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7/14/16
In an area where trash and broken glass litter the sidewalks and graffiti-covered buildings are boarded up, it is hard to imagine a big, beautiful garden full of fresh produce. However, in inner city Cleveland, through the collaboration of the Ohio USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Ohio State University Extension, a push from Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, partnerships between the City of Cleveland and multiple organizations, this has been made possible.
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5/19/16
Committee Republicans voted (20-14) to turn back the clock on the evidence-based nutritional standards of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
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5/4/16
This week, parents, elected officials, students, and communities are engaging in National Teacher Appreciation Week. For one week every year, teachers across the country are acknowledged for their often selfless contributions and thankless efforts.
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5/3/16
In a month or so, students will graduate from colleges and universities in states across the country. And, though they come from different institutions, I believe their outlook will be the same.
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2/1/16
Last week, the Obama Administration announced that the President's Fiscal Year 2017 Budget will invest $12 billion over ten years to reduce child hunger. Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) and Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) released statements in support.
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10/30/15
U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge hopes to combat rampant violence in Greater Cleveland by empowering its teenagers to help influence her legislative decisions.
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5/26/15
Rep. Marcia Fudge on Tuesday called a settlement between the city of Cleveland and the U.S. Justice Department "a turning point for the city of Cleveland, its police department and its citizens."
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5/23/15
The not guilty verdict announced in the case of Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo is a stunning setback for justice, U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge said in a statement Saturday.
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5/1/15
In a speech on the U.S. House of Representatives floor on Thursday, Rep. Marcia Fudge apologized to the riot-torn city of Baltimore and the family of Freddie Gray, who died after he was injured by police, for federal policies that don't help the poor.
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3/17/15
Warrensville Heights Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge on Tuesday called on Republicans who control the U.S. Senate to approve Loretta Lynch's nomination to be U.S. Attorney General, calling Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell "petty and mean spirited" for using the nomination as a "pawn" in ongoing disputes with Obama.
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2/27/15
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a joint session of Congress next Tuesday, the attendees - and those who skip it - may make as much news as Netanyahu. Cleveland-area U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge, for one, is not going. Neither is Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo, who represents the western part of Cleveland.
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2/13/15
Cleveland schools could lose millions of dollars under a House of Representatives plan to loosen the federal rules over state and local education, the White House warned today.
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1/29/15
The Warrensville Heights Democrat was elected as the ranking Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee's Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, which is expected to revise 2002 legislation that created controversy over the role of standardized tests in measuring progress by school districts.
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1/21/15
Members of Congress are reviving the debate over abortion to mark Thursday's 42nd anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision, which overturned laws that criminalized the procedure.
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