Congresswoman Elise Stefanik represents New York's 21st district, which stretches from Lake Ontario in the West to Lake Champlain in the East. A Republican, she was the youngest woman ever elected to Congress when she took office in 2015.
Like Vermont Representative Peter Welch, she is a member of the House Intelligence committee and has been taking an active role in this month's impeachment inquiry hearings. Unlike Representative Welch, she has been a fierce defender of the President in the hearings, tangling repeatedly with Democratic Committee Chair Adam Schiff.
, Adirondack bureau chief for North Country Public Radio spoke to VPR's about Representative Stefanik and the role she's played in the inquiry.
