BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The event\, scheduled for April 14\, 2022\, at 4 p.m. EST in th e Dr. Paul and Natalie Strasser Legacy Room (220 Eggers Hall)\, is open to students\, faculty and staff\, as well as the general public. Please chec k Syracuse University’s Stay Safe website for the latest safety protocols before coming to campus or other in-person venue.Four-term elected U.S. Re presentative John Katko (R-NY) will join Syracuse University \;Vice Ch ancellor\, Provost\, Chief Academic Officer and political science scholar Gretchen Ritter for a discussion reflecting on his legislative record\, th e polarized political climate and his experience during his eight years in Congress. \;Katko was elected to Congress in November 2014 to represe nt the 24th Congressional District of New York\, which includes Onondaga\, Cayuga and Wayne Counties and the western portion of Oswego County. In hi s first term in office\, as chair of the House Homeland\n Security pane l’s subcommittee on transportation security\, the representative sponsored 27 bills\, 13 of which passed and two of which were enacted. \;In 202 0\, the Lugar Center of Georgetown University ranked Katko the second most bipartisan member of the House of Representatives based on his support fo r legislation that has won the backing of Democrats and Republicans in Con gress. In 2021\, the Center\n for Effective Lawmaking\, a collaboration between Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia\, ranked Kat ko as the third most effective House Republican. \;A former federal pr osecutor\, Katko was just one of 10 Republicans who bucked the partisan tr end and voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump for “incitement of insu rrection” leading into the Jan. 6\, 2021\, attack on the Capitol. He and a \n dozen colleagues from the Republican Governance Group\, which he cha irs\, were among the 13 House Republicans who voted for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.Katko serves as ranking member on the Hou se Committee on Homeland Security and as a member of the House Committee o n Transportation and Infrastructure. He announced in January that he will not be seeking re-election in 2022.The event is sponsored by the Howard G. and S. Louise Phanstiel Chair in Leadership\, held by University Profess or Sean O’Keefe\, and the Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business-Government Pol icy\, held by Maxwell Dean and Professor of Public Administration and Inte rnational Affairs David M. Van Slyke.CART will be provided.For questions o r to request accessible accommodations\, please email Bethany Walawender a t bdwalawe@syr.edu.Media\, please RSVP to Jessica Smith at \;jsmith13@ syr.edu so that we may arrange for your set up and seating. DTEND:20220414T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260513T155738Z DTSTART:20220414T200000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Healing the House Divided: A Conversation with Congressman John Kat ko UID:RFCALITEM639142702584573633 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The event\, scheduled for April 14\, 2022\, at 4 p.m. EST in the Dr. Paul and Natalie Strasser Legacy Room (220 Egger s Hall)\, is open to students\, faculty and staff\, as well as the general public. Please check Syracus e University’s Stay Safe website for the latest safety protocols befor e coming to campus or other in-person venue.

Four-term elected U.S. Representative John Katko (R-NY) will join Syracuse University \;

Vice Chancellor\, Pr ovost\, Chief Academic Officer and political science scholar Gretchen Ritt er for a discussion reflecting on his legislative record\, the polarized p olitical climate and his experience during his eight years in Congress.&nb sp\;

Katko was elected to Congress in November 2014 to represen t the 24th Congressional District of New York\, which includes Onondaga\, Cayuga and Wayne Counties and the western portion of Oswego County. In his first term in office\, as chair of the House Homeland\n Security panel ’s subcommittee on transportation security\, the representative sponsored 27 bills\, 13 of which passed and two of which were enacted. \;


In 2020\, the Lugar Center of Georgetown Univers ity ranked Katko the second most bipartisan member of the House of Represe ntatives based on his support for legislation that has won the backing of Democrats and Republicans in Congress. In 2021\, the Center\n for Effec tive Lawmaking\, a collaboration between Vanderbilt University and the Uni versity of Virginia\, ranked Katko as the third most effective House Repub lican. \;

A former federal prosecutor\, Katko was just one of 10 Republicans who bucked the partisan trend and voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump for “incitement of insurrection” leading into th e Jan. 6\, 2021\, attack on the Capitol. He and a\n dozen colleagues fr om the Republican Governance Group\, which he chairs\, were among the 13 H ouse Republicans who voted for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.

Katko serves as ranking member on t he House Committee on Homeland Security and as a member of the House Commi ttee on Transportation and Infrastructure. He announced in January that he will not be seeking re-election in 2022.

The even t is sponsored by the Howard G. and S. Louise Phanstiel Chair in Leadersh ip\, held by University Professor Sean O’Keefe\, and the Louis A. Bantle C hair in Business-Government Policy\, held by Maxwell Dean and Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs David M. Van Slyke.

CART will be provided.

For questions or to r equest accessible accommodations\, please email Bethany Walawender at bdwalawe@syr.edu.

Media\, pl ease RSVP to Jessica Smith at \;jsmi th13@syr.edu so that we may arrange for your set up and seating.

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