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Press Releases 2008
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ENGEL TO HOLD HEARING ON HAITIAN RELIEF
09/19/08Congressman Eliot Engel is chairing a hearing of his Western Hemisphere Subcommittee on “The Hurricanes in Haiti: Disaster and Recovery” to help that poverty-stricken island recover from a series of hurricanes which rolled over the island in the past several weeks.< read more > -
ENGEL SUPPORTS GOVERNMENT COLLEGE WEB-SITE
09/19/08Congressman Eliot Engel praised the establishment of a federal web-site, www.college.gov, which will encourage students to go to college, guide them to a suitable college, and then help them find the funding to attend it.< read more > -
ENGEL PUSHES TO CURE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY WITH BILL FUNDING RESEARCH
09/17/08Congressman Eliot Engel, a senior member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee gave an update on the progress of the Paul D. Wellstone MD-CARE Act (H.R. 5265). His legislation would reauthorize research funding for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), a fatal genetic disorder and the most common form of muscular dystrophy.< read more > -
ENGEL'S CALLING CARD FRAUD BILL PASSES SUBCOMMITTEE
09/17/08Congressman Eliot Engel’s legislation to crack down on multi-million dollar fraud by the telephone calling card industry, was unanimously passed by the Commerce Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Tuesday. His bill, the Calling Card Consumer Protection Act (HR 3402) would require calling card companies to disclose in clear language all terms, conditions and fees in their advertisements.< read more > -
PEARL RIVER SCHOOL WINS BLUE RIBBON FOR EXCELLENCE
09/11/08The Franklin Avenue School in Pearl River was awarded a Blue Ribbon for Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education, one of only 320 nationwide to win the award, Congressman Eliot Engel announced.< read more > -
ENGEL BLASTS CALLING CARD FRAUD IN SENATE HEARING
09/10/08Congressman Eliot Engel called on his colleagues in testimony before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Technology hearing to end calling card fraud by forcing companies to disclose all terms, conditions and fees in their advertisements.< read more > -
STATEMENT BY CONG. ELIOT ENGEL ON FAA HAVING NO FLIGHT REORGANIZATION PLAN
09/08/08The Federal Aviation Administration has shamed itself, again, by failing to have a comprehensive strategy for re-organizing the flight routes in the metropolitan area.< read more > -
ENGEL: CONGRESS ACTS TO EASE BUSH'S RECESSION
09/05/08With the unemployment rate rising and real income dropping, Congressman Eliot Engel said that the Democratic Congress has worked to ease the effects of the failing economy for New Yorkers and all Americans.< read more > -
ENGEL LAUDS BRONX 'POSSE' OF SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
09/05/08The Posse Foundation awarded full-tuition scholarships to 14 students of Bronx high schools including 10 from the Bronx High School of Science, three from DeWitt Clinton, and one from the High School of American Studies at Lehman College, Congressman Eliot Engel announced.< read more > -
ENGEL ANNOUNCES DRUG FIGHTING GRANT FOR MT VERNON
08/26/08Mount Vernon was awarded a grant of $125,000 by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Congressman Eliot Engel announced, to prevent and reduce alcohol and drub abuse among young people.< read more > - Show all items