2004 Press Releases

December

• Rockefeller Calls For Quick Release of Heating Assistance Funding (12/21)
• Snowe, Rockefeller: Senate Passage of Telecom Legislation Good News for All Americans (12/09)
• Rockefeller Encouraged By National Energy Commission Report (12/08)
• Rockefeller Kicks Off Gateway High-Tech Gathering in Eastern Panhandle (12/06)
• Rockefeller and Snowe Seek to Maintain Affordable Telephone Service for Consumers and Restore Internet Funding for Schools and Libraries (12/06)
• Rockefeller Kicks Off Gateway High-Tech Gathering in Eastern Panhandle (12/06)
• Rockefeller on Hand to Celebrate Opening of New Biometric Research and Data Center (12/03)

November

• Rockefeller Congratulates Lane on Confirmation as International Trade Commissioner (11/22)
• Rockefeller and Rahall Demand that Bankrupt Coal Companies Meet Health Care Obligations to Retirees (11/18)
• Rockefeller Fights for Workers' Rights to Health Care in Bankruptcy Proceedings (11/16)
• Rockefeller Applauds VA Advisory Committee's Call for $60 Million in Research for Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses (11/12)
• Senator Rockefeller's Statement on President Bush's Re-election (11/03)

October

• Senator Rockefeller Expresses Concern Over Report of Missing Explosives in Iraq (10/25)
• Rockefeller Demands Full Explanation on Flu Vaccine Shortage (10/22)
• Rockefeller Critical of Bush Administration for not Acting to Prevent Flu Vaccine Crisis (10/20)
• Rockefeller Questions President's Commitment on Veterans' Health Care (10/19)
• Senator Rockefeller's Reaction to Senator Dayton's Office Closure (10/12)
• Rockefeller Denounces Corporate Tax Bill for Special Interests and Companies Moving Jobs Overseas (10/11)
• Rockefeller Praises Senate Effort to Improve Congressional Oversight of National Security Matters (10/11)
• Rockefeller Works to Correct Unfair Tax Treatment of Soldiers (10/8)
• Rockefeller Calls Senate Passage of Intelligence Reform Bill a Monumental Force in Improving National Security (10/7)
• Rockefeller Fights for Better Health Coverage for Workers Displaced by Companies Moving Factories Overseas (10/7)
• Senator Rockefeller Reacts to Duelfer Report on Iraq WMD (10/06)
• Rockefeller Wins Victory to Improve America's Aviation Security System (10/05)
• Rockefeller Says Rail Security Bill is Crucial to Homeland Security (10/05)

September

• Senator Rockefeller Criticizes Bush Administration and Senate Republican Leadership for Failing to Protect Children's Health Care (9/30)
• Rockefeller Votes for Tax Relief for Working Families (9/24)
• Reaction to the death of former First Lady Hovah Underwood (9/24)
• Iraq Misrepresentations and the Need to Declassify the NIE (9/23)
• Rockefeller and Senate Colleagues Call on Majority Leader to Protect $1.07 Billion for Children's Health Insurance Program (9/23)
• Rockefeller Works to Improve Aviation Security (9/23)

• Vice Chairman Rockefeller Outlines Vote Against Porter Goss for DCI (9/21)

• Vice Chairman Rockefeller Opposes the Nomination of Porter Goss for Director of Central Intelligence During Senate Committee Vote (9/21)

• Reaction From Vice Chairman Rockefeller to the Collins-Lieberman Proposal for Intelligence Reform (9/15)

• Rockefeller Leads Fight for Vehicle Safety Standards (9/14)

• Rockefeller Expresses Concern for AT&T Workers; Condemns Bush Administration Policies That Let to Call Center Closure (9/13)

• Rockefeller Opposes 17.5% Increase for Medicare Premium (9/8)

• Senator Rockefeller Reacts to Cheney's Comments on the Likelihood of Another Attack under a Kerry Administration (9/8)

August

• Rockefeller Announces Airport Grants to Improve Air Service in West Virginia's South-Eastern and North-Central Regions (8/30)
• Rockefeller Reacts to President's Proposed Executive Orders Regarding Intelligence Reform (8/27)
• Vice Chairman Rockefeller Outlines Priorities for Intelligence Reform (8/27)
• Rockefeller Urges CSX Railroad to Protect Jobs in West Virginia (8/26)
• Rockefeller Emphasizes Need for True National Intelligence Director During Hearing on Intelligence Reform; Stresses Quick, but Wise Changes (8/16)
• Rockefeller Calls for Immediate Action to Preserve Children's Health Insurance Program (8/13)
• Senator Rockefeller Blasts Decision to Throw Out Union Contracts With Horizon's Coal Miners (8/10)
• Statement by Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV) on the Nomination of Rep. Porter Goss to Head the Intelligence Community and CIA (8/10)
• Rockefeller Supports Measures to Improve Veterans' Benefits, Health Care (8/6)
• Vice Chairman Rockefeller Reacts to President's Efforts to Reform U.S. Intelligence System (8/2)

July

• Statement by Senator Jay Rockefeller on John F. Kerry's Democratic Nominee Acceptance Speech (7/30)

• Vice Chairman Rockefeller Remains in Washington to Focus on Intelligence Reform (7/26)

• Rockefeller to Bush: 'Be Straightforward with the American People About Retiree Coverage Under New Medicare Law' (7/22)

• Rockefeller Offers Bill to Provide West Virginia with Budget Relief (7/21)

• Statement of Senator Jay Rockefeller on the Federal Marriage Amendment Vote (7/14)

• Statement by Vice Chairman John D. Rockefeller IV on the Public Release of the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Pre-War Intelligence on Iraq (7/9)

June

• Rockefeller Comments on the Transfer of Power in Iraq (6/28)

• Statement By Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV) on Press Reports that President Bush will Nominate Rep. Porter Goss to be New Head of CIA (6/25) 

• Rockefeller Praises Implementation of Demonstration Project to Cover Oral Cancer Drugs (6/24)

• Rockefeller Says President Must Back-Up His Words With Action on Broadband Technology (6/24)

• Rockefeller Opposes Plan to Diminish Airport Security (6/24)
• Rockefeller Supports Guarantee for Veterans Health Care Funding (6/23)
• Rockefeller Cosponsors Bill to Step up Cure for Alzheimer's (6/22)
• Rockefeller Fights to Close Loophole in Medicare Drug Bill That Raises Costs for Retirees (6/22)
• Rockefeller Announces New Air Service for Bluefield and Beckley (6/17)
• Rockefeller Tours World War II Memorial With West Virginia Veterans (6/9)
• Jay Rockefeller Reaction on Death of President Ronald Reagan (6/7)
• Rockefeller Announces $36,000 Grant to Westover Volunteer Fire Department (6/7)
• Chairman Roberts & Vice Chairman Rockefeller Issue Joint Statement on The Resignation of CIA Director George Tenet (6/3)

May

• Rockefeller Introduces Homeland Security Bill to Help First Responders at Local Level (5/27)
• Rockefeller to Bush: Tell OPEC to Increase Output (5/21)
• Rockefeller Meets with Youthbuild Students (5/20)
• Rockefeller Praises McDowell Native for Contributions to Community (5/20)
• Rockefeller: 'Action Needed Now to Help Control Prices at the Gas Pump' (5/18)
• Rockefeller Fights for West Virginia's Firefighters (5/14)
• Rockefeller Hails Senate Passage of Family Opportunity Act (5/13)
• Rockefeller Kicks Off 'Cover the Uninsured Week' (5/10)
• McCain, Hollings, Rockefeller Launch Effort to Improve Nation's Aviation Security System (5/7)
• Inpatient Beds at Beckley VAMC to Remain Open: Rockefeller, Byrd, Rahall Say VA Made Right Decision for West Virginia Veterans (5/6)
• Rockefeller Fights for West Virginia Workers, Supports Minimum Wage Increase (5/5)

April

• Vice Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV) Reacts to Testimony by Condoleezza Rice Before the 9/11 Commission (4/8)
• Rockefeller Announces $1.2 Million in Federal Funding for Philippi/Barbour County Regional Airport (4/6)
• Rockefeller Urges President to Help Lower Gas Prices by Putting More Gas in the Pumps, Not the National Reserve (4/1)

March

• Byrd and Rockefeller Call for Extension of Unemployment Benefits for West Virginians (3/31)
• Rockefeller Wins Battle to Include Child Care Funding in Welfare Reform Package (3/30)
• Rockefeller Backs Bipartisan Amendment for Additional Child Care Funding (3/29)
• Statement by Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman John D. Rockefeller IV on Majority Leader's Comments on Richard Clarke (3/26)
• Rockefeller Returns from Iraq, Says United Nations Needed to Stem Violence (3/19)
• Rockefeller Opposes $2.36 Trillion Budget (3/12)
• Rockefeller Challenges Plan to Terminate Inpatient Services at Beckley VAMC (3/3)

February

• Rockefeller: Money for Child Care Essential to Welfare Reform (2/26)
• Rockefeller Announces Improved Air Service to Greenbrier Valley (2/13)
• Rockefeller, Byrd, and Rahall Will Continue Fight to Keep Inpatient Services at Beckley VAMC (2/13)
• Rockefeller: We Must Keep Jobs in the USA (2/12)
• Rockefeller Presses VA Secretary on Health Care Issues (2/10)

January

• Rockefeller Urges President to Make Funding for Veterans' Programs a Budget Priority (1/30)
• Vice Chairman Rockefeller Calls for Significantly Expanded Investigation into Intelligence Related to the War with Iraq (1/28)
• Rockefeller Encourages Congress to Pass Pension Reform Legislation (1/27)
• Rockefeller Reacts to President Bush's State of the Union Address (1/20)
• Rockefeller urges ITC to Grant Relief on Cold-Rolled Steel Imports to West Virginia Steel Industry (1/16)
• Rockefeller, Levin Call Administration's Reasoning Behind Section 201 Tariff Repeal 'Inadequate' (1/07)
  
  
  
   

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