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Daily Northwestern: YOU receives $500,000 for street outreach program
October 4, 2012
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JIA YOU, REPORTER
October 4, 2012

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Evanston nonprofit Youth Organizations Umbrella a $500,000 grant that will fund a street outreach program in the city.

YOU Executive Director Seth Greenannounced the news with Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) at a community anti-violence rally Monday night. The department will award $166,500 to YOU annually in the next three years to fund youth outreach programs, especially those targeting the 18-26 age group, Schakowsky told The Daily on Wednesday.

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July 26, 2012
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July 2, 2012
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Chicago Tribune: Chicago infant's death 14 years ago prompts stricter federal rules
June 28, 2012
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June 28, 2012|By Ian Duncan, Tribune Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON – Fourteen years after a defective playpen collapsed on 16-month-old Danny Keysar and strangled him at a day care center in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood, the federal government has issued strict safety rules designed to stop other children from being killed the same way.

Chicago Tribune: Bill calls for stricter rules on cosmetics
July 21, 2010
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Bill calls for stricter rules on cosmetics

FDA would approve ingredients, conduct regular testing, scrutinize labels, order recalls

July 21, 2010|By Ellen Gabler and Sam Roe, Tribune reporters
Issues:Cosmetic Safety
Committee Puts Toxic Mercury Polluters On Notice
October 21, 2009
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WASHINGTON, DC (October 21, 2009) — In a major step toward improving public health and curbing the severe risks of toxic Mercury pollution, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, passed legislation today through the Energy & Commerce Committee that forbids the use of mercury-cell technology in the production of chlorine within 5 years of enactment.

REPRESENTATIVE SCHAKOWSKY CALLS ON SPEAKER HASTERT AND HOUSE LEADERSHIP TO RELEASE DOCUMENTS FROM THE HOUSE CHAPLAIN SELECTION PROCEEDINGS SCHAKOWSKY: LETS ASSURE FAIRNESS OF THE PROCESS IN SELECTING HOUSE CHAPLAIN AND THAT ANTI-CATHOLIC SENTIMENTS DONT E
January 13, 2000
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JANUARY 13, 2000

REPRESENTATIVE SCHAKOWSKY CALLS ON SPEAKER HASTERT AND HOUSE LEADERSHIP TO RELEASE DOCUMENTS FROM THE HOUSE CHAPLAIN SELECTION PROCEEDINGSSCHAKOWSKY: "LET'S ASSURE FAIRNESS OF THE PROCESS IN SELECTING HOUSE CHAPLAIN AND THAT ANTI-CATHOLIC SENTIMENTS DON'T EXIST IN CONGRESS"
REPRESENTATIVE SCHAKOWSKY WARNS THAT SENIORS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GOUGED BY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES UNLESS CONGRESS PASSES SENSIBLE LEGISLATION JOINS FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AT A NEWS CONFERENCE
January 11, 2000
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JANUARY 11, 2000

REPRESENTATIVE SCHAKOWSKY WARNS THAT SENIORS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GOUGED BY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES UNLESS CONGRESS PASSES SENSIBLE LEGISLATIONJOINS FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AT A NEWS CONFERENCE
3 members of Congress seek probe of DHB official
November 29, 1999
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3 members of Congress seek probe of DHB official

April 22nd, 2003

Miami Herald

Three U.S. representatives last week requested that the Defense Logistics Agency and the Army Material Command investigate whether a potential procurement conflict exists at Point Blank Body Armor and parent company DHB Industries (DHB).