During the 15 years John Faso was a state Assembly member, he missed 1,700 votes; only 104 absences were due to family illness. Faso also voted four times against equal pay for women. For 10 years, Faso has been a lobbyist for an Albany law firm as well as for an oil pipeline company that supported fracking.

His opponent in the19th Congressional District race, Zephyr Teachout, has a grass-roots perspective and independent thinking that are more in line with the interests of our district's residents. Teachout has always been strongly against fracking. She is against Common Core and supports the opt-out movement. She favors assisting small businesses and farms. Teachout supports Planned Parenthood, one of the nation's leading providers of high-quality, affordable health care.