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MARCH 3, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY, LOCAL & STATE OFFICIALS SEEK FUNDING
FOR DES PLAINES RAILROAD
CROSSING TO INCREASE
SAFETY AND RELIEVE DELAYS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), State Senator Susan Garrett and State Representatives Rosemary Mulligan and Elaine Nekritz today continued their efforts to secure funding for railroad crossings in Des Plaines to increase safety and relieve delays.
MARCH 25, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
THE BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on the budget.
Speaking to the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce yesterday about the No Child Left Behind Act, President Bush said: "There's money in the federal budget to provide the extra help" to local school districts to pay for the mandates under the law.
FEBRUARY 27, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
THE BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on the budget.
In his Budget Message to Congress on February 2, 2004, President Bush said:
FEBRUARY 26, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY FIGHTS GOP EFFORTS
TO TAKE AWAY A WOMAN'S
RIGHT TO CHOOSE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On the House floor today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) said that Congress can protect pregnant women "without taking away a woman's Constitutionally-protected right to choose." Below is Schakowsky's full statement from today's debate on H.R. 1997, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which was approved by the House:
MARCH 2, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
HAITI
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on Haiti.
According to a report in the Washington Post today, Secretary of State Colin Powell said that Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide did a "wise and patriotic thing" by agreeing to leave his nation. Powell also stated that it was "baseless" and "absurd" that the United States forced Aristide out of power.
According to the Center for American Progress, however:
FEBRUARY 25, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
HAITI
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on Haiti.
During his State of the Union address, President Bush said, "Because of American leadership and resolve, the world is changing for the better." (1/20/04)
FEBRUARY 25, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY OPPOSES BUSH ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED MERCURY STANDARDS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today released the following statement at a news conference held by environmental and consumer advocates in reaction to the Bush Administration's proposed rules to weaken mercury emissions. Schakowsky is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.