The Quality Housing Act, to dramatically improve public housing. The Empowering Our Educators Act, to get better trained teachers into the classroom. The Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act, to help low-income women get treatment. These are all significant pieces of legislation that have passed the U.S. Congress. Who is the congressman behind all this legislation? Rick Lazio. Eight very effective years in Congress. Rick Lazio from New York, for New York.