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JANUARY 5, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
IRAQ AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

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

President Bush and members of his Administration justified the war as necessary to protect the American people against Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. So far, none has been found. (Bush Administration Misstatement of the Day, December 17, 2003)

SEPTEMBER 25, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY APPLAUDS CONGRESSIONAL ACTION TO ENSURE DO-NOT-CALL LIST GOES INTO EFFECT NEXT WEEK

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), ranking Democrat on the Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, today joined her colleagues to quickly pass legislation to ensure that the Do-Not-Call List goes into effect next week as scheduled. Earlier this week, a U.S. Federal District Court ruled that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lacked the authority to create and operate the Do-Not-Call list. H.R. 3161 states that the FTC can operate the list.

Below is Schakowsky's statement:

SEPTEMBER 25, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -IRAQ AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Chief Deputy Whip, issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on Iraq and weapons of mass destruction.

JANUARY 26, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
IRAQ AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

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

Dr. David Kay, who resigned as head of the U.S. team in charge of locating Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, said today in a New York Times interview:

SEPTEMBER 24, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
IRAQI THREAT

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

During his address before the United Nations on Tuesday, September 23, 2003, President Bush said:

SEPTEMBER 24, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY FIGHTS FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES AND RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today applauded the introduction of the True Patriot Act, a bill to repeal portions of the Patriot Act that violate civil liberties and the right to due process. The chief sponsor of the True Patriot Act is U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH).

SEPTEMBER 23, 2003

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

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

During his address before the United Nations on Tuesday, September 23, 2003, President Bush said:

"The regime of Saddam Hussein cultivated ties to terror while it built weapons of mass destruction." And "Iraq [is] the central front in the war on terror."