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JULY 7, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
IRAQ - AL QAEDA LINK
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued "The Bush Administration Misstatement of the Day" on claims made by the White House about a pre-war connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda.
Reuters reported on July 6, 2004 that earlier this year, Vice President Cheney said that "The notion that there is no relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda just simply is not true," and that "the vice president also suggested he might have more information" about such a relationship than the 9/11 Commission.
JULY 6, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
THE STRENGTH OF THE ECONOMY
AND JOB GROWTH
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued "The Bush Administration Misstatement of the Day" on the strength of the economy and job growth.
Following the announcement that 112,000 jobs were created in June, President Bush said: "our economy is strong and getting stronger" and "we're witnessing steady, consistent growth" (President Bush, 7/2/04)
JULY 6, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued "The Bush Administration Misstatement of the Day" on medical malpractice.
Vice President Dick Cheney said on July 1, 2004 during a speech in Macon, Georgia:
JUNE 29, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY CALLS ON BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE ACTION
TO END GENOCIDE IN SUDAN
UP TO ONE MILLION PEOPLE AT RISK OF DEATH
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today called on the Bush Administration to take immediate action to halt the genocide in Darfur, Sudan that could claim the lives of up to one million people. In a letter to Secretary Powell,
JUNE 25, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY INTRODUCES THE
WATER FOR THE WORLD RESOLUTION
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Saying that the U.S. must lead the effort "to address the impending global water crisis" and that all people must have "access to clean water to meet their basic needs," U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today introduced H.Con. Res. 468, the "Water for the World Resolution."
JUNE 25, 2004
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS EXPRESS CONCERN FOLLOWING TROUBLING REMARKS BY COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT URIBE ABOUT INTERNATIONAL
HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a bipartisan letter spearheaded by U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and James McGovern (D-MA), more than 60 members of Congress expressed concern over troubling comments made by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez where he challenged the legitimate work performed in his country by international human rights organizations.
The text of the letter to President Uribe is below, along with a list of members who signed the letter:
JUNE 24, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY WARNS AGAINST
SOME HOSPITAL BILLING &
DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES
THAT FINANCIALLY INJURE
PATIENTS & FAMILIES
URGES CONGRESS TO ALSO
ADDRESS LARGER PROBLEM:
LACK OF ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today called for reform of hospital billing and debt collection practices and for universal health care coverage during a hearing of the Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
June 23, 2004
BIPARTISAN HOUSE GROUP CALLS ON EPATO ISSUE STRONGER MERCURY RULE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael O. Leavitt, a bipartisan group of 180 members of the U.S. House of Representatives today challenged the agency to go back to the drawing board in the coming months and to issue a final rule that better protects Americans from the health and environmental dangers caused by airborne mercury emissions.
JUNE 22, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY SAYS QUESTIONABLE ETHICS AT NIH MUST END
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today said that most Americans would find it against the law for National Institutes of Health personnel to receive cash and stock options from some of the very prescription drug and medical device companies whose science NIH is supposed to objectively evaluate.