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MARCH 22, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY WARNS BUSH ADMINISTRATION AGAINST
EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF U.S. MILITARY AND PRIVATE MILITARY CONTRACTORS IN COLOMBIA

MARCH 22, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
MANUFACTURING JOBS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on manufacturing jobs.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Donald Evans, who will be testifying before the Energy and Commerce Committee this week about the state of our economy and job growth, said on March 15, 2004:

March 19, 2004

U.S. REPRESENTATIVES EMANUEL, SCHAKOWSKY, FAMILIES USA
DISCUSS NEW MEDICARE
RX LAW AT TOWN HALL
WITH CHICAGO SENIORS

SERIES OF TOWN HALLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY PART OF FAMILIES USA MEDICARE ROAD SHOW

March 18, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY PRESSES FOR
IMPROVED CAR SAFETY STANDARDS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today continued to press for improved safety standards in cars to ensure that consumers, especially children, are protected. Schakowsky, who is the ranking Democrat on the Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, issued the following statement during a hearing on the reauthorization of the National Highway and Transportation Safety Act:

MARCH 17, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY: ONE YEAR LATER, IRAQ WAR REMAINS UNJUST AND UNJUSTIFIED

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today issued the following statement during a news conference on Capitol Hill on the one-year anniversary of the Iraq war:

"After one year, hundreds of American soldiers are dead because President Bush sent them to battle a regime that he called an 'urgent threat' that 'has developed weapons of mass destruction' and that '. is seeking nuclear weapons.'

MARCH 17, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
HOUSING

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on housing.

During a trip to Pennsylvania, President Bush said:

MARCH 16, 2004

HOUSE DEMOCRATS CALL FOR IG INVESTIGATION INTO LATESTBUSH ADMINISTRATION USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO PROMOTE GOP MEDICARE LAW

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined eight Congressional Democrats in calling for an investigation into the latest Bush Administration use of taxpayer dollars to promote the GOP Medicare law.

February 5, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
IRAQ AND IMMINENT THREAT

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on Iraq.

In a speech defending pre-war intelligence at Georgetown University and the failure to find weapons of mass destruction, Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet announced that his analysts never claimed that "Iraq posed an imminent threat."