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2007

November 2008

• Ways and Means Leaders Praise Senate Passage of Unemployment Insurance Extension
• One Telephone Call

October 2008

• Rep. McDermott Joins Team of Volunteers to Serve 250 Seafood Meals to the Homeless and Unemployed
• Fort Lawton Provision Signed Into Law
• Rep. McDermott’s Foster Care Legislation Signed Into Law
• Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Grade McDermott Veterans Voting Record an A
• Rep. McDermott Votes No on Senate Bailout Bill
• House Passes Extension of Unemployment Benefits

September 2008

• McDermott Statement on the H.R. 3997 Vote
• House Passes Economic Recovery Package – Extends Unemployment Benefits
• Privatizing Social Security
• McDermott Statement on the Passage of Mental Health Parity in the House of Representatives
• The Bad Old Days
• Senate Passes McDermott Child Welfare Bill Legislation Goes to the President
• Rep. McDermott Introduces American Worker Security Resolution
• Chairman McDermott Introduces Federal Poverty Measurement Legislation
• House Passes McDermott Foster Care Legislation Provision
• House Passes McDermott SSI Extension Legislation
• Free Enterprise is Not Free Anymore
• Lawmakers Announce Bill to Help Support Foster Families
• Rangel, McDermott Seek Extension of Unemployment Benefits
• More Drumbeats to War
• Air Force Tanker Decision
• A Stroll Down Memory Lane
• McDermott Signs onto Resolution Considering Impeachment of the President

August 2008

• Chairman Rangel, Subcommittee Chairman McDermott seek additional extension of unemployment benefits
• Rep. McDermott Announces Hearing on Challenges Facing American Workers
• DHS Proposes Rule to Regulate a Woman’s Access to Reproductive Health Care
• Seattle Art Museum Secures Federal Grant
• U.S. Senate Acts on Rep. McDermott’s SSI Legislation Today

July 2008

• House Acts on Key McDermott Africa Initiative
• McDermott Recognizes and Honors Genuine American Heroes at Ft. Lawton
• Floor remarks: The Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act
• A Housing Rescue Plan That Includes Low Income Americans
• Rep. McDermott Introduces Gas Stamps Legislation to Assist Vulnerable Americans
• Floor Speech on Energy Prices
• Speech on Single Payer Health Care
•Statement on the House Medicare Veto Override Vote
• Floor Remarks: The Same Iraq Treaty 78 Years Later
• Rep. McDermott Issues a Statement Regarding Tanker Decision
• Rep. McDermott Calls on Air Force to Accept -Implement GAO Recommendations in Tanker Decision

June 2008

• Rep. McDermott Emergency UI Legislation Signed into Law by the President
• Bill to Improve the Lives of Foster Children Passes the House
• Rep. Mcdermott's Speech on the Fostering Connections to Success Act
• Floor Remarks on Israel and Iran
• House Votes to Extend Unemployment Benefits for Millions
• Rep. McDermott and Rep. Weller introduce Fostering Connections to Success Act
• Floor Remarks on Oil Prices
• Rep. McDermott Issues a Statement on GAO Tanker Decision
• Speaker Pelosi Visits Seattle Veterans Hospital With Rep. McDermott
• House Votes to Extend Unemployment Benefits for Millions
• Floor Remarks on Emergency Unemployment Insurance Extension
• Opening Remarks on Emergency Unemployment Insurance Extension
• One Minute on Emergency Unemployment Insurance Extension
• Rep. McDermott Addresses UN Conference on HIV/AIDS Pandemic
• Honoroing Jacob Lawrence
• Ways and Means Democrats Urge Bush to Support an Extension of Unemployment Benefits
• Rep. McDermott Reads to Head Start Kids at Concord Elementary School

May 2008

• Rep. McDermott Adresses Crowd of Child Advocated in Washington, DC
• Rep. McDermott Presses for Answers on Depleted Uranium Secures DU Amendment in DoD Authorization Bill
•Another Step Toward Justice for Sam Snow and Fort Lawton Rep. McDermott Secures Funding Provision in DoD Authorization
• McDermott Statement on April Employment Report
• Garfield High School Senior Wins Annual 7th Congressional District Art Competition  

April 2008

• They're Still Trying to Hide the War
• McDermott Remarks on the Passage of Wild Sky Wilderness Act
• SSA Must Have Resources to Clear Backlog
• Universal Health Care is Possible
• Ways and Means Passes Extension of Unemployment Benefits
• Rep. McDermott Leads Legislative Drive to End Misclassification of Workers
• Rep. McDermott Praises Passage of H. Res. 1077 on Tibet
• Chairman McDermott and Rep. English Introduce Unemployment Benefits Extension
• Rangel and McDermott Issue Report Documenting the Urgent Need to Extend Unemployment Benefits
• Rep. McDermott Renews Call for Extending Unemployment Benefits
• Rep. McDermott Speaks Out in Support of Leadership to Fight HIV/AIDS

March 2008

• Rep. McDermott Receives Perfect 100% on Poverty Scorecards 
• Rep. McDermott Remarks on Boeing Decision 
• Rep. McDermott Remarks - No To War
• Rep. McDermott remarks on the Budget
• Boeing to Protest Tanker Decision
• Rep. McDermott Remarks on the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act

February 2008

• Rep. McDermott Receives Perfect Score From Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
• Rep. McDermott Receives Clean Energy Champion Award from Public Power
• Rep. McDermott Remarks on Energy Legislation
• Rep. McDermott Reaction to Tanker Decision
• Rep. McDermott Leads NATO Tour of Western Washington Military Bases
• Rep. Jim McDermott Introduces The Investment in Kids Act - Calls for Most Comprehensive Reform of Child Welfare in Nearly 30 Years
• Rep. McDermott Introduces Global Pediatric HIV/AIDS Prevent and Treatment Act of 2008
• Rep. McDermott Votes for Stimulus Package
• Rep. McDermott Awarded the 2008 Children's Champion award by the National Child Support Enforcement Association
• Rep. Jim McDermott speaks at the University of Washington Law Clinic and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project.

January 2008

• Rep. McDermott Votes for Stimulus Package
• Rep. McDermott Receives Children’s Champion Award
• Rep. McDermott and Senator Nelson Introduce Fort Lawton Legislation
• Converter Box Coupons Available to Ease Digital Television Transition Will Significantly Decrease Out-of-Pocket Cost of Transition
• Rep. McDermott to Introduce UI Benefits Extension Legislation Effort to Strengthen Safety Net for American Workers  

2007