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Washington, D.C. – With approximately 800,000 Americans scheduled to have their federal extended unemployment benefits cut off just three days after Christmas, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-California) today signed onto legislation that would extend these unemployment benefits until the end of June.
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Washington, DC -- Congresswoman Barbara Lee today said that Senator Trent Lott did the right thing by stepping down today as Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate after Lott’s offensive remarks at the December 5th birthday party for Senator Strom Thurmond. Lee said that now the Republican Party has the unique opportunity to prove that they do not support discriminatory policies that most affect African-Americans and people of colo
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Washington, DC – Thirty-two Congressional Black Caucus members yesterday sent a letter to President Bush urging him to "launch a major new US initiative to fight AIDS," a pandemic that has killed millions of people with many more deaths expected in the future. 14 million children have been orphaned by the disease, and 42 million people currently live with HIV/AIDS. By 2020, 70 million more people are expected to die from HIV/AIDS.
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee today issued the following statement:
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee today denounced U.S. Senator Trent Lott's (D-Mississippi) comments made during the 100th birthday celebration for retiring Senator Strom Thurmond (D-South Carolina). Lott told partygoers, "I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for President, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn’t have had all these problems over all these years, either."
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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Barbara Lee today joined several of her colleagues in calling on the Bush Administration to cool its rhetoric and give the inspections process in Iraq the opportunity to work before prematurely calling them a failure.
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Washington, DC B Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) today joined Representative Dennis Kucinich in condemning proposed attacks on Iraq after a hearing that included the testimony of Scott Ritter, Former Chief Weapons Inspector for the United Nations Special Commission in Iraq.
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Washington, DC B Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) today introduced H.R. 5204, the Hormone Replacement Therapy Alternative Treatment Act, legislation that would provide guaranteed insurance coverage of both prescription and alternative treatments for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).
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Washington, DC - At the Barcelona International HIV/AIDS Conference, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) was honored with an international service award by the Family Health International (FHI) Institute for HIV/AIDS for her efforts to make the struggle against global HIV/AIDS a priority of the U.S. Congress.
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Washington, DC - Susana Hernandez was hosted by Congresswoman Barbara Lee for the opening of An Artistic Discovery as the Ninth Congressional District of California's winner of the 21st Annual National High School art competition. Ms. Hernandez's work, "Mi Familia es Mi Corazon" will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for the year-long exhibit sponsored by more than 300 Members of Congress.
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) today sent a letter to Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board Alan Greenspan to express her disagreement with his characterization of the weight placed on lending to minorities within the CRA rating system and to request a meeting with Chairman Greenspan, representatives from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and concerned Members of Congress.
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I am encouraged that the President's announcement today raises the level of attention to important HIV/AIDS Mother To Child Transmission (MTCT) prevention and treatment strategies. For far too long, these efforts have gone under-funded. However, President Bush's proposal is not new money, falls short of the $2.5 billion needed this year to mount a comprehensive strategy to fight these diseases and will force a dispute about which global AIDS programs should be funded.
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Washington, D.C. - The General Accounting Office today released a report, "Energy Markets: Concerted Actions Needed by FERC to Confront Challenges That Impede Effective Oversight," which concludes that "At the current time, FERC is not adequately performing the oversight that is needed to ensure that prices produced by these markets are just and reasonable and therefore, it is not fulfilling its regulatory mandate."
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) today applauded House passage of H.R. 5121, the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for FY03, which contains a provision authored by Congresswoman Lee to provide student loan forgiveness for employees for the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Vice President of the Progressive Caucus, today announced her support for the Democratic Medicare Drug Benefit and Discount Act which includes many provisions of the Progressive Caucus MEDS Plan.
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Vice President of the Progressive Caucus, today announced her support for the Democratic Medicare Drug Benefit and Discount Act which includes many provisions of the Progressive Caucus MEDS Plan.
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) today introduced The ABM Treaty Compliance Act of 2002, legislation stating that the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty shall continue to apply with respect to the United States.
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Lee (D-CA) today joined Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) and 28 of her House colleagues as a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Bush Administration to stop President Bush from withdrawing the United States from the Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty without Congressional consent.
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee today applauded the House Financial Services Committee for passing by a voice vote her amendment to H.R. 3995 that would provide greater protections for victims of domestic violence under the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) "one-strike" policy.
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I have worked with Senator Bill Frist (R-TN) on global HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria legislation in the past, and I know that he cares very deeply about this issue and understands that these diseases represent not only the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time, but also a regional and national security crisis as well.
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Washington, DC - The House today passed by a vote of 344-78 S. 1372, the conference report for the Export-Import Re-authorization Act, which included an amendment offered Congresswoman Barbara Lee to increase outreach to women and minority-owned businesses.
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Lee today announced that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released funding for the Ed Roberts Campus that was included in H.R. 2620, the annual spending bill for the Department of Veterans Affairs and (VA) and HUD for fiscal year 2002.
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Washington DC - Congresswoman Lee today announced that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released funding for the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center of Oakland, California, that was included in H.R. 2620, the annual spending bill for the Department of Veterans Affairs and (VA) and HUD for fiscal year 2002.
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee today was elected as Whip for the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC).
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Washington DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee joined House Democrats and college students at a rally today to oppose the Bush Administration's proposal to increase the amount of money that students will pay for federal loans in an effort to reduce the federal deficit.
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) was today named as the recipient of the Wayne Morse Integrity in Government Award for 2002. Congresswoman Lee, Senator Russell Feingold, (D-WI), and Senator James Jeffords, (I-VT) were the three finalists chosen from an original list of seven nominees. Final selection was made by a blue ribbon national committee of former holders of the Morse Chair in Law and Politics at the University of Oregon.
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The current crisis in the Middle East has spiraled out of the control of both the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government. Each day, the violence claims more victims and creates deeper hatred and anguish.
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Lee (D-CA) and Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), joined by 15 Democratic colleagues on the House International Relations Committee, sent a letter to committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-IL) and to committee Ranking Member Tom Lantos (D-CA) urging them to hold a public hearing this year to learn more about the geopolitical, economic, and environmental impacts of global climate change and about proposed international remedies.
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Washington DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Congresswoman Juanita Millender McDonald (D-CA) today successfully offered an amendment to H.R. 3656, the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002, in the International Relations Committee that authorizes funding for the Ministry for Women’s Affairs of Afghanistan.
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Washington DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Congresswoman Juanita Millender McDonald (D-CA) today successfully offered an amendment to H.R. 3656, the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002, in the International Relations Committee that authorizes funding for the Ministry for Women’s Affairs of Afghanistan.
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Deadline for Submissions Set for April 10, 2002
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Washington, D.C. - La Rep. Lee expresó hoy su apoyo a las acciones congresionales de la pasada semana para aprobar un proyecto de ayuda a los trabajadores. "Estoy orgulloso de unirme a mis colegas para apoyar esta legislación que dará a los trabajadores desempleados 13 semanas adicionales de beneficios", dijo la Rep. Lee.
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Lee today announced that the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency in Oakland, CA would receive grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand health care services for the homeless.
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Washington, D.C.- La Rep. Lee pidió hoy a sus colegas que rechacen los intentos republicanos para cambiar el programa del Seguro Social. "Una vez más, estamos viendo al Presidente y a los republicanos en el Congreso apoyar propuestas que fallan al no asegurar la solvencia del Seguro Social", dijo la Rep. Lee. "En su lugar, están jugando un juego público y peligroso que socavará la seguridad del retiro de los ancianos de nuestra nación."
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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Barbara Lee received a 100% voting record on the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) 2001 National Environmental Scorecard, released on February 20, 2001.
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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Barbara Lee today sent a letter to Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board Alan Greenspan questioning the effectiveness of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rating system and requesting a meeting within 30 days by the four primary regulators, the Secretary of the Treasury and the President’s chief economic advisor, to discuss efforts to promote greater minority home ownership and to seek parity with white home ownership (presently 72 percent) within ten years.
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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Barbara Lee today applauded House passage early this morning of the Shays-Meehan Campaign Finance Reform bill by a vote of 240-188.
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee received an A grade for her record from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in the NAACP Federal Legislative Report Card recently released in January.
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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Congressman James Greenwood (R-PA), and Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), today sent a letter to President Bush expressing strong concern about his proposal for increased funding for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs in the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2003 budget.
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Washington, DC B Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Congressman James Greenwood (R-PA), and Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), today sent a letter to President Bush expressing strong concern about his proposal for increased funding for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs in the Administration=s Fiscal Year 2003 budget.
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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Barbara Lee was profiled in the January 5, 2002 edition of Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Weekly as an emerging player in the 107th Congress.
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