the "Grin/Groan" column, similar to the "Cheer" he got the other day in the Messenger-Post.

WETM reports that a drop in milk prices has hit local dairy farmers hard. Eric Massa is quoted in the report saying that the House Agriculture Committee will meet in an emergency session to discuss ways to prop up milk prices.

The Buffalo News reports on Massa's votes for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act.

Reader Elmer sends the Star-Gazette story on Massa's Agriculture Committee appointment. This committee appointment was Massa's first choice.

Exile at The Albany Project has the news that Louise Slaughter [NY-28] has started a new bipartisan upstate caucus. Eric Massa will be part of the group.

Eric Massa's office sent this shot of his ceremonial swearing-in. Massa's 80-year-old father, Capt. (Ret.) Emiddio Massa, stands to Nancy Pelosi's right, his mother, Mae, is in the center, and his wife, Beverly, is to Massa's left.

Rochester City Newspaper and the The Hornell Evening Tribune have their swearing-in stories posted.

The New York Times has a Wheels Blog post on Massa's ride to DC. As the Corning Leader reported yesterday, it turns out that two vehicles were required because there aren't enough hydrogen stations between Corning and DC. GM ended up towing one of them for part of the trip.

Update: Thanks to Elmer for pointing out that the Leader scooped the Grey Lady by a solid day.

Local media is full of swearing-in stories. R-News, Buffalo News, the D&C and the Star-Gazette all have a piece about or including Eric Massa.

When Massa's website launched yesterday, it included the address of his Rochester-area office. Massa is taking over Kuhl's old office at 220 Packett's Landing in Fairport. Massa's new office will be at 101 Grove Street, Ste 101 in Pittsford.

Update: Massa's office tells me the website is wrong and will be updated with the new address. (2nd Update: It's there.)

Eric Massa's official site is now live, and the press releases have begun.

In additon to confirming that Massa will serve on Armed Services, his office also announced that he's co-sponsored his first piece of legislation. Massa joins Ron Paul in sponsoring a bill eliminating automatic pay raises for Congress.

Massa also made Politico's list of 13 up-and-comers sworn in for the first time today.