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Washington, DC B Congresswoman Lee today joined an overwhelming majority of the House of Representatives in passing by a vote of 381-41, the conference report to H.R. 1, an historic education bill that will raise student achievement levels through a combination of higher standards, stronger accountability, and increased resources.
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Washington, DC B Congresswoman Lee today supported House passage by a vote of 363-63, H.R. 3295, the Help America Vote Act, which begins to reform the nation=s electoral system in response to problems identified during the 2000 presidential elections.
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Washington, DC - The House of Representatives today passed by a voice vote H.R. 2069, The Global Access to HIV/AIDS Prevention, Awareness, Education, and Treatment Act of 2001, which increases bi-lateral and multi-lateral funding for international HIV/AIDS programs.
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Washington, DC B The House of Representatives today passed by a voice vote H. Res. 309, a bipartisan resolution offered by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Shimkus (R-IL), Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Robert Ney (R-OH), to honor the United States Capitol Police for their commitment to security at the Capitol.
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Congresswoman Lee was honored this evening for her work on HIV/AIDS with an HIV/AIDS Community Service Award from the Alameda County Office of AIDS and the African American State of Emergency Task Force.
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Washington DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee today applauded House passage of H.R. 2299, the Transportation Appropriations Conference Report for Fiscal Year 2002, which includes $2.5 million for the Alameda Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) Job Access and Reverse Commute Program and for new bus procurement. It will also provide $2 million to the Unity Council in Oakland for construction of the Fruitvale Transit Village.
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Washington, DC - Today the Financial Services Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy passed two amendments
offered by Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) - one to require the Secretary of the Treasury to disapprove any multi lateral
development bank loan that does not follow the recommendations of the World Commission on Dams and the other to increase outreach and the number of loans at the Export-Import Bank to women and minority-owned businesses.
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Lee’s work on H.R. 2620, the annual spending bill for the Department of Veterans Affairs and (VA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for fiscal year 2002, helped to secure critical funding for projects in the Ninth Congressional District and to restore funding to the HUD Shelter Plus Care Homeless program.
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee today applauded House passage of H.R.2311, the Energy and Water
Appropriations conference report for FY02, which provides $25 million for projects at the Port of Oakland, including two 1999 Army Corps of Engineers projects: the Port of Oakland -50 foot dredging, and the wetlands restoration project at the former Hamilton Army Airfield.
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Washington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee today criticized the House of Representatives for passing, by a vote of
286-139, H.R. 3150, the Aviation Security Bill, which excluded many of the provisions in the version passed by the Senate earlier this week by a vote of 100-0.
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