Congressman
Henry E. Brown, Jr.

Posted by: Brown Staff (October 09, 2009, 11:08 AM)

Errors by Census Bureau employees may have resulted in 200 people with criminal records being hired to conduct door-to-door canvassing.
Read more here.

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Posted by: Congressman Brown (October 06, 2009, 04:05 PM)

In light of recent news that ACORN, a group closely involved in the federal 2010 census, has repeatedly misused federal funding and has been involved in illegal activity, I am proud to have signed onto a letter asking the U.S. Census Bureau take action to protect the public from the corruption of the 2010 Census.

The House and Senate have both voted to block federal funding from ACORN and the Census Bureau has recently terminated its partnership with the group, however, the bureau remains in close contact with SEIU, an affiliate of ACORN.
 
Official filings show that SEIU contributed more than $4 million to ACORN and its affiliates since 2006, and according to recent Department of Labor filings, SEIU employs ACORN Founder and International Chief Organizer Wade Rathke. Rathke was recently exposed for covering up an embezzlement scheme run by his brother.
 
A true and credible Census should not be associated with this type of corruption and my colleagues and I hope that, to defend the integrity of the process and ensure an unbiased report, the Census Bureau will end its close relationship with ACORN’s close sister organization, the SEIU.

Read more on my efforts to block federal funding of ACORN here.

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Posted by: Brown Staff (June 22, 2009, 11:36 AM)

Boy with heart defect speaks out for sick kids
The Post and Courier
Monday, June 22, 2009

Christine Chase, a North Charleston mother of two, was 18 weeks pregnant when she found out her son would be born with a congenital heart defect.

"Scary. That's the closest word I can use to describe how I felt all the time," said Chase, who quit her job as a pharmacy technician to care for her son. "It was devastating in the hospital. There was constant anxiety because we didn't know if he'd survive or not."

Matthew Chase was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a defect meaning only his right two heart chambers formed, resulting in three open-heart surgeries by age 3, all performed at the Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital.

Five years later, Matthew spent the past week as an MUSC representative in Washington for the 2009 National Association of Children's Hospitals Family Advocacy Day. He met with South Carolina's U.S. Reps. Jim Clyburn and John Spratt Jr., both Democrats, Republican Henry Brown and Republican U.S. Sens. Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint to discuss both affordable health insurance coverage and specialized, quality care for children.

Read more here.

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Posted by: Brown Staff (June 19, 2009, 02:57 PM)

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Posted by: Brown Staff (June 11, 2009, 03:09 PM)

I received the support of The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation and more than 30 other organizations representing millions of American hunter conservationists when they sent a letter yesterday to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, urging them to support H.R. 1454, the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act, legislation introduced by Congressman Brown and previously championed by Jack Hanna, the Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.

Read more of my release here.
Read the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation's release here.

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Posted by: Brown Staff (May 20, 2009, 03:05 PM)

By 2030, Charleston roads could be clogged like Atlanta unless the system is improved.

• Congestion would have jumped by 70 percent by then.
• South Carolina has the fourth highest traffic fatality rate in the country.
• The death rate is five times higher on rural roads than other highways.
• Twenty-eight percent of the state's roads are in poor or mediocre condition
• 20 percent of its bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete

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