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2008 Press Releases by Issue
Congressman Maurice Hinchey :: Representing the 22nd District of New York :: Press Releases
Budget and Appropriations
- Hinchey Tours L-3 Communications Facility in Binghamton; Announces $2.4 Million in New Federal Funding He Secured For Company to Dramatically Improve Air Force's Predator Simulator (October 20, 2008)
- Hinchey Secures Final Congressional Approval Of $2.4 Million For C9 Corporation & Precision Flow Technologies To Advance Solar Work For Defense Department (September 25, 2008)
- Hinchey Helps Secure $835 Million For Lockheed Martin's Marine One Helicopter Project (September 24, 2008)
- Hinchey Secures Final Congressional Approval of $9.6 Million For Defense Projects Based In Southern Tier (September 24, 2008)
- Hinchey Secures House Panel's Approval of $2.9 Million For The Solar Energy Consortium & Its Partners (July 2, 2008)
- Hinchey & Hall Secure House Panel's Approval Of $835,000 For U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers To Continue Flood Prevention Study Of Upper Delaware River Watershed & For Implementation of Flood Warning System (June 26, 2008)
- Hinchey Secures House Panel's Approval of $100,000 For Low-Income Entrepreneurial Development Program In Hudson Valley (June 26, 2008)
- Hinchey Secures Initial Congressional Approval Of $250,000 For Esopus & Rondout Watershed Flood Prevention Feasibility Study (June 26, 2008)
- House Panel OK's Hinchey's Request of $395,000 for Newburgh Projects (June 26, 2008)
- Hinchey Votes for Middle-Class Tax Relief Bill (June 25, 2008)
- House Panel Approves Hinchey Request of $330,000 For Flood Prevention Efforts in Conklin (June 24, 2008)
- Hinchey Secures Federal Funding for Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Activities (June 23, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces $800,000 In Federal Funding AdvancesFor Middletown Water & Wastewater Infrastructure (June 16, 2008)
- Hinchey Secures Additional $393,760 For Saugerties To Move Forward With Design & Construction Of New Water & Sewer System Line Along Kings Highway (February 14, 2008)
- Hinchey Secures Final Approval Of $351,000 In Federal Funding For Paved Trail Between Walden & Wallkill (February 12, 2008)
- Hinchey Statement On Funds For Hudson Valley Included In Spitzer Budget (January 22, 2008)
Economy & Jobs
- Hinchey Statement on U.S. Military's Selection of Lockheed Martin as a Finalist in the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Program (October 29, 2008)
- Hinchey to Return To Washington, DC Tomorrow for Critical Hearing on Crafting New Economic Growth Bill That Will Benefit Middle Class Working New Yorkers (October 29, 2008)
- Hinchey, Endicott Interconnect Officials Announce New U.S. Dept. of Defense Accreditation for Company & New Federal Funding That Will Stimulate Job Growth in Southern Tier (October 15, 2008)
- Hinchey Statement on House Passage of Revised Bailout Bill (October 3, 2008)
- Hinchey Gives Update On Financial Bailout Bill & Various Other Important Bills Passed In Congress This Week (September 30, 2008)
- Hinchey Statement on Failure of Financial Bailout Bill (September 29, 2008)
- Hinchey Gives Update on Financial Rescue Negotiations & Comments on Passage of Economic Stimulus Bill in the House (September 26, 2008)
- Hinchey Helps House Pass Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights (September 23, 2008)
- Hinchey To Question Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke On Bush Administration's Proposed Wall Street Bailout (September 23, 2008)
- Hinchey Discusses Volatile Economic Situation; Highlights Immediate Congressional Efforts To Stabilize & Improve Economy (September 22, 2008)
- Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill To Extend Unemployment Benefits (June 12, 2008)
- Hinchey to Chair Joint Economic Committee Hearing on Employment (June 5, 2008)
- Hinchey Helps Open Binghamton University's Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing (March 31, 2008)
- Hinchey Encourages Retirees, Veterans, Low-Income Workers & Others Who May Not Normally File Income Tax Returns To Attend IRS-Sponsored Workshops Or Call Toll Free On Saturday, March 29 For Assistance In Filing For Economic Stimulus Rebate (March 27, 2008)
- Hinchey Challenges Treasury Secretary Over Bush Administration's Use of "Weapons of Mass Economic Destruction" (March 5, 2008)
- Hinchey Statement on Final Passage of Economic Stimulus Bill (February 7, 2008)
- Hinchey Helps House Pass Bipartisan Economic Stimulus Package (January 29, 2008)
Education
Energy
- Hinchey to Speak Out Against NYRI Power Line At Public Hearings In Orange & Sullivan County (October 28, 2008)
- Hinchey Helps Pass Bill To More Than Double Federal Aid To Help Low-Income New Yorkers Pay for Home Heating Bills (September 25, 2008)
- Hinchey, Arcuri, Hall & Clinton Blast Decision By Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (September 18, 2008)
- Hinchey Helps House Pass Comprehensive Energy Reform Bill (September 16, 2008)
- Hinchey Making Strong Push For New Energy Bill To Include Renewable Energy Tax Credits, Repeal Of Big Oil Tax Subsidies, & Collection of Royalty Payments From Energy Industry (September 10, 2008)
- Hinchey Statement on Inspector General's Scathing Reports of Minerals Management Service Employees Conduct (September 10, 2008)
- Upstate Congressmen Demand The Truth Behind NYRI's Congestion Claims (September 10, 2008)
- Hinchey Urges New York City Department of Environmental Protection to Support Plan for Renewable Electricity Generation At Upstate Water Reservoirs (July 21, 2008)
- Hinchey, Inslee Introduce Legislation To Help Protect Polar Bears (May 14, 2008)
- Hinchey, Arcuri, Hall & Clinton Call On FedsTo Reject NYRI Request For Ratepayer Subsidy (April 3, 2008)
- Hinchey Blasts NYRI Request for Ratepayer Subsidy;Will Urge Federal Government to Reject NYRI Petition (April 1, 2008)
- Hinchey Statement on U.S. Dept. of Energy's Decision To Deny Rehearing Of Concerns Over Power Line Corridors (March 6, 2008)
- Upstate Congressmen Ask PSC To Reject NYRI Filing (February 28, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces Signing of First Major Manufacturing Partnership with The Solar Energy Consortium; Deal Will Bring New Jobs This Year, 140 Jobs Within Three Years & Over 400 Hundred New Jobs to Ulster County Within Five Years (February 25, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces Release of $14 Million In Heating Cost Assistance for New Yorkers (February 22, 2008)
- Hinchey Presses Interior Secretary Kempthorne Over Bush Administration's Latest Efforts To Lease Public Property For Oil Development (February 7, 2008)
- GAO Report Highlights Flaws In NYRI Plan (February 1, 2008)
- Hinchey To Speak With Cornell University Students As Part Of National Global Warming Initiative (January 31, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces Release of $82,315,613 In Heating Cost Assistance For New Yorkers (January 16, 2008)
Environment
FDA
Foreign Affairs
Gas Prices
- Hinchey Helps Pass The Commodity Markets Transparency And Accountability Act To Curb Unregulated Speculation In Oil Markets (September 18, 2008)
- Hinchey Highlights Recent & Upcoming Congressional Action On Gas Prices; Outlines Plan To End Bush-Cheney Addiction To Big Oil (August 7, 2008)
- Hinchey Statement On New Record For Oil Company Profits (July 31, 2008)
- Hinchey Statement on President Bush's Decision to Lift Presidential Ban on Environmentally-Sensitive Off-Shore Oil & Gas Drilling (July 14, 2008)
- Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill To End Unregulated Oil Speculation That Is Artificially Inflating The Price Of Gas (June 26, 2008)
- Hinchey Votes To Compel Big Oil To Begin Drilling On 68 Million Acres Of U.S. Land It Already Controls But Hasn't Touched (June 26, 2008)
- Hinchey Helps Introduce Bill To Stop Energy Speculators From Exploiting Regulatory Loopholes & Driving Up The Price Of Oil & Gas (June 20, 2008)
- Hinchey Statement on President Bush's Proposal to Open More of the Outer Continental Shelf & ANWR for Oil Drilling (June 18, 2008)
- Hinchey Pushes Bill To Curb Runaway Speculation In Oil Markets (June 12, 2008)
- Hinchey, House Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Force Big Oil To Produce On Already Leased Land (June 12, 2008)
- Hinchey Unveils New Short, Medium & Long-Term Solutions To Gas Prices (May 29, 2008)
- Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill To Halt Strategic Petroleum Reserve Purchases To Boost Market Oil Supply & Lower Gas Prices (May 13, 2008)
- Hinchey, House Colleagues Urge Bush To Halt Strategic Petroleum Reserve Purchases To Boost Market Oil Supply & Lower Gas Prices (May 7, 2008)
- Hinchey Pushing Legislation To Lower Gas Prices; Urges Senate & Bush To Approve Previously Passed Energy Price Bills (April 29, 2008)
- Hinchey Statement On Exxon Mobil's Record Profit (February 1, 2008)
Grant Announcements
- Hinchey Appeals to U.S. HUD Secretary to Reconsider Broome County Homeless Coalition's Grant Applications (November 24, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces $77,283 Federal Grant for RUPCO to Provide Housing Counseling to Area Residents (October 8, 2008)
- Hinchey Helps Secure More Than $2.1 Million For Upgrades To Kerhonkson Sewer Plant (September 11, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces $39,600 Federal Grant For Southeastern New York Library Resources Council In Highland (September 9, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces $600,000 In Federal Funds For Drug Free Communities Coalitions In Upstate New York (July 28, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces $102,289 Federal Grant For Woodstock Artist Association and Museum (July 17, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces $229,817 Federal Grant For Binghamton City School District (July 14, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces $745,035 Federal Grant for Poughkeepsie City School District (July 2, 2008)
- House Panel OK's Hinchey's Request of $175,000 for Mid-Hudson Valley Drug Court Enhancement Project (June 30, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces $399,882 Federal Grant For Sullivan County Board of Cooperative Education Services (June 17, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces Additional Federal Funding for Village of Woodridge Wastewater Plant Likely (June 5, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces National Endowment for the Humanities American Art Awards For 86 Local Schools & Libraries (June 5, 2008)
- Hinchey Helps Secure $2.86 Million Federal Grant For Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewer Plant Repairs (May 28, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces $672,895 In Federal Funds For Improvements To Local Airports (May 5, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces $750,000 Federal Grant For Ithaca's Sciencenter (April 30, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces $102,446 Federal Grant For Jeffersonville Fire Department (March 5, 2008)
- Hinchey To Sponsor Grant Writing Workshops For Local Fire Departments & EMS Organizations (February 26, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces $769,625 Federal Grant For Local Affordable Housing Organizations (February 13, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces $103,360 Federal Grant For Roscoe-Rockland Fire District (January 16, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces $68,296 Federal Grant For Union Center Fire Company (January 9, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces $430,000 Federal Award For Housing Projects In Newburgh, Ithaca And Binghamton (January 3, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces $71,549 Federal Grant For Lake Huntington Fire Company (January 3, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces $48,260 Federal Grant For Glasco Fire District (January 2, 2008)
Health Care
- Hinchey Helps Introduce Medicare Hospice Protection Act (September 11, 2008)
- Hinchey, Hall Help House Pass Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (June 24, 2008)
- House Passes Hinchey-Sponsored Bill Recognizing the Importance of National Women's Health Week (May 15, 2008)
- Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill Blocking Bush Administration Cuts To Medicaid (April 23, 2008)
- Hinchey, Capps, & Bono Mack Introduce House Resolution To Recognize Importance of National Women's Health Week (April 17, 2008)
- New York DelegationUrges Support Of Programs To Improve Health and Well-Being of New Yorkers (February 20, 2008)
- Hinchey Secures Final Approval Of $335,000 In New Federal Funds For State-of-the-Art Breast Cancer Screening Equipment At Lourdes Hospital (January 10, 2008)
Housing
Judiciary
Media Reform
Miscellaneous
- Kingston Officials Unveil Design For Rondout Waterfront Promenade Design to Hinchey, Public (October 21, 2008)
- Kingston Officials Unveil Pike Plan Design to Hinchey, Public (October 14, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces Old Dutch Church's Designation as National Historic Landmark (October 10, 2008)
- Hall, Hinchey Call on Elections Commissioner to Expedite Voter Registration (September 23, 2008)
- Hinchey Statement on Seventh Anniversary of September 11th Terrorist Attacks (September 11, 2008)
- National Museum Proposed to Tell the Stories of the American People (September 11, 2008)
- Hinchey Presents Medal of Recognition To Marine Who Saved Sgt. Eddie Ryan's Life (August 6, 2008)
- Hudson Valley Congressional Delegation: FEMA and NRC Must Enforce Law (July 17, 2008)
- House Approves Hinchey Measure to Compel CIA's Cooperation In Uncovering Identity & Fate of Hundreds of Argentine Children Born In Captivity & Taken AwayFrom Biological Mothers During Operation Condor (July 16, 2008)
- Hinchey Urges New York City Dept. of Environmental Protection To Comprehensively Address The Impact Of Leaking Delaware Aqueduct On Wawarsing; Urges Agency To Cover All Related Expenses Incurred By Residents (July 11, 2008)
- House Passes Hinchey Bill To Create Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail (July 10, 2008)
- Hinchey To Host Community Forum In Saugerties (July 7, 2008)
- Hinchey Urges US Attorney General Mukasey to Act Quickly to Secure the Extradition of Serbian Fugitive (July 1, 2008)
- Schumer, Clinton, Hinchey Ask State Department To Demand Serbian Government Revoke Diplomatic Immunity For Serbian Consulate Official Who Bailed Out Binghamton Basketball Player Involved In Gruesome Assault (June 26, 2008)
- House Panel Approves Hinchey Bill To Create Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail (June 25, 2008)
- Hinchey Introduces Bill to Study National Designation of Long Path Trail (June 7, 2008)
- Hinchey Calls For Congressional Hearings On Military Medical Malpractice (June 5, 2008)
- Hinchey Secures Assurances From CDC That NIOSH Study Is Moving Forward With Funding (May 28, 2008)
- Hinchey Unveils Bill To Reverse Military Medical Malpractice Injustice (May 19, 2008)
- Hinchey Introduces Preserving the American Historical Record Act (May 15, 2008)
- Hinchey Helps House Pass New Farm Bill (May 14, 2008)
- Hinchey Introduces Bill to Cap Credit Card Interest Rates at 20 Percent (May 7, 2008)
- Army Corps Outlines Next Steps In Long-Term Flood Prevention Work Along Esopus, Wallkill & Rondout Creeks (April 28, 2008)
- Hudson Valley Congressional Delegation: Nothing “Independent” About Entergy-Appointed Panel (April 28, 2008)
- Hinchey, Gillibrand, Arcuri & Hall Introduce Tax Credit Bill To Boost Recruitment & Retention of Volunteer Firefighters & Emergency Response Personnel (April 3, 2008)
- GAO Finds Fault with Implementation of Yellowstone Bison Management Plan (April 2, 2008)
- Hinchey Calls on Major League Baseball to Keep Annual Hall of Fame Game in Cooperstown, NY (March 17, 2008)
- Hinchey Statement on Swearing-In of Governor Paterson (March 17, 2008)
- Hinchey Presses USDA To Release Names Of Retailers That Received Recalled Meat (March 14, 2008)
- Hinchey Statement on Resignation of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer (March 12, 2008)
- Hinchey Statement on President Bush's State of the Union Address (January 28, 2008)
- Hinchey Hosts Housing Forum at SUNY New Paltz (January 24, 2008)
- National Park Service Moves Forward On Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Anniversary Celebrations For 2009 (January 17, 2008)
- Hinchey Unveils Legislative Priorities For Congress In 2008; Calls For Low & Middle Class Tax Cuts To Boost Economy (January 15, 2008)
Solar Energy
- Schumer & Hinchey Visit BU’s Innovative Tech Complex, Officially Announce $4 Million For New Cutting-Edge Solar Energy Research Center (October 22, 2008)
- Hinchey, Ulster County Officials & TSEC Announce Signing Of New Solar Manufacturing Partnership; 400 New Jobs Expected To Be Created in Ulster County (August 13, 2008)
- Hinchey Delivers Keynote Address At Second Annual New York City Solar Summit (June 17, 2008)
- Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill With Solar Energy Tax Credits (May 21, 2008)
- Hinchey, House Colleagues Press for Extension of Solar & Other Renewable Energy Tax Incentives (April 30, 2008)
- Hinchey Statement on New York Legislature's Passage of Budget With Funds For The Solar Energy Consortium (April 9, 2008)
- Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill With Solar Energy Tax Credits (February 27, 2008)
- Hinchey, Colleagues Urge Speaker Pelosi To Include Provisions For Green Job Growth, Greater Energy Efficiency In Stimulus Package (January 22, 2008)
- Hinchey Announces New Partnership Between CUNY & The Solar Energy Consortium To Make Solar Energy More Mainstream In NYC (January 3, 2008)
Transportation
Veterans
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