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The Child Victims Act is expected to pass today in the
legislature, and a 3-way agreement was reached on this legislation last week.
Governor Cuomo has been a vocal advocate for the Child Victims Act for years,
and he even quoted Pope Francis in his State of the State address recently to
call for the passage of these bills by the legislature:

(Cuomo 1-28-19)

The Child Victim's act will be signed into law by Governor Cuomo
shortly after its expected passage in Albany.

A group of House Republicans plans to call for action on climate change in time for Pope Francis' visit to the Washington, D.C. next week, including local Congressman Chris Gibson, who wrote a resolution stating that human activity contributes to climate change and urged his fellow Republicans to sign on, 9 House Republicans have signed on in addition to Gibson. Pope Francis has been outspoken in calling for world leaders to address the impacts of climate change, while numerous Republicans have denied that climate change exists

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer has been allotted a single ticket to the Joint Meeting of Congress with Pope Francis on September 24th in Washington, DC. Those interested must sign up by August 26th and enter the raffle for the chance to win either a pair of tickets to see the Pope in the Audience outside the Capitol or the single ticket to hear him speak before Congress. 1 Joint Session ticket winner and 100 winners of a pair of tickets to the Papal Audience will be notified on August 27th.