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December 2008
- December 22, 2008Reps. Hinchey, Holt & Baird Lead Congressional Effort
- December 19, 2008Hinchey Helps Secure $11.96 Million in Federal Funds
- December 17, 2008Hinchey, Ulster County Officials Unveil Brand New Hybrid Bus
- December 17, 2008Hinchey Announces $17,051 Federal Grant
- December 17, 2008Hinchey Urges Bush to Approve Emergency Relief
- December 17, 2008 Hinchey Urges Bush to Approve Emergency Relief
- December 16, 2008Hinchey, Ulster County Officials Unveil Brand New Hybrid Bus
- December 16, 2008Hinchey Announces Military Academy Nominations;
- December 16, 2008Hinchey Announces $17,051 Federal Grant
- December 15, 2008Hinchey Submits Comments Calling for
- December 10, 2008Hinchey Statement on House Passage of
- December 8, 2008Hinchey Announces $440,000 Federal Grant
- December 3, 2008Hinchey Announces $299,250 Federal Grant
- December 1, 2008Hinchey Statement on President-Elect Obama's
November 2008
October 2008
- October 31, 2008Hinchey Announces Release of $22.4 Million to Help Weatherize Homes of Low-Income New Yorkers in Order to Save on Energy Costs
- October 29, 2008 Hinchey Statement on U.S. Military's Selection of Lockheed Martin
- October 29, 2008Hinchey to Return To Washington, DC Tomorrow for
- October 28, 2008Montgomery, NY - Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) will speak at the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) community forums on the proposed New York Regional Interconnection, Inc. (NYRI) power line scheduled in Orange County this evening and Sullivan
- October 21, 2008Kingston Officials Unveil Design For
- October 20, 2008Hinchey Tours L-3 Communications Facility in Binghamton;
- October 18, 2008Hinchey Participates In Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
- October 16, 2008Hinchey Participates In Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
- October 16, 2008Hinchey Announces Release of More Than $538 Million in
- October 15, 2008Hinchey, Endicott Interconnect Officials Announce New
- October 14, 2008Kingston Officials Unveil Pike Plan Design to Hinchey, Public
- October 10, 2008Hinchey Announces Old Dutch Church's
- October 8, 2008Hinchey Announces $77,283 Federal Grant for
- October 3, 2008Hinchey Statement on House Passage of Revised Bailout Bill
September 2008
August 2008
July 2008
- July 31, 2008Hinchey Statement On New Record For Oil Company Profits
- July 28, 2008Hinchey Announces $600,000 In Federal Funds For Drug Free Communities Coalitions In Upstate New York
- July 24, 2008Hinchey To Testify Before House Judiciary Committee on Bush Administration's Violations of Law
- July 23, 2008Hinchey Backs Comprehensive Plan to Support Homeowners, & Reverse Mortgage Crisis
- July 21, 2008Hinchey Urges New York City Department of Environmental Protection to Support Plan for Renewable Electricity Generation At Upstate Water Reservoirs
- July 17, 2008Hinchey Announces $102,289 Federal Grant For Woodstock Artist Association and Museum
- July 17, 2008Hudson Valley Congressional Delegation: FEMA and NRC Must Enforce Law
- July 16, 2008House Approves Hinchey Measure to Compel CIA's Cooperation In Uncovering Identity & Fate of Hundreds of Argentine Children Born In Captivity & Taken Away From Biological Mothers During Operation Condor
- July 15, 2008Hinchey Announces $229,817 Federal Grant For Binghamton City School District
- July 14, 2008Hinchey Statement on President Bush's Decision to Lift Presidential Ban on Environmentally-Sensitive Off-Shore Oil & Gas Drilling
- July 11, 2008Hinchey 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 10, 2008House Passes Hinchey Bill To Create Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail
- July 9, 2008Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill to Expand Housing Assistance for Homeless Veterans
- July 7, 2008Hinchey To Host Community Forum In Saugerties
- July 2, 2008Hinchey Announces $745,035 Federal Grant for Poughkeepsie City School District
- July 2, 2008Hinchey Secures House Panel's Approval of $2.9 Million For The Solar Energy Consortium & Its Partners
- July 1, 2008Hinchey Urges US Attorney General Mukasey to Act Quickly to Secure the Extradition of Serbian Fugitive
June 2008
- June 30, 2008House Panel OK's Hinchey's Request of $175,000 for Mid-Hudson Valley Drug Court Enhancement Project
- June 27, 2008Hinchey Urges Aggressive Environmental Review of Proposed Gas Drilling Operations in Upper Delaware Valley
- June 26, 2008Hinchey Secures Initial Congressional Approval Of $250,000 For Esopus & Rondout Watershed Flood Prevention Feasibility Study
- June 26, 2008House Panel OK's Hinchey's Request of $395,000 for Newburgh Projects
- June 26, 2008Hinchey Secures House Panel's Approval of $100,000 For Low-Income Entrepreneurial Development Program In Hudson Valley
- June 26, 2008Schumer, 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, 2008Hinchey & 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, 2008Hinchey 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, 2008Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill To End Unregulated Oil Speculation That Is Artificially Inflating The Price Of Gas
- June 25, 2008Hinchey Votes for Middle-Class Tax Relief Bill
- June 25, 2008House Panel Approves Hinchey Bill To Create Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail
- June 24, 2008House Panel Approves Hinchey Request of $330,000 For Flood Prevention Efforts in Conklin
- June 24, 2008Hinchey, Hall Help House Pass Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
- June 23, 2008Hinchey Secures Federal Funding for Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Activities
- June 20, 2008Hinchey Statement On House Passage Of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act
- June 20, 2008Hinchey Helps Introduce Bill To Stop Energy Speculators From Exploiting Regulatory Loopholes & Driving Up The Price Of Oil & Gas
- June 19, 2008Hinchey Statement on House Votes on Iraq Funding & Domestic Initiatives
- June 18, 2008Hinchey Statement on President Bush's Proposal to Open More of the Outer Continental Shelf & ANWR for Oil Drilling
- June 17, 2008Hinchey Announces $399,882 Federal Grant For Sullivan County Board of Cooperative Education Services
- June 16, 2008Hinchey Announces $800,000 In Federal Funding Advances For Middletown Water & Wastewater Infrastructure
- June 12, 2008Hinchey Pushes Bill To Curb Runaway Speculation In Oil Markets
- June 12, 2008Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill To Extend Unemployment Benefits
- June 12, 2008Hinchey, House Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Force Big Oil To Produce On Already Leased Land
- June 7, 2008Hinchey Introduces Bill to Study National Designation of Long Path Trail
- June 5, 2008Hinchey Announces Additional Federal Funding for Village of Woodridge Wastewater Plant Likely
- June 5, 2008 Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill For Environmentally Friendly School Construction & Repairs
- June 5, 2008Hinchey Announces National Endowment for the Humanities American Art Awards For 86 Local Schools & Libraries
- June 5, 2008 Hinchey Calls For Congressional Hearings On Military Medical Malpractice
- June 5, 2008Hinchey to Chair Joint Economic Committee Hearing on Employment
May 2008
- May 29, 2008Hinchey Unveils New Short, Medium & Long-Term Solutions To Gas Prices
- May 28, 2008Hinchey Secures Assurances From CDC That NIOSH Study Is Moving Forward With Funding
- May 28, 2008Hinchey Helps Secure $2.86 Million Federal Grant For Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewer Plant Repairs
- May 26, 2008Hinchey Encourages Residents to Attend Public Briefing on Federal TCE Studies
- May 23, 2008Hinchey Presents Overdue Military Medals To Local Veterans
- May 23, 2008Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill To Strengthen Military
- May 21, 2008Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill With Solar Energy Tax Credits
- May 19, 2008Hinchey Unveils Bill To Reverse Military Medical Malpractice Injustice
- May 15, 2008Hinchey Statement On Votes To Block Funding For U.S. Operations In Iraq, To Withdraw U.S. Forces, & To Create New GI Bill For Returning Troops
- May 15, 2008Hinchey Introduces Preserving the American Historical Record Act
- May 15, 2008House Passes Hinchey-Sponsored Bill Recognizing the Importance of National Women's Health Week
- May 14, 2008Hinchey Helps House Pass New Farm Bill
- May 14, 2008Hinchey, Inslee Introduce Legislation To Help Protect Polar Bears
- May 13, 2008 Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill To Halt Strategic Petroleum Reserve Purchases To Boost Market Oil Supply & Lower Gas Prices
- May 12, 2008Hinchey Helps Break Ground On Binghamton Intermodal Transportation Terminal
- May 8, 2008Hinchey Helps House Pass Two Key Bills To Help Reverse Housing Crisis
- May 8, 2008Hinchey Slams Blue Dog Coalition For Voting To Fund Operations In Iraq, But Opposing Funding For U.S. Troops Returning Home
- May 7, 2008Hinchey Introduces Bill to Cap Credit Card Interest Rates at 20 Percent
- May 7, 2008Hinchey, House Colleagues Urge Bush To Halt Strategic Petroleum Reserve Purchases To Boost Market Oil Supply & Lower Gas Prices
- May 5, 2008Hinchey Announces $672,895 In Federal Funds For Improvements To Local Airports
April 2008
- April 30, 2008Hinchey Announces $750,000 Federal Grant For Ithaca's Sciencenter
- April 30, 2008Hinchey, House Colleagues Press for Extension of Solar & Other Renewable Energy Tax Incentives
- April 29, 2008Hinchey Pushing Legislation To Lower Gas Prices; Urges Senate & Bush To Approve Previously Passed Energy Price Bills
- April 28, 2008Hudson Valley Congressional Delegation: Nothing “Independent” About Entergy-Appointed Panel
- April 28, 2008Army Corps Outlines Next Steps In Long-Term Flood Prevention Work Along Esopus, Wallkill & Rondout Creeks
- April 23, 2008Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill Blocking Bush Administration Cuts To Medicaid
- April 17, 2008Hinchey, Capps, & Bono Mack Introduce House Resolution To Recognize Importance of National Women's Health Week
- April 17, 2008Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill To Ensure Continued Access To Federal Student Loans for American Families
- April 10, 2008Hall and Hinchey Introduce Bill To Protect Water Resources From Climate Change
- April 9, 2008 Hinchey Statement on New York Legislature's Passage of Budget With Funds For The Solar Energy Consortium
- April 3, 2008Hinchey, Arcuri, Hall & Clinton Call On Feds To Reject NYRI Request For Ratepayer Subsidy
- April 3, 2008Hinchey, Gillibrand, Arcuri & Hall Introduce Tax Credit Bill To Boost Recruitment & Retention of Volunteer Firefighters & Emergency Response Personnel
- April 2, 2008GAO Finds Fault with Implementation of Yellowstone Bison Management Plan
- April 1, 2008 Washington, DC - Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today released the following statement on Time Warner Cable's rate increase that began today.
- April 1, 2008Hinchey Blasts NYRI Request for Ratepayer Subsidy; Will Urge Federal Government to Reject NYRI Petition
March 2008
- March 31, 2008Hinchey Helps Open Binghamton University's Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing
- March 27, 2008Hinchey 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 19, 2008Hinchey Highlights Fifth Anniversary of Iraq Invasion & Discusses Impact Occupation Is Having On U.S. Economy; Outlines Congressional Agenda To Help Reverse Damage
- March 17, 2008Hinchey Calls on Major League Baseball to Keep Annual Hall of Fame Game in Cooperstown, NY
- March 17, 2008Hinchey Statement on Swearing-In of Governor Paterson
- March 14, 2008Hinchey Presses USDA To Release Names Of Retailers That Received Recalled Meat
- March 12, 2008Hinchey Statement on Resignation of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer
- March 6, 2008Hinchey Statement on U.S. Dept. of Energy's Decision To Deny Rehearing Of Concerns Over Power Line Corridors
- March 5, 2008Hinchey Announces $102,446 Federal Grant For Jeffersonville Fire Department
- March 5, 2008Hinchey Challenges Treasury Secretary Over Bush Administration's Use of "Weapons of Mass Economic Destruction"
- March 3, 2008Hinchey Unveils Legislation Mandating Expedited Federal Health Safety Standards Of TCE
February 2008
- February 28, 2008Upstate Congressmen Ask PSC To Reject NYRI Filing
- February 27, 2008Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill With Solar Energy Tax Credits
- February 26, 2008Hinchey To Sponsor Grant Writing Workshops For Local Fire Departments & EMS Organizations
- February 25, 2008Hinchey 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 22, 2008Hinchey Announces Release of $14 Million In Heating Cost Assistance for New Yorkers
- February 20, 2008New York Delegation Urges Support Of Programs To Improve Health and Well-Being of New Yorkers
- February 14, 2008Hinchey Statement on House Vote to Hold White House Officials in Contempt of Congress
- February 14, 2008Hinchey Secures Additional $393,760 For Saugerties To Move Forward With Design & Construction Of New Water & Sewer System Line Along Kings Highway
- February 13, 2008Hinchey Announces $769,625 Federal Grant For Local Affordable Housing Organizations
- February 12, 2008Hinchey Secures Final Approval Of $351,000 In Federal Funding For Paved Trail Between Walden & Wallkill
- February 8, 2008Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill to Address Rising College Prices & Remove Other Barriers to Higher Education Enrollment
- February 7, 2008Hinchey Presses Interior Secretary Kempthorne Over Bush Administration's Latest Efforts To Lease Public Property For Oil Development
- February 7, 2008Hinchey Statement on Final Passage of Economic Stimulus Bill
- February 1, 2008Hinchey Statement On Exxon Mobil's Record Profit
- February 1, 2008GAO Report Highlights Flaws In NYRI Plan
January 2008
- January 31, 2008Hinchey To Speak With Cornell University Students As Part Of National Global Warming Initiative
- January 29, 2008Hinchey Helps House Pass Bipartisan Economic Stimulus Package
- January 28, 2008Hinchey Statement on President Bush's State of the Union Address
- January 24, 2008Hinchey Hosts Housing Forum at SUNY New Paltz
- January 23, 2008Hinchey Statement On Funds For Hudson Valley Included In Spitzer Budget
- January 22, 2008Hinchey, Colleagues Urge Speaker Pelosi To Include Provisions For Green Job Growth, Greater Energy Efficiency In Stimulus Package
- January 17, 2008National Park Service Moves Forward On Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Anniversary Celebrations For 2009
- January 16, 2008Hinchey Announces $103,360 Federal Grant For Roscoe-Rockland Fire District
- January 16, 2008Hinchey Announces Release of $82,315,613 In Heating Cost Assistance For New Yorkers
- January 15, 2008Hinchey Unveils Legislative Priorities For Congress In 2008; Calls For Low & Middle Class Tax Cuts To Boost Economy
- January 10, 2008Hinchey Secures Final Approval Of $335,000 In New Federal Funds For State-of-the-Art Breast Cancer Screening Equipment At Lourdes Hospital
- January 9, 2008Hinchey Announces $68,296 Federal Grant For Union Center Fire Company
- January 4, 2008Hinchey Statement Regarding U.S. Department of Interior Denial of Pending Sullivan County Casinos
- January 3, 2008Hinchey Announces New Partnership Between CUNY & The Solar Energy Consortium To Make Solar Energy More Mainstream In NYC
- January 3, 2008Hinchey Announces $430,000 Federal Award For Housing Projects In Newburgh, Ithaca And Binghamton
- January 3, 2008Hinchey Announces $71,549 Federal Grant For Lake Huntington Fire Company
- January 2, 2008Hinchey Announces $48,260 Federal Grant For Glasco Fire District
October 2002
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