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December 29, 2004
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) is urging President Bush to immediately and substantially increase United States humanitarian aid to victims of the Bay of Bengal earthquake and tsunami. The earthquake -- which was the largest in the past 40 years and the 4th strongest in a century -- resulted in a tsunami that devastated parts of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and other countries in Asia and Africa. More than 65,000 people have perished from the disaster and the death toll continues to rise as disease and hunger proliferate.
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December 27, 2004
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) is blasting reports of a new proposal being considered by the Bush Administration to revamp the federal tax code by eliminating the federal deduction for state and local taxes.
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December 17, 2004
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) is alerting New Yorkers to a new plan by the wireless phone industry to create a nationwide directory of mobile phone numbers. The list would be accessible to all cell phone users by dialing 411, but the concern is that the list could eventually be accessed by telemarketers.
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December 17, 2004
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) is blasting the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for raising fares for the second consecutive year.
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December 14, 2004
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) is calling on Mike Leavitt, President George W. Bush’s new nominee for Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS), to get serious about fixing this nation’s serious health care problems and resist any attempts to cut funding for programs to help the sick and the elderly.
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December 03, 2004
Washington, D.C. – Reps. Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Vito Fossella (R-NY) and a bipartisan group of 18 members of Congress have sent a letter to the President asking him to ensure that Italy’s status is not diminished in the reorganization of the United Nation’s Security Council. Today, a high-level panel on reforming the United Nations proposed two models for enlarging the U.N. Security Council from 15 – 24 member nations.
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November 17, 2004
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) and a bipartisan group of 37 Members of Congress are calling on the Secretary of State to pull U.S. funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) until all known members of terrorist organizations are removed from the Agency’s staff. In addition, the House Members are calling for the firing of Peter Hansen, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, in light of his knowledge of and indifference to terrorists on UNRWA’s payroll.
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November 17, 2004
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives completed final passage of the Highlands Stewardship Act (H.R. 1964) and cleared the way for the bill to be signed by the President. Rep. Engel, an original sponsor of this important legislation, represents substantial parts of the Highlands in Rockland County, New York.
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November 15, 2004
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), a senior member of the House International Relations Committee, said that the new Secretary of State must only work with Palestinian leaders opposed to terror and committed to Israel’s right to exist. Rep. Engel also praised out-going Secretary Powell's service to the nation.
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November 15, 2004
"The ruling by Judge Nottingham in Colorado that Ciaran Ferry has no case in appealing his incarceration by the Department of Homeland Security in itself a violation of due process and the basic right of people in a democracy.
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