Timothy Kennedy

Tim is a lifelong Western New Yorker. He grew up in a blue-collar family in Buffalo, where his parents, Marty and Mary Kennedy, raised Tim and his four siblings to work hard, focus on their education, help their neighbors, and get involved in their community. Tim attended St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute before going on to earn his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in occupational therapy at D’Youville College, now D’Youville University. For 11 years, Tim worked with geriatric and pediatric populations to help them recover from injuries and fully participate in all life situations. As a licensed occupational therapist, Tim has spent his entire career working to help people.

Elected to the House of Representatives on April 30, 2024, Tim sits on the House Homeland Security Committee and has been assigned to two of its subcommittees: Emergency Management and Technology and Transportation and Maritime Security. As a member of the committee, and as Co-Chair of the Northern Border Caucus, Kennedy has worked to secure our northern border and ports of entry, and strengthen relations with our Canadian neighbors to boost our regions’ economies. He has championed changes to how FEMA responds to extreme winter weather events by introducing the SNOW Act. He also sits on the House Veterans Affairs Committee, where he has fought to improve services for veterans at the Buffalo VA Hospital, including advocating for state-of-the-art facilities for veterans to receive care.