December 2004

• 12/16/04 -- Press Release -- Social Security
  Privatization slashes benefits and adds trillions to social security's long-term cost

• 12/4/04 -- Press Release -- Jobs
  Weak November Payroll Gains Leave Job Growth Well Below Administration's Forecast; Private Payrolls Remain 1.2 Million Jobs Below January 2001 Level

November 2004

• 11/30/04 -- Press Release -- Taxation
  Taxpayers Could Pay Billions in Legal Bills for Drug Companies if Administration Allows Abuse of Tax Holiday, Stark Calls for Clarification of Rules
• 11/5/04 -- Press Release -- Jobs:
  Private Payrolls Still 1.3 Million Jobs Below January 2001 Level

October 2004

• 10/29/04 -- Press Release -- Civil Rights:
  Stark Condemns IRS Investigation of the NAACP's Tax-Exempt Status
• 10/29/04 -- Press Release -- Medicare:
  Stark Releases Report on the Impact of Medicare Premium Increases on Alameda County Seniors
• 10/28/04 -- Press Release -- Economy:
  Stark Releases Report Showing President Bush's Policies Undermine the Economic Security of American Families
• 10/26/04 -- Press Release -- Local Transportation:
  Stark Announces Federal Aid to Reduce East Bay Traffic Congestion
• 10/22/04 -- Press Release -- Medicare Premiums:
  Stark Releases Report Showing Premiums Could Vary More than 700% Depending on Where Seniors Live -- Even Minimum Region Size Results in Significant Variation
  10/15/04 -- Press Release -- Medicare Premiums:
  Under Medicare Drug Law, Premiums Could Vary More than 700% Depending on Where Seniors Live, According to Report Stark Released Today
• 10/6/04 -- Press Release -- Social Security COLAs:
  Stark COLA Protection Bill Would Help 47,800 Medicare Beneficiaries in the 13th District According to New Report

September 2004

• 9/22/04 -- Press Release -- Corporate Tax Giveaways:
  Stark Calls on Congress to End Corporate Tax Shelters and Support Tax Fairness for America's Working Families
• 9/15/04 -- Press Release -- Medicare Drug Law:
  Stark Introduces Resolution of Inquiry Requesting Administration Turn Over Documents Relating to Cost of Medicare Drug Law
• 9/14/04 -- Special Release -- Medicare Premiums:
  Stark Releases Documents Demonstrating Dramatic Increases in Medicare Premiums under New Rx Drug Law
• 9/7/04 -- Press Release -- Medicare:
  Stark, Rangel React to GAO Finding that Administration Violated Law Using Taxpayer Funds to Pay Medicare Official Who Withheld Vital Information on Medicare Bill
• 9/3/04 -- Press Release -- Medicare Premiums:
  Record Increase in Medicare Premiums for 2005; Part B Deductible to Rise for the First Time Since 1991
• 9/3/04 -- Press Release -- Jobs:
  Jobs Deficit Persists Despite August Payroll Gains

August 2004

• 8/26/04 -- Press Release -- Census Report on Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage:
  Poverty Rises, Real Income Falls, and 5 Million More Lack Health Insurance Under Bush Administration
• 8/6/04 -- Press Release -- Jobs:
  Jobs Deficit Persists as Labor Market Stalls in July, Laid-off Workers Have Trouble Finding Good Jobs

July 2004

• 7/22/04 -- Statement -- 9-11 Commission Report:
  Stark Commends the Thorough, Bipartisan Work
  of the 9-11 Commission
• 7/21/04 -- Press Release -- Social Security & Medicare:
  Stark Joins Daschle, Pelosi and Democratic Colleagues to Release Report Showing Premiums under New Medicare Drug Law will Erode Social Security COLA
• 7/20/04 -- Press Release -- Hospital Accreditation:
  Stark, Grassley Release New GAO Report that Raises Serious Concerns with Hospital Accreditation Process
• 7/19/04 -- Press Release -- Alameda Housing:
  Stark Announces Additional HUD Funding for City of Alameda Section 8 Housing
• 7/14/03 -- Press Release -- Nursing and Patient Safety:
  Reps. Stark & LaTourette Demand Congressional Action to Stop Mandatory Nurse Overtime, Protect Patient Safety
• 7/13/04 -- Press Release -- Alameda Housing:
  Stark Hosts Alameda Housing Chief in Effort to Aid Alameda's Section 8 Housing Crunch
• 7/6/04 -- Press Release -- Medicare:
  Stark, Rangel React to HHS Inspector General's Report Into Bush Administration Withholding Cost of Medicare Bill

June 2004

• 6/15/04 -- Press Release -- Energy Policy:
  Stark Speaks Out Against Industry Giveaways in Republican Energy Bills
• 6/7/04 -- Statement -- President Ronald Reagan:
  Stark Expresses Sadness on the Passing of Former President Reagan

May 2004

• 5/20/04 -- Press Release -- Drug Discount Cards:
  Stark, Senior Democrats Call for Automatic Drug Subsidy Enrollment for Low-Income Seniors
• 5/19/04 -- Press Release -- Medicare Ads:
  GAO Rules Bush Administration Medicare Ads Broke Law, Stark and Rangel Call for Local Stations to Run Retractions
• 5/13/04 -- Press Release -- Social Security & Medicare:
  Stark, Matsui Decry House Republicans Voting Against Preserving the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds
• 5/12/04 -- Press Release -- Covering the Uninsured:
  **Stark, Democrats Unveil Legislation to Provide Health Care Coverage for Over Half of Today's Uninsured
• 5/11/04 -- Press Release -- Association Health Plans:
  Stark Speaks Out Against Association Health Plan Bill for Bypassing State Laws that Ensure Patient Protections
• 5/5/04 -- Press Release -- Dialysis Drugs:
  HHS Inspector General Says Medicare Overpays for Dialysis Drugs
• 5/3/04 -- Press Release -- Drug Discount Cards:
  Stark Says Medicare Drug Cards Provide Maximum Confusion For Minimal Discount

April 2004

• 4/28/04 -- Press Release -- Stem Cell Research:
  Stark Joins Over 200 Colleagues in Letter Calling on President Bush to Lift Restriction on Stem Cell Research
• 4/21/04 -- Press Release -- Unemployment Benefits:
  In Questioning from Stark at JEC Hearing, Fed Chairman Greenspan Says UI Extension is "A Good Idea"
• 4/20/04 -- Press Release -- Child Welfare:
  Reps. Stark, MIller, Rangel and Cardin Release GAO Report Citing Widespread Problems in Child Welfare System
• 4/7/04 -- Press Release -- Medicare:
  New MedPAC Report Debunks GOP Rhetoric that Private Plans Save Money, Medicare's Financial Outlook at Stake
• 4/2/04 -- Press Release -- Jobs:
  Large Jobs Deficit Remains Despite March Gains; Stark Calls for Extension of Unemployment Benefits

March 2004

• 3/25/04 -- Press Release -- House GOP Budget:
  Stark, California Democratic Congressional Delegation Reject the House GOP Budget for 2005
• 3/25/04 -- Press Release -- Medicare/Social Security:
  Bush's Permanent Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Would Come at the Expense of Medicare and Social Security
• 3/25/04 -- Press Release -- Medicare Bill Cost Estimate:
  Ways & Means Democrats Request Additional Witnesses on Administration Withholding of Medicare Bill Estimates
• 3/23/04 -- Press Release -- Medicare Trustees Report:
  Stark Responds to Report on Medicare's Solvency
• 3/16/04 -- Press Release -- Bay Area Unemployment:
  Stark Joins Bay Area Delegation in Issuing Report on Local Joblessness, Urges Extension of Unemployment Benefits
• 3/12/04 -- Press Release -- Letter to HHS Inspector General:
  Stark, House Colleagues Call for Investigation into Possible Intimidation of HHS Employee Over Costs of Medicare Law
• 3/12/04 -- Press Release -- Letter to Secy Thompson:
  Stark Demands Secretary Thompson's Apology For False Claim that Universal Health Care Already Exists in US
• 3/11/04 -- Press Release -- California's Medicare Beneficiaries:
  Stark, Waxman Introduce Bill to Protect California's Seniors from Being Forced Into HMOs
• 3/11/04 -- Press Release -- Medicare Advertising:
  Stark Responds to General Accounting Office Legal Opinion on Bush Administration's Medicare Ad Campaign
• 3/10/03 -- Press Release -- Corporate Responsibility:
  Stark Statement Opposing 'Super Sized' Liability Protection for Fast Food Industry
• 3/8/04 -- Press Release -- Health Care:
  Stark, Rep. Marion Berry Release Report Showing President Bush's Health Care Policies Are Out of Touch
• 3/3/04 -- Press Release -- Jobs and Outsourcing:
  Stark Joins Colleagues to Introduce the Defending American Jobs Act

February 2004

• 2/27/04 -- Press Release -- Jobs and Trade:
  Stark Cosponsor of Bill That Would Keep Jobs in US, Protect American Manufacturers
• 2/26/04 -- Press Release -- Prescription Drugs:
  Stark Bill Would Encourage Drug Industry to Spend Money on Research and Lowering Prices, Not Gifts to Doctors
• 2/12/04 -- Press Release -- Health Insurance:
  Stark Responds to Ways and Means Committee Chairman's Plan to Do Away With Job-Based Health Coverage
• 2/11/04 -- Press Release -- Health Tax Credit/HSAs:
  Bush Administration Officials Admit President's Tax Credit Not in Budget; Health Savings Accounts Not for Uninsured
• 2/10/04 -- Press Release -- Job Outsourcing:
  Despite Huge Jobs Deficit, Bush Supports Shift of American Jobs Overseas
• 2/10/04 -- Press Release -- Long Term Care Hospitals:
  Stark Introduces Legislation to Place Moratorium on Further Growth of Long Term Care Hospitals
• 2/6/04 -- Press Release -- Jobs:
  Bush Jobs Deficit Persists Despite Modest January Gains
• 2/6/04 -- Press Release -- Long Term Care Hospitals:
  Stark Releases Report - Questions Need for Further Growth in Medicare Long Term Care Hospitals
• 2/5/04 -- Press Release -- Health Tax Credit Report:
  Stark Releases Report - Bush Health Tax Credit Fails to Expand Health Insurance or Make It More Affordable
• 2/3/04 -- Press Release -- Health Savings Accounts:
  Secretary Snow Admits Cost of Health Savings Accounts More than Double Projected Amount
• 2/2/04 -- Press Release -- The Budget:
  Stark Responds to President Bush's Budget for Fiscal-Year 2005

January 2004

• 1/30/04 -- Press Release -- Economy:
  Bush Jobs Deficit Perists Despite Economic Growth
• 1/28/04 -- Press Release -- New Medicare Report:
  Stark Releases New JEC Democrats Report - New GOP Rx Drug Law Shifts Costs to Seniors Over Time
• 1/20/04 -- Press Release:
  Stark Responds to President Bush's Address on the State of the Union
• 1/16/04 -- Press Release:
  Significant Overpayments to HMOs Continue; Benficiaries Encouraged to Leave Traditional Medicare
• 1/16/04 -- Press Release:
  Stark Announces Federal Grant Award to Aid the Alameda Fire Department
• 1/14/04 -- Press Release:
  Stark Commends the Institute of Medicine's Call for Universal Health Care by 2010
• 1/9/04 -- Press Release:
  Job Growth Stalls In December; Despite 2.3 Million Jobs Deficit, GOP Still Has No Plans to Restore UI Benefits
  

December 2003

• 12/8/03 -- Press Release:
  Stark and Rangel Speak Out Against the Medicare Bill Signed into Law by President Today Shortchanging Seniors

December 2003