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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."

CALL ON SECRETARY POWELL TO PUBLICLY
DISSOCIATE THE US FROM URIBE'S COMMENTS
AND PRESSURE HIM TO PROTECT HUMAN

During a speech in Memphis defending provisions of the Patriot Act, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said:

In a statement following the Senate 55-40 vote to roll back the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) media consolidation and ownership rules, Chairman Michael K. Powell said:

During a speech in Michigan yesterday, President Bush said,

"This administration, my administration strongly supports the Clean Air Act." (President Bush, Speech at Detroit Edison Monroe Power Plant in Monroe, Michigan. 9/15/03)