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Dec 10, 2012
This Week in Congress: December 10, 2012
This week, the House will consider nine bills, ranging from defense to government accountability. Legislation under consideration this week includes: Motion to go to Conference on H.R. 4310: appoints conferees on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which authorizes funding for Pentagon operations and war-related activities. The House passed the bill in May, and the Senate...
Dec 3, 2012
This Week in Congress: December 3, 2012
This week, the House will consider nine bills, ranging from immigration to patent law. Legislation under consideration this week includes: Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (H.R. 5817): eliminates the requirement that financial institutions send annual privacy notices to their customers if their privacy policy has not changed, the institution does not share information with its affiliates,...
Nov 26, 2012
This Week in Congress: November 26, 2012
This week, the House will consider 15 bills, ranging from emergency preparedness to veterans. Legislation under consideration this week includes: Mandatory Operational Control Reporting and Performance Measures Act of 2012 (H.R. 6025): requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to include in its annual performance report the number of miles of the U.S.’s northern and southern borders that...
Nov 14, 2012
This Week in Congress: November 13, 2012
This week, the House will consider 10 bills, ranging from energy to trade. Legislation under consideration this week includes: H.R. 6190: prohibits the EPA from preventing the distribution, sale, and consumption of over-the-counter inhalers that use a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) propellant. These inhalers have been prohibited under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer...
Sep 27, 2012
Federal Grant Will Fund Dental Hygiene Scholarships at UB
The University of Bridgeport Fones School of Dental Hygiene has received a $645,000 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students program. These grants help schools provide scholarships for full-time, financially needy students from disadvantaged backgrounds enrolled in health professions and nursing programs. Every student deserves the...
Sep 24, 2012
Long Island Sound Projects Receive $1.6 Million
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) announced today 35 grants totaling $1.6 million to state and local government and community groups throughout Connecticut and New York to improve the health of Long Island Sound. The projects will open up 50 river miles for passage of fish and restore 390 acres of critical wildlife habitat including lakes, woodlands, beaches, and rivers along the...
Sep 20, 2012
Hispanic Heritage Month
This month is Hispanic Heritage Month, and I hope you will join me in celebrating the many contributions that Latinos have made to our nation. Our country was founded on the ideals of freedom, tolerance, and mutual respect. Too often we allow our differences to divide us – but growing up in Latin America, I learned that it is in fact our differences that make us special, and that it is when we...
Sep 17, 2012
This Week in Congress: September 17, 2012
This week, the House will consider 30 bills, ranging from veterans to health care. Legislation under consideration this week includes: Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2012 (H.R. 6060): extends through fiscal year 2019 the Interior Department’s authority to use power revenues collected through the Colorado River Storage Project Act for endangered fish recovery programs in the...
Sep 11, 2012
Remembering the Life and Legacy of Frederick Douglass
On September 10, I joined my colleagues in passing a bill (H.R. 6336) to direct the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to place a statue depicting Frederick Douglass in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center here in Washington.To speak of the life of Frederick Douglass is to speak of the struggle and unrelenting spirit of the African American community. Born in 1818, Douglass...
Sep 10, 2012
This Week in Congress: September 10, 2012
This week, the House will consider 37 bills, ranging from human rights to the budget. Legislation under consideration this week includes: Cabin Fee Act of 2011 (H.R. 3397): requires authorized owners of a privately built and owned recreational cabin located on National Forest System land to pay an annual fee to the federal government. Billfish Conservation Act of 2011 (H.R. 2706): prohibits the...
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