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	Press Releases of the Chairman 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 Press Releases View by Month & Year December 2005   December 21 - Collins, Lieberman Introduce Bill to Create Homeland Security Academy   December 19 - Senators Collins, Lieberman Introduce Comprehensive Legislation to Help Make Chemical Plants Safer from Terrorism   December 19 - Senator Lieberman Delivers Floor Statement on Chemical Security Bill   December 15 - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Holds Hurricane Katrina Hearing to Examine who is in Charge of New Orleans Levees   December 13 - Lieberman Urges Chertoff to reverse Decision Allowing Scissors on Commercial Flights   December 9 - Nominations of George Foresman as Under Secretary for Preparedness and Tracy Henke as Assistant Secretary for Grants and Training   December 8 - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Holds Hearing to Examine FEMA Operations Following Katrina   December 8 - Hurricane Katrina: Perspectives of FEMA’s Operations Professionals   December 5 - Lieberman Statement on 9/11 Public Discourse Project Report November 2005   November 18 - Lieberman Seeks Housing Redress for Katrina Evacuees   November 17 - Collins, Lieberman Praise Special Iraq IG for Uncovering Serious Bribery Allegations   November 16 - Homeland Security Committee Holds Katrina Hearing to Explore Lessons Learned from the Private Sector   November 16 - Lieberman Statement on Seventh Katrina Hearing   November 10 - DHS Inspector General Releases Report Recommending Merger of Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agencies   November 9 - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Holds Katrina Hearing to Examine Coast Guard Response   November 9 - Lieberman Calls USCG "Model" Government Agency   November 4 - Breast Cancer Stamp Extended Two More Years   November 3 - Lieberman Hires Lead Investigator   November 2 - Senate Homeland Security Committee Holds Hurricane Katrina Hearing to Examine Levees in New Orleans October 2005   October 21 - Collins, Lieberman Concerned by CFO Vacancy at DHS   October 21 - US Senate Approves the Collins-Lieberman Provision to Help Ensure Responsible Government Purchases Related to Hurricane Katrina   October 20 - Homeland Security Committee Holds Katrina Hearing, Receives Moving Testimony from FEMA Official who was in New Orleans During Storm   October 20 - Lieberman Statement for Hurricane Katrina Hearing   October 12 - Collins, Lieberman Urge Senate Leadership to Consider Katrina-Related Bills to Prevent Fraud, Waste, and Abuse   October 9 - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Issues Further Requests for Government Documents for Hurricane Katrina Investigation   October 7 - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Approves Collins-Lieberman Bill to Help Ensure Responsible Government Purchases Related to Hurricane Katrina   October 7 - Lieberman Opposes Confirmation of Julie Myers   October 7 - Lieberman Opposes Home Land Security Spending Bill   October 6 - Senators Collins, Lieberman Hold Katrina Hearing, Acting FEMA Director Testifies   October 3 - Lieberman Says First Responders Need More Support   October 3 - GAO Releases Report on NASA’s Misuse of Passenger Aircraft, Waste of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars September 2005   September 29 - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Requests Extensive Government Documents for Hurricane Katrina Investigation   September 28 - Senators Collins and Lieberman Hold Hearing on Transit Security to Examine Lessons Learned from the London Attacks   September 28 - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Approves Bills to Help Victims of Hurricane Katrina   September 21 - Senators Collins and Lieberman Introduce Bill to Help Improve Communications for First Responders   September 19 - Senators Susan Collins and Joseph Lieberman Call on DHS to Issue Unclassified Version of Natl Transportation Security Strategy   September 19 - A Fix for First Responders   September 16 - Senators Susan Collins and Joseph Lieberman Unveil Bill to Assign an IG to Oversee Katrina-Related Expenditures   September 14 - Senators Collins, Lieberman Hold First Congressional Hurricane Katrina Hearing   September 13 - Lieberman Calls for Funding for First Responder Communications   September 12 - Lieberman Statement on Michael Brown Resignation   September 9 - Lieberman Offers Economic Relief Package For Katrina Victims   September 6 - Lieberman Statement on HSGAC Katrina Investigation   September 2 - Senators Collins and Lieberman Launch Oversight Investigation of Hurricane Relief Efforts, Emergency Preparedness August 2005   August 12 - Lieberman Says Federal Information Security Is Not Up To Par   August 8 - USPS Still Must Address Issues Raised By 2003 Ricin Incident, Lieberman Says   August 4 - Collins, Lieberman Concerned Container Security Targeting System Requires More Attention, Overseas Segment of Supply Chain Most Problematic July 2005   July 27 - Senate Homeland Security Leaders Call For Increased Mass Transit Security Funding   July 27 - Mining Reclamation is Poorly Managed By BLM   July 22 - Senators Collins and Lieberman Criticize TSA For Violating Privacy Laws While Testing Passenger Prescreening System   July 22 - Senators Collins, Lieberman Launch Investigation Into Mass Transit Security In the U.S.   July 22 - Lieberman Disagrees With Decision On Air Traffic Specialists   July 21 - Lieberman Says BLM Disregards Its Obligation To Protect the Environment From Oil and Gas Drilling Damage   July 20 - LIEBERMAN EXPECTS MORE FROM DHS CYBERSECURITY EFFORTS   July 18 - NEW HAVEN TO GET MORE THAN $37 MILLION FOR TRANSIT SECURITY, DODD AND LIEBERMAN ANNOUNCE   July 13 - SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN QUESTION INDUSTRY AND OTHER EXPERTS ON PRIORITIES FOR FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO MAKE CHEMICAL FACILITIES MORE SECURE   July 12 - LIEBERMAN CALLS ON CONGRESS/ADMINISTRATION TO BETTER FUND A RANGE OF HOMELAND SECURITY NEEDS   July 12 - SENATE APPROVES COLLINS-LIEBERMAN FIRST RESPONDER GRANT FORMULA, DOUBLES RISK-BASED HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING   July 11 - SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN OFFER FIRST RESPONDER GRANT LEGISLATION AS AMENDMENT TO HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS BILL   July 11 - DHS IS FAILING IN ITS CYBER-SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES   July 10 - SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN RELEASE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE SAFEGUARDS IN FEMA'S DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM   July 8 - DODD, LIEBERMAN URGE DHS TO EXPEDITE DISTRIBUTION OF RAIL AND TRANSIT SECURITY FUNDS June 2005   June 30 - COMMITTEE RELEASES WHITE HOUSE RESPONSE TO COLLINS-LIEBERMAN INTELLIGENCE REFORM OVERSIGHT LETTER   June 21 - BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS SAY IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS AMONG FIRST RESPONDERS IS KEY TO BETTER HOMELAND SECURITY   June 21 - LIEBERMAN WELCOMES THREE CONNECTICUT CHILDREN WITH JUVENILE DIABETES TO DC HEARING   June 17 - LIEBERMAN PROTESTS FRAGMENTATION, DUPLICATION OF HOMELAND SECURITY SCIENCE AND TECH AUTHORITY   June 17 - SENATORS COLLINS AND LIEBERMAN ANNOUNCE RECEIPT OF THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF BRAC DOCUMENTS   June 14 - COLLINS, LIEBERMAN: KEEP THE WAR ON TERROR ON TRACK   June 14 - MCCAIN, LIEBERMAN INTRODUCE SAVE LIVES ACT OF 2005   June 13 - PENTAGON PRODUCES ADDITIONAL BRAC DATA   June 12 - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RELEASES MORE BRAC-RELATED DOCUMENTS FOLLOWING SENATORS COLLINS, LIEBERMAN ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENA LAST WEEK   June 7 - SENATORS COLLINS AND LIEBERMAN ISSUE SUBPOENA FOR BASE CLOSURE DOCUMENTS   June 5 - SENATORS COLLINS AND LIEBERMAN REACT TO RELEASE OF SOME BRAC DOCUMENTS BY PENTAGON   June 2 - PRIVATIZATION OF AIR TRAFFIC SPECIALISTS JEOPARDIZES AVIATION SAFETY   June 1 - DoD RELEASED BRAC DATA INSUFFICIENT, ACCORDING TO SENATORS COLLINS AND LIEBERMAN May 2005   May 31 - SENATORS COLLINS, LIEBERMAN DEMAND THAT RUMSFELD TURN OVER BRAC RELATED DOCUMENTS   May 27 - SENATORS COLLINS, LIEBERMAN ASK PRESIDENT BUSH TO DIRECT THE PENTAGON TO IMMEDIATELY RELEASE BRAC-RELATED DOCUMENTS   May 26 - LIEBERMAN CONCERNED ABOUT GAPS IN CONTAINER SECURITY   May 26 - LIEBERMAN: CYBERSECURITY LAGS BEHIND   May 26 - COLLINS, LIEBERMAN OFFER GUIDANCE FOR GAO’S BRAC REVIEW TO ENSURE DOD RELIED ON ACCURATE INFORMATION COMPLIES WITH LAW   May 25 - SENATORS COLLINS AND LIEBERMAN PRESS DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF ABOUT NEED FOR ‘NO FLY LIST’ PROCEDURES   May 25 - LIEBERMAN CALLS FOR FEDERAL FOCUS ON SALE OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS   May 18 - SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN: INVESTIGATION REVEALS WASTE, MISMANAGEMENT & FRAUD IN FEMA’S DISASTER AID PROGRAM IN MIAMI-DADE   May 13 - SENATORS CALL ON WHITE HOUSE TO ESTABLISH PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD AS CALLED FOR IN INTELLIGENCE REFORM ACT   May 10 - LIEBERMAN DECRIES ANTI-IMMIGRATION PROVISIONS   May 10 - LIEBERMAN OPPOSES PLAN TO PRIVATIZE AIR TRAFFIC SPECIALISTS   May 6 - CHAIRMAN & RANKING MEMBER APPLAUD CREATION BY GAO OF FORENSIC AUDIT AND SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT (FSI) April 2005   April 27 - LIEBERMAN STATEMENT ON SECURITY OF CHEMICAL FACILITIES   April 26 - COLLINS, LIEBERMAN CALL FOR RECONSIDERATION OF MERCURY RULE   April 25 - Senators Collins and Lieberman ask TSA to Crackdown on Waste at Transportation Security Operations Center   April 21 - LIEBERMAN STATEMENT ON NEGROPONTE CONFIRMATION   April 21 - LIEBERMAN HAILS ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR BORDER SECURITY   April 20 - LIEBERMAN SAYS REAL ID ACT WOULD MAKE NATION LESS SAFE BY REPEALING TERRORIST SAFEGUARDS ENACTED UPON RECOMMENDATION OF 9/11 COMMISSION   April 15 - COLLINS, LIEBERMAN URGE DHS TO PRODUCE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY   April 14 - REAL ID ACT DRIVERS’ LICENSE PROVISIONS ARE NOT ONLY UNWORKABLE BUT COULD MAKE NATION LESS SAFE   April 13 - COLLINS, LIEBERMAN SEEK FULL FUNDING FOR START UP OF DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE’S OFFICE   April 13 - SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE APPROVES HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING FORMULA LEGISLATION   April 13 - SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN INVITE INPUT FROM SECRETARY CHERTOFF ON IAIP ROLE   April 12 - TWELVE SENATORS URGE FRIST TO KEEP REAL ID ACT OFF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL   April 11 - LIEBERMAN BUILDING UPON 9/11 REFORMS PASSED LAST YEAR   April 7 - NEW HAVEN WINS PORTION OF FEDERAL TRANSIT SECURITY GRANT   April 7 - COLLINS, LIEBERMAN SEEK FACTS ABOUT RECENT ANTHRAX SCARE AT DOD   April 4 - LIEBERMAN SAYS COMMUNICATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS ARE KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL HOMELAND DEFENSE March 2005   March 30 - KENNEDY, LIEBERMAN RELEASE GAO REPORT SHOWING STATES OBLIGATED MOST BIOTERRORISM GRANTS EVEN THOUGH HHS SAID MONEY WENT UNUSED   March 28 - SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN: DHS DEEPWATER REPORT INCOMPLETE   March 25 - LIEBERMAN STATEMENT ON DHS IG REPORT ON AIRLINE PASSENGER INFORMATION SECURITY   March 17 - SENATE APPROVES COLLINS-LIEBERMAN AMENDMENT TO RESTORE $855 MILLION FOR HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING; 63 TO 37 VOTE   March 17 - COLLINS, LIEBERMAN INTRODUCE AMENDMENT TO RESTORE $855 MILLION FOR HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING   March 17 - COLLINS, LIEBERMAN URGE ACCELERATION OF COAST GUARD DEEPWATER MODERNIZATION PROGRAM   March 16 - Lieberman Votes For First Responders   March 9 - Lieberman Statement on Homeland Security Budget   March 2 - Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Federal Whistleblower Protection Introduced in Senate   March 2 - Collins, Lieberman Statement on Indictments for FEMA Fraud   March 1 - Lieberman Proposes Additional Resources to Bridge Homeland Security Gap February 2005   February 17 - Lieberman Statement on Nomination of John Negroponte to be DNI and General Michael Hayden to be Principal Deputy Director   February 14 - Lieberman Endorses Chertoff For Homeland Security Secretary   February 10 - Lieberman Condemns Proposed DOD Personnel Rules   February 8 - Kennedy, Lieberman Statement on International Religious Freedom Report on Asylum Seekers in Expedited Removal   February 7 - Administration Shortchanges First Responders For Second Year In a Row   February 4 - Senator Lieberman Calls On All Government Agencies To Follow Best Diversity Management Practices   February 2 - Lieberman Statement on Homeland Security Nominee January 2005   January 27 - Lieberman Objects To Final DHS Personnel Rules   January 27 - Lieberman Says Full Voting Rights For DC Is "Right"   January 26 - Senators Collins & Lieberman Express Concern That Pentagon’s Expanded Human Intelligence Capabilities “Could Undermine Congress’s Vision for Intelligence Reform”   January 26 - Senators Collins, Lieberman Hold Hearing On DHS Oversight   January 11 - Lieberman Statement on Chertoff Nomination Warns of Difficult Job Ahead   January 6 - Senators Collins & Lieberman Initiate Investigation Into Possible Fraud Involving FEMA Dollars   January 6 - Connecticut Needs and Deserves Port Transit Security Funding
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