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AUGUST 18, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY MEETS WITH STANDOUT STUDENT FROM ETHS ON HIS WAY TO WASHINGTON TO PARTICIPATE IN CONGRESSIONAL PAGE PROGRAM
EVANSTON, IL - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today welcomed Mark Bracey Sherman, an outstanding student from Evanston Township High School (ETHS), who will be spending the fall semester of his junior year in Washington D.C. as a Congressional Page on Capitol Hill.
AUGUST 18, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
VETERANS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued "The Bush Administration Misstatement of the Day" on veterans.
Speaking to Veterans of Foreign Wars during their annual convention, President Bush said:
AUGUST 11, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
MEDICARE & PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS FOR SENIORS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued "The Bush Administration Misstatement of the Day" on the Medicare drug law signed in 2003.
During the bill-signing ceremony held at the DAR Constitution Hall, on December 8, 2003, President Bush declared:
AUGUST 6, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
JOB CREATION
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued "The Bush Administration Misstatement of the Day" on job creation.
Yesterday, during a campaign stop in Columbus, Ohio, President Bush told supporters that while "some people are nervous" about the economy, he assured them "there are jobs out there." (Washington Post, August 6, 2004)
AUGUST 5, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY RENEWS CALL ON US OLYMPIC COMMITTEE TO RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF INTERNATIONAL WORKERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Days before the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), the ranking Democrat on the Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, renewed her call on the United States Olympics Committee (USOC) to respect the rights of international workers.
July 23, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY APPLAUDS CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
TO END GENOCIDE IN SUDAN
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) applauded Congressional action calling for an end to the Genocide in Sudan. Both the House and Senate passed resolutions that would designate the growing humanitarian crisis in Sudan as genocide. The House-passed bill calls on the Bush Administration to undertake steps to implement multi-lateral and, if necessary, unilateral action to stop the loss of innocent lives in Sudan.
JULY 22, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY OPPOSES SO-CALLED MARRIAGE PROTECTION ACT
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 3313, the so-called Marriage Protection Act. This bill would expressly forbid the federal courts, including the Supreme Court, from hearing cases on a Constitutional matter. That not only sounds absurd to me, but I'm sure it confuses American Government students across the country who are learning everyday about our system of checks and balances and the role of the courts in our country.
JULY 22, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY: AMERICANS LESS SECURE UNDER BUSH ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today issued the following statement in reaction to the Bipartisan 9/11 Commission report and to President Bush's visit to Glenview, Illinois, to speak about homeland security. Below is Schakowsky's statement:
JULY 22, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY CALLS ON MAJOR TOY RETAILERS TO PROTECT CHILDREN
AND DISCONTINUE SALE OF YO-YO WATER BALLS
SPEARHEADS LETTER SIGNED BY SENATORS DURBIN, CLINTON, SCHUMER AND CONG. ANDREWS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), the ranking Democrat on the Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, today called on major toy retailers "to discontinue the sale of yo-yo water balls," a popular product that has "caused near-strangulation, skin irritation, and permanent eye injuries," in children.