Ann Marie Buerkle

Representative Ann Marie Buerkle was elected to the United State House of Representatives in 2010 to serve New York’s 25th Congressional District. She serves on the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Veterans’ Affairs, and Foreign Affairs. Through her work she seeks to lower taxes, reduce spending, and reduce government interference. Prior to serving in Congress, she served as the Assistant New York State Attorney General for thirteen years, and before this, worked at a private law firm and as a pro bono attorney for the Central New York Women’s Bar Association as an advocate for a shelter for victims of domestic violence. She graduated from St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing as a Registered Nurse in 1972 and went to work in New York City’s Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. In 1994 she graduated from Syracuse University College of Law.