Congressman John R. "Randy" Kuhl, Jr. is a native and lifelong resident of the Southern Tier-Western New York region residing in Steuben County. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004 and now represents the 29th Congressional District of New York, which includes parts of eight counties in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes region, and the Southern suburbs of Rochester, New York.
Randy was first sworn in to the 109th Congress on January 4, 2005, and was reelected to the 110th Congress in 2006. He serves on three House Committees in the 110th Congress and is a member of six subcommittees: On the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee he is on the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management and the Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment. On the House Agriculture Committee is serves on the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture. On the Committee on Education and Labor he serves on the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education and the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness. Randy also serves as Deputy Minority Whip in the 110th Congress.
Prior to his time in Congress, Randy was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1980 and served there until being elected to the State Senate in 1986. In the Senate, Randy served as Assistant Majority Leader from 1995 to 2004. He also served as Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture from 1987 to 1999 when he was appointed Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Education. He served as Chairman of the Education Committee until 2003 when he was appointed Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Transportation.
Randy is the former State Chairman of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and was vice chairman of the National Conference of State Legislatures' (NCSL) Wine Industry Task Force. Admitted to the New York Bar in 1970, Randy practiced law in Bath, New York until January of 2005. He is currently a member in good standing of the New York State and Steuben County Bar Associations. He is also a member of the American Arbitration Association. Randy's career has included posts as Attorney for several municipalities, including Steuben County. His credentials also include practice before the United States Supreme Court.
A graduate of Hammondsport Central School, Randy earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Union College (1966), and in 1969 received his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law. He is a communicant of St. James Episcopal Church and has been active in the Hammondsport Rotary Club and BPOE 1547 in Bath. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Five Rivers Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Branchport Rod and Gun Club, and the Executive Committee of the Steuben County Republican Committee. He is President of the Board of Directors of the Reginald Wood Scouting Memorial and an immediate past member of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Manufacturing and Technology.
Randy resides in Hammondsport and is the father of three sons.
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