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JULY 15, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
RELATIONSHIP WITH NAACP

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued "The Bush Administration Misstatement of the Day" on President Bush's relationship with the NAACP.

JULY 14, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY WELCOMES 9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
ARTISTIC DISCOVERY WINNER
TO WASHINGTON, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) welcomed the 9th CD winner of the Congressional Arts Competition, An Artistic Discovery, to Washington, D.C.

JULY 14, 2004

DEMOCRATS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN
TO BRING SENIORS AFFORDABLE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BY REQUIRING MEDICARE TO NEGOTIATE
FOR LOWER PRICES

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined House Democrats in launching a campaign to force the House Republican leadership to schedule a vote on H.R. 3767, the Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2004.

JULY 14, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT INCREASED USE OF RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION
(RFID) TECHNOLOGY

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today expressed concern about the increased use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), adding that the technology raises serious privacy questions. Schakowsky said that while RFID tags, which can be as small as a grain of sand, are "quite useful to follow products from manufacturer to point of sale" or to help the Pentagon keep track of its tanks, they can also be "hidden in products and documents without one's knowledge."

JULY 13, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY UNVEILS LATEST
GAO REPORT ON WASTE, FRAUD
& ABUSE AT THE PENTAGON

JULY 9, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
PRE-WAR INTELLIGENCE

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued "The Bush Administration Misstatement of the Day" on pre-war intelligence.

Commenting today on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee report which "found that the CIA's prewar estimates of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction were overstated and unsupported by intelligence," President Bush said:

JULY 12, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
PRE-WAR INTELLIGENCE

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued "The Bush Administration Misstatement of the Day" on pre-war intelligence.

JULY 8, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY FIGHTS ON BEHALF
OF WORKERS/INVESTORS
AGAINST CONGRESSIONAL
EFFORTSTO WEAKEN
CORPORATE ACCOUNTING RULES

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today warned that efforts to weaken corporate accounting rules by Congress could result in more investors and employees losing their life savings and jobs.