Press Releases
Jan 8, 2009
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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today made the following statement in the House of Representatives about Senior Corporal Norman Smith of the Dallas Police Department, who died in the line of duty on Tuesday, January 6.
Dec 19, 2008
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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today released the following statement on President-elect Barack Obama's naming of Congresswoman Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor, Congressman Ray LaHood as Secretary of Transportation, and former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk as U.S. Trade Representative.
Dec 9, 2008
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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson will submit the following statement for the record tomorrow, on the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations:
Dec 1, 2008
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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today released the following statement:
Dec 1, 2008
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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today released the following statement on World AIDS Day, which is observed each year on December 1.
Nov 19, 2008
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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has made a grant of $11,628,120 to the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) through the Urban and Rural Bus Discretionary Program. The money will be used for bus replacement and bus facility upgrades throughout the state of Texas.
Oct 29, 2008
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Oak Cliff, TX – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today made remarks at the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce's Food for Thought Luncheon. The luncheon was held at the Golf Club of Dallas. In her remarks, Congresswoman Johnson discussed the economic rescue plan recently passed by Congress and enacted by President Bush, and its importance to North Texas small businesses.
Oct 22, 2008
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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced that the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has awarded four different research grants to medical facilities in the 30th Congressional District of Dallas, totaling more than $1.1 million.
Oct 3, 2008
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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today released the following statement on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, which passed the House of Representatives today by a vote of 263-171:
Oct 3, 2008
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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced that the Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Children, Youth and Families has given a $200,000 grant to the Salvation Army Casa Shelter. Casa Shelter has provided shelter to runaway children ages 10 to 17 in the Dallas area since 1975, with the ultimate goal of placing them in a stable home environment.