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Annual Ports Meeting Set for March 21-23 in Washington, D.C.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Courtney Gregoire, director of the National Export Initiative (NEI) for the International Trade Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Henrik Hololei, head of the transport cabinet for European Commission Vice President Siim Kallas, and Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-La.), chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee of the House Ways & Means Committee, together with a host of other transportation industry luminaries, will highlight the American Association of Port Authorities' (AAPA) 2011 Spring Conference on March 22 at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. The full conference runs March 21-23.
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Robert E. Kopp, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Steven I. Frank, and Brook Hedge, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., w...
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It may have taken this the weekend shooting of an Arizona congresswoman and death of six innocent bystanders -- to prompt what some say should be a retreat from the vitriol governing the nation's political discourse.
As Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords clings to life in an Arizona hospital after a Saturday shooting spree in Tucson, four former Western New York congressmen agreed Sunday that one positive outcome may result. Though all of them say the incident essentially stems from the actions of a mentally deranged young man, they also emphasize that the Giffords shooting and related death of U.S. District Judge John M. Roll should give the nation pause.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement of Steve Chabot, member of Congress:
Dear Colleague:
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SALT LAKE CITY -- He's often on CNN, Fox News, CNBC and MSNBC, not to mention the Glenn Beck show. He has his own Internet reality program on CNN.com. National newspapers quote him regularly. He is the ranking Republican on a subcommittee. And he has been entrusted by party leaders with some prime slots for debate and committee questioning.
And he's only a freshman.
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ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- January 22, 2011 marks the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Ligonier Ministries, the teaching fellowship of R.C. Sproul, has launched a fundraising campaign to raise $6,000 through Facebook and Twitter to send Dr. R.C. Sproul's Twentieth Anniversary Edition of Abortion: A Rational Look at an Emotional Issue (Reformation Trust Publishing, November 2010) along with an open letter from Dr. Sproul to every representative in the Senate and the House of Representatives after the new Congress opens on January 3, 2011.
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Being a member of Congress means skipping your taxes, getting interest-free loans or breaks on your mortgage interest. Regular Americans don't get these breaks and can end up in jail if they try.
When senators and representatives get caught, they ask for their colleagues to conduct an ethics investigation.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls him the "conscience" of the 110th Congress. He's been endorsed by his House Judiciary Committee chairman, John Conyers. Rep. Maxine Waters, the liberal California firebrand, calls him "brother.