Senators Ted Kennedy and John Kerry, joined by Reps. Jim McGovern and Barney Frank, today expressed disappointment in a preliminary letter by Coast Guard Commander Raymond Perry which asserts that the Weaver's Cove Energy proposal for an offshore LNG terminal fulfills navigation and safety requirements.
-This is certainly a set-back, but we won't give up the battle against this… Read more »
U.S. Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Jim McGovern (D-MA) today applauded the U.S. Department of Justice for awarding $2,117,220 to the City of Fall River under the COPS program. Fall River will use this funding, under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -- the so-called -stimulus bill- -- to employ 10 police officers.
The grants will provide 100 percent of the approved salary and… Read more »
Mr. Speaker. I rise to express my strong concern over US policy in Afghanistan. I worry that we are getting sucked deeper and deeper into a war with no end.
Our mission continues to grow and grow, with no clear sense of where we are ultimately going. It has been eight long years. We have lost too many brave men and women. And we have spent billions and billions of… Read more »
No one can ever fill his shoes. But we can, and must, follow in his footsteps. The work goes on, and the cause endures. The best tribute we could pay him is a renewed vigor in the fight to see his dreams realized. The world is going to miss Ted Kennedy. I already do. He was my inspiration, my mentor, my colleague and my friend. Slán go foill, Senator.
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The following contains common myths associated with HR 3200, commonly known as the Health Care Reform bill. This information rebutts some of those myths and was researched and assembled by the Members and staff of 3 Congressional Committees; Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Education and Labor.
Pg 22 of the HC Bill MANDATES the Govt will audit the books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self… Read more »
Dear Friend,
As you know, the leadership in the House of Representatives recently introduced a modified version of the health insurance reform bill. There have been several important modifications to the legislation. For example, the modified bill begins to close the so-called Medicare prescription drug benefit -donut hole- immediately. I've included several links here that I hope you… Read more »
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M. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this rule and in support of the underlying statutory PAYGO legislation.
As a member of the Budget Committee, I am proud to be an original co-sponsor of this bill, and I want to thank our incredible chairman, John Spratt, for all of his hard work.
Some of my colleagues may be asking themselves, -Why the heck is a liberal… Read more »
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I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding me the time. Let me begin by thanking Majority Leader Hoyer and Chairman Peterson, and their staff, for quickly scheduling this bipartisan resolution for consideration today.
This resolution honors the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service for 40 years of fighting hunger in the United States.
There are more than 36… Read more »
U.S. Reps Jim McGovern (D-MA), Ed Markey (D-MA) and Niki Tsongas today commended the U.S. Department of Transportation for providing $750,000 in federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for the Metrowest Regional Transit Authority.
The Authority covers the communities of Hopkinton, Holliston, Wayland, Natick, Framingham, Sherborn, Ashland, Marlborough,… Read more »
Conference: Mitigating the Nutritional Impacts of the Global Food Price Crisis
Day Three: Session 7- Panel : Reorientation of U.S. Policy in Food and Nutrition
Kaiser Family Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies
1330 -G- Street NW - Washington, DC
Barbara Jordan Conference Center
9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Thursday,… Read more »
