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Congress Approves Federal Spending Bill with Funds
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HOUSE-SENATE
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPROVES $500 MILLION IN EMERGENCY FIRE FUNDING
SOUGHT BY SENATOR FEINSTEIN AND REP. LEWIS
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LEWIS
URGES CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO MOVE QUICKLY ON DISASTER RELIEF FOR
CALIFORNIA FIRES
WASHINGTON
– Congressman Jerry Lewis Tuesday urged House leaders to prepare now to
quickly pass emergency appropriations of up to $1 billion to help pay for
fighting the massive fires in Southern California and ensure money is
available for disaster relief.
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HOUSE
OVERWHELMINGLY BACKS LEWIS MOTION TO CONDEMN MOVEON ATTACK ON GEN.
PETRAEUS
WASHINGTON
– The House of Representatives voted 341-79 Wednesday to support a
motion by Congressman Jerry Lewis condemning the attack on Gen. David
Petraeus in an advertisement by the group MoveOn.org. The motion was
attached to must-pass legislation to continue funding government
operations for the next six weeks.
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APPROPRIATORS
SHOULD RESTRAIN FEDERAL SPENDING, NOT EXPAND IT
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LEWIS
URGES CONGRESS TO LISTEN TO PETRAEUS, ALLOW MILITARY LEADERS TO SUCCEED IN
WASHINGTON
– Congressman Jerry Lewis urged his fellow House members Monday to
listen to Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker and support the
continued efforts of the
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NINTH
CIRCUIT ERRED IN ATTACKING MOJAVE CROSS VETERANS MEMORIAL, LEWIS BELIEVES
WASHINGTON
– Congressman Jerry Lewis voiced extreme disappointment Thursday at the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upholding a ruling that orders the
dismantling of the Mojave Cross veteran’s memorial and called for the
Justice Department to consider an appeal to the Supreme Court. Read
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CONGRESSMAN LEWIS
CONGRATULATES 2007 CONGRESSIONAL ART CONTEST WINNER
WASHINGTON
-- Congressman Jerry Lewis welcomed California's 41st District
Congressional Art Contest Winner, Venetta Butcher of Beaumont, California
to the U.S. Capitol. Butcher's painting will hang in Canon House
Office building throughout the coming year.
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INLAND
EMPIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT, RESEARCH PROJECT FUNDS APPROVED BY HOUSE COMMITTEE
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HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVES FUNDS
FOR AREA HEALTH, EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS
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HOUSE AGREES TO FUND IMPROVEMENTS TO BARRACKS ROW,
CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY
WASHINGTON --
Congressman Jerry Lewis said Thursday he is pleased that the House of
Representatives has supported
his request for $500,000 to provide major improvements to the Eastern
Market Metro Plaza and the triangle park around it, creating a new
community hub that has the potential to tie together Eastern Market,
Barracks Row and Capitol Hill. Read
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PANEL OKs FUNDS FOR BIG BEAR, HIGH DESERT WATER IMPROVEMENTS
WASHINGTON – The House Appropriations Committee
Thursday backed a request by Congressman Jerry Lewis to help fund water
supply improvements in the Big Bear Lake area that are urgently needed to
help fight wildfires in that community surrounded by millions of
bark-beetle-killed trees in the San Bernardino National Forest. Read
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DEMOCRATS
UNDERMINE BORDER SECURITY, VOTE AGAINST FUNDING FOR FENCE
WASHINGTON
– House Democrats voted down legislation offered by Congressman Jerry
Lewis Friday to require full funding for 854 miles of double fencing and
other security measures that were mandated in the Secure Fence Act passed
by Congress last year. Lewis criticized the vote as undermining efforts to
provide real security to the nation’s Southern border.
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LEWIS DENOUNCES
SUPPLEMENTAL SPENDING BILL THAT LETS POLITICIANS MICROMANAGE TROOP
DECISIONS
“The emergency supplemental ought to focus on our troops. It must
focus on providing them with the resources they need to complete their
mission successfully. It cannot micromanage our combat commanders,
who have the ultimate responsibility of prosecuting the military actions
that were authorized by Congress. Instead, this legislation places
military decisions in the hands of politicians and attempts to buy votes
for its passage by promising something to everyone.”
“There
is no question in my mind that if Chairman Obey were permitted to write
this bill on his own, it would be a much better product. But this
emergency supplemental bill has more ornaments hanging over our many
branches of government than the White House Christmas tree. It
attempts to paper over Democrat divisions on the war in Iraq by delivering
billions of dollars in unrelated and unauthorized spending that is somehow
given an emergency designation.”
“This
legislation does not accurately reflect the will of the American
public—who resoundingly support our troops—but rather the desires of
Speaker Pelosi and the Abandon Our Troops Caucus within the Democratic
Party. “
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CONGRESSMAN
LEWIS URGES COLLEAGUES TO STAY THE COURSE IN
WASHINGTON
, D.C- Congressman Jerry
Lewis warned his colleagues late Thursday that the