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Reporter Debrief: New York Rep. Elise Stefanik's Role In Impeachment Inquiry Hearings

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik speaks into a microphone
Susan Walsh
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Associated Press
New York Rep. Elise Stefanik questions former Ukrainian Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch on Friday, Nov. 15, during a U.S. House Intelligence Committee public impeachment hearing.

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.

Brian Mann, Adirondack bureau chief for North Country Public Radio spoke to VPR's Mitch Wertlieb about Representative Stefanik and the role she's played in the inquiry.

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
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