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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.
FEBRUARY 24, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
TAX CUTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on tax cuts and small businesses.
According to a Washington Post article today titled "Bush Assertion on Tax Cuts Is at Odds With IRS Data," President Bush, responding to calls by Democrats to roll back the tax cuts on those with taxable income of more than $311,950, said: