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National Parks Service Backs Port Chicago Bill

Thursday, September 27, 2007

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. George Miller’s bill to improve management of the Port Chicago National Memorial in Concord, CA won the important backing of the National Park Service and key private organizations at a congressional hearing held today on the measure.

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President Signs College Cost Reduction Act

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today on President George W. Bush’s signing of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act.

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Miller Introduces "Protect America’s Wildlife (PAW) Act"

New Bill Would Stop Illegal Airborne Hunting of Alaskan Wolves and other Wildlife

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

WASHINGTON – Legislation introduced today would protect wolves, bears, and other wildlife from the illegal and inhumane practice of airborne hunting. The new bill would close a loophole in federal law that Alaska officials have exploited to permit individual hunters to shoot and kill nearly 700 wolves from aircraft in the past four years.

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