'I Secured.' 'Proud to Deliver.' Seven Credit Claims He Made in 2026, and What the Record Shows Behind Each One.
Why this matters
Federal money for NY-23 is good news, and telling constituents about it is part of a member of Congress’s job. But “I secured” and “proud to deliver” are claims about who did the work and whether it is done. When those words are used for money that is not yet law, for grants an agency decided, for money others also secured, or for someone else’s bill, voters get a less accurate picture of what their representative has done.
This roundup collects seven such claims from 2026. Each one has its own full entry with sources. It is not a complete list.
The seven claims
1. Newstead Community Center, $5 million (February 4, 2026)
CLAIM: His office’s release said “he has secured $5,000,000” for the Town of Newstead. VERDICT: MISSING CONTEXT Sens. Schumer and Gillibrand announced the same $5 million for the same building the same day. His announcements did not mention them. Full entry
2. Hospital radiology labs, $800,000 (June 18-23, 2026)
CLAIM: “I was proud to deliver $300,000 for a new digital X-ray lab” at UPMC Chautauqua, and “Proud to secure $500,000 for Arnot Health…” VERDICT: MISLEADING Both are fiscal 2027 funding requests, and no fiscal 2027 spending bill had become law as of October 20, 2026. Full entry
3. Olean Police Department, $1 million (July 2026)
CLAIM: “I secured $1 million through Community Project Funding for the Police Department…” VERDICT: DOCUMENTED PATTERN The bill carrying it, H.R. 8646, passed the House on June 4. As of October 20, 2026, the Senate had not acted on it, and no fiscal 2027 spending bill had become law. Full entry
4. Allegany County water system, $1.25 million (July 15, 2026)
CLAIM: A graphic on his official page: “SECURED $1,250,000 FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.” VERDICT: DOCUMENTED PATTERN It was at least the third public round for the same fiscal 2026 earmark. None mentioned that Sens. Schumer and Gillibrand also requested the money and announced it about 12 days before his first announcement. Full entry
5. Dairy Margin Coverage (October 7, 2026)
CLAIM: “My Dairy Farm Resiliency Act strengthened the Dairy Margin Coverage program.” VERDICT: MISLEADING His bill, H.R. 294, never got a hearing, markup or vote. Its 6-million-pound language first appeared in Rep. Marc Molinaro’s 2023 bill, and it became law through farm-bill text that House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson introduced months before H.R. 294 was filed. His bill’s own production-history reset was not enacted. Full entry
6. Chemung County sewers, $1.4 million (October 16, 2026)
CLAIM: “I’m proud to secure $1.4 million for Chemung County.” VERDICT: MISSING CONTEXT It is an Appalachian Regional Commission grant, not an earmark. The county applied, and ARC decided, in a process that gives a member of Congress no vote or decision. Sen. Schumer credits the money to a 2021 law passed before Rep. Langworthy took office. Full entry
7. Medicaid Fraud War Room (October 20, 2026)
CLAIM: “As a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee … we took swift and decisive action against 50 high-risk Medicaid providers.” VERDICT: MISLEADING The actions were taken by CMS, HHS’s inspector general and state agencies. His committee’s role was oversight: its leaders’ letters to states, and hearings held by a subcommittee he is not on, whose rosters do not list him. Full entry
What the seven have in common
| What the record shows | Claims |
|---|---|
| Money announced as secured or delivered before it was law | 2, 3 |
| Money others also secured, not mentioned | 1, 4 |
| Grants or actions decided by an agency, not by Congress | 6, 7 |
| A change that came from someone else’s bill | 5 |
Verdicts across the seven: 3 MISLEADING, 2 MISSING CONTEXT, 2 DOCUMENTED PATTERN.
In plain language: in each case the project or the money is real, or the enforcement happened. What the posts get wrong is the part about him: whether the money is done, whether he was the one who got it, or whether the work was his.
The fair reading
- Earmark requests are real work. Claims 1 through 4 came from Community Project Funding requests his office made. Asking for the money is constituent service. “Requested” (claims 2 and 3) or “helped secure, with Sens. Schumer and Gillibrand” (claims 1 and 4) would have been accurate.
- He was sometimes careful. His Olean post said “now the Senate must act.” His Chemung County release said he “announced” an ARC award; “I’m proud to secure” was in the Facebook post.
- Senators make the same kind of claim. Sens. Schumer and Gillibrand’s Newstead release did not mention him either, and Sen. Schumer said he was “proud to deliver” the Chemung County grant.
- Not every announcement is a problem. When he announced a $1 million mental-health grant to Chautauqua County, his own words were modest, and that entry says so. It is not counted here.
Questions this raises
- Will his office describe funding requests as requests until they become law?
- When senators secure the same money, will his announcements say so?
- What did he do, in each of claims 5 through 7, that “strengthened,” “secured” or “took action”?
Sources
Each claim’s sources, archive links and screenshots are in its full entry:
- Newstead Community Center
- Hospital radiology labs
- Olean Police Department
- Allegany County water system
- Dairy Margin Coverage
- Chemung County sewers
- Medicaid Fraud War Room
- Chautauqua County mental-health grant (not counted)
Related
Note: This roundup summarizes findings from published LangworthyWatch entries, each documented from public records. It makes no claim about motive. Corrections with sources are welcome at [email protected].
Last updated: October 20, 2026