2007 | 2008

January | February | March | April | May | June | July

August | September | October | November | December

November

11/20/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Statement on Financial Assistance for the Auto Industry

October

10/28/08 Rep. Kind to Return to Washington for Congressional Hearing on Economic Recovery

10/23/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Announces $25 Million in Emergency Funds to Repair Wisconsin Roads Damaged by Floods

10/07/08 Economic Rescue Was the Right Thing to Do for Wisconsin Families

10/03/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Statement on House Vote to Approve Economic Rescue Plan

September

09/29/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Statement on House Rejection of Economic Rescue Plan

09/28/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Statement Regarding Pending Vote on Economic Rescue Plan

09/25/08 House Passes Rep. Kind’s Disaster Tax Relief Plan Benefiting Victims of Wisconsin’s June Floods

09/24/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Blasts Bush Administration on Protecting Executive Compensation in Economic Rescue Plan

09/23/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Statement on House Passage of Great Lakes Compact

09/17/08 Kind Votes to Advance Comprehensive Energy Plan

09/12/08 House to Act on Comprehensive Energy Legislation Next Week

09/11/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Statement on the Seventh Anniversary of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

09/02/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Continues Western Wisconsin ‘Energy Tour’at Energy Concepts, Inc. in Hudson

August

08/05/08 Rep. Kind Column: Energy Crisis Requires Action as Monumental As the Task

08/01/08 Kind Bill to Ensure Closed-Captioning is Available to Hearing-Impaired Goes to President for Signature

July

07/31/08 Rep. Kind Statement on Fair Paycheck Act

07/30/08 House Passes Kind Bill Ensuring Benefits to ‘Sole Survivor’ Veterans

07/29/08 Rep. Kind Introduces Fair Disaster Tax Relief Act to Establish Nationwide Permanent Disaster Relief Program

07/24/08 Richard Simmons Rallies with Reps. Kind & Wamp, American Heart Association for More PE in Schools

07/23/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Statement on Housing Bill

07/17/08 Kind Votes to Increase Domestic Production of Oil

07/15/08 Rep. Kind Votes to Override President’s Veto of Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act

07/01/08 Interest Rate on Federal Student Loans Drops Today

June

06/26/08 Rep. Kind Statement on Supreme Court Decision Regarding Individual Gun Rights

06/25/08 Rep. Kind Acts to Prevent Tax Hike on Nearly 56,000 Middle Class Families in Western Wisconsin

06/24/08 Rep. Kind Statement on Bipartisan Vote to Pass 'Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act’

06/24/08 House Continues Action on Energy

06/23/08 COLUMN: With Floodwaters, Came Courage and Generosity

06/20/08 House Advances $2.65 billion for Flood Damaged Communities in the Midwest

06/18/08 President Signs Expansion of Wisconsin Veterans Benefit

06/17/08 U.S. Rep. Kind, Entire Wisconsin Delegation Call on President Bush to Act Quickly on Federal Assistance for Remaining Counties

06/14/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Joins FEMA Administrator Paulison, Governor Doyle on Aerial Tour of Flood Damage

06/12/08 House Passes Extension of Unemployment Benefits to Help Workers Weather Economic Downturn

06/10/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Leads Bipartisan Coalition of Members, Business & Labor Groups in Announcing House Introduction of Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP Act)

06/09/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Statement on Extensive Flooding in Western Wisconsin

06/04/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Statement on Winona Bridge Closing

06/03/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Urges Action to Protect Family Boaters from Unnecessary Permits

May

05/30/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Announces $13 Million for Barracks Improvements at Fort McCoy

05/21/08 Kind Statement on House Vote to Override Farm Bill Veto

05/20/08 House Passes Rep. Kind’s Expansion of Wisconsin Veterans Mortgage Benefit

05/20/08 President Signs Legislation Halting New Purchases for Strategic Petroleum Reserve

05/19/08 Rep. Kind to Hold Third, LIVE Telephone Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, May 20

05/14/08 Farm Bill Reform Leaders Criticize Conference Report as Absent Meaningful Reform, Urge Rejection of the Bill

05/13/08 House & Senate to Act Today on Kind Plan to Lower Gas Prices by Halting Purchases for Strategic Petroleum Reserve

05/08/08 Rep. Kind Votes to Support Comprehensive Housing Legislation

05/08/08 Rep. Kind Statement on Farm Bill Agreement

05/06/08 Kind Announces Third Congressional District Art Contest Winners

05/01/08 Kind Offers Motion to Support Farm Bill Conservation

05/01/08 Kind Votes to Ensure Continued Access to Student Loans for American Families

April

04/28/08 Kind Applauds Mayo Clinic Healthcare Reform Proposal

04/28/08 Rep. Kind Calls on the Department of Defense and U.S. Army to Improve Conditions at Ft. Bragg

04/22/08 Rep. Kind Statement on Earth Day

04/21/08 As Earth Week Begins, Rep. Kind Announces Kids’ Educational Initiative at Genoa National Fish Hatchery

04/15/08 Kind Introduces Bill Creating Bipartisan Commission to Reform Earmarking, Restore Public Trust in the Process

04/11/08 Kind Proposal to Halt Purchases for Strategic Petroleum Reserve Endorsed by All Three Presidential Candidates

04/09/08 Rep. Kind Statement on General Petraeus Testimony

04/08/08 Rep. Kind Votes to Advance Public Health Programs

04/03/08 Members, Groups Protest Misplaced Farm Bill Spending Priorities That Put Proven Conservation Programs at Risk

March

03/19/08 Rep. Kind Statement on Five Year Anniversary of the War in Iraq

03/13/08 Rep. Kind Votes for a Fiscally Responsible Budget, Directs Tax Relief to Middle Class Families

03/11/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Announces One-Year Moratorium on Earmark Requests

03/10/08 U.S. Rep. Kind to Attend Early Morning Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour

03/06/08 Rep. Kind Announces 12th Annual Congressional Art Competition

03/05/08 Rep. Kind Votes to Advance Legislation to Provide Equal Coverage for Mental Health Conditions

03/04/08 As Crude Oil Prices Hit All-Time High, Rep. Kind Again Points to Strategic Petroleum Reserve for Relief

February

02/25/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Announces $4.425 Million for Renovations to the Tomah VA Medical Center

02/14/08 Rep. Kind: Don’t Squander this Momentous Opportunity for Reform

02/13/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Announces New Bill to Help Small Businesses Offer Savings Plans to Employees

02/07/08 Rep. Kind Votes to Send Economic Stimulus Package to the President

02/04/08 Rep. Kind: President Bush’s Budget Hurts Wisconsin

January

01/28/08 Rep. Kind Statement in Reaction to President Bush’s Last State of the Union Address

01/24/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Statement on Economic Stimulus Compromise

01/22/08 First Ever Telephone Town Hall Attracts Nearly 3,500 Participants from Western Wisconsin

01/22/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Calls on President to Stimulate Economy by Ceasing New Shipments to Strategic Petroleum Reserve

01/18/08 Rep. Kind Invites Western Wisconsin Residents to Participate in LIVE Telephone Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, January 22

01/17/08 Rep. Kind Column: Economic Stimulus Must Be Immediate, Targeted, and Fiscally Responsible

01/17/08 New Report Highlights Positive Relationship Between Physical Activity & Academic Performance