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It is an honor and a privilege to serve the hardworking residents of Staten Island and Brooklyn in Congress.

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AMIGOS FROM ACROSS THE AISLE

Pols team up on issues – and forge unlikely friendship

From Politico, November 19, 2009

Freshman Rep. Mike McMahon (D-N.Y.) returned to his office and found his entire staff abuzz. “Congressman Tom Rooney stopped by,” they excitedly told him.

McMahon was confused. He had briefly met the Florida lawmaker at a freshman orientation, but Rooney was a ... Republican. And at a time when divisions over health care, financial regulation and energy have driven bipartisanship to the brink of extinction, the visit was enough to raise some eyebrows.

As it turns out, he wanted to team up. And the relationship that resulted from this unlikely outreach has since created not only a pair of legislative accomplishments but also something even less common on Capitol Hill: an across-the-aisle friendship.

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Building on his work in the New York City Council, Congressman McMahon is committed to reducing helicopter flights over district homes and businesses. In April, he added an amendment to H.R. 915, the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act, that requires the FAA to prepare a study reviewing helicopter noise in Staten Island. He has also used his position as a member of the Aviation Subcommittee of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to address this important issue. At an Aviation Subcommittee hearing on September 16, 2009, Congressman McMahon raised the helicopter noise problem with the FAA, local helicopter executives, and air traffic controllers.

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