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Drake Votes Against $700 Billion Intervention in Financial Markets, Calls for Strict Oversight and Permanent Solutions
Oct 3, 2008
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U.S. Representative Thelma Drake (R-VA) today voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. The bill passed the House 263-171. Drake released the following statement:
“This is without question a very difficult vote on the most important domestic issue facing our country. Let me b...
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Drake Calls on Congress to Return to Washington Until a Bipartisan Solution is Reached
Sep 29, 2008
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U.S. Representative Thelma Drake (R-VA) today released the following statement:
“Today, a bi-partisan majority of the US House rejected the Congressional Leadership/Bush Administration’s Wall Street bailout plan. I joined a majority of House members who voted to reject the false choice prese...
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Drake Disappointed in Lack of Democrat Support for Bipartisan Energy Bill
Sep 17, 2008
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U.S. Representative Thelma Drake (R-VA) today expressed her disappointment in the lack of Democrat support for the Abercrombie-Peterson bipartisan energy bill (H.R. 6709). Last night in the House of Representatives, debate concluded on H.R. 6899, Nancy Pelosi’s energy bill and the House Republicans ...
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Drake Honors the Victims of September 11th
Sep 11, 2008
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U.S. Representative Thelma Drake (R-VA) today released the following statement on the 7th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001:
“Today is a solemn occasion where Americans across the nation pause to remember the victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks. I stood with th...
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Drake Receives Highest Honor from the Military Coalition
Sep 9, 2008
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U.S. Representative Thelma Drake (R-VA) today received an Award of Merit from the Military Coalition, an influential consortium of 35 military and veterans groups, the highest award the group bestows. In a press release, the Military Coalition said that Drake was recognized for “championing legislat...
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Drake Secures Funding for New Fire Station at Naval Station Norfolk
Aug 1, 2008
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U.S. Representative Thelma Drake (R-VA) sponsored a provision in the 2008 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill that passed the House today. The measure will fund the creation of a new fire station at Naval Station Norfolk. The bill passed in the House includes $9,960,000 in...
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Drake Calls on Majority Leadership to Convene a Special Session on Energy
Aug 1, 2008
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U.S. Representative Thelma Drake (R-VA) today called on Speaker Pelosi and the Democrat Leadership to call a Special Session to pass comprehensive solutions to the energy crisis. Drake released the following statement:
"The families and businesses in Hampton Roads and on the Eastern Shore have suff...
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Drake’s Roth TSP Legislation Passes the House
Jul 31, 2008
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U.S. Representative Thelma Drake (R-VA) applauded the passage of a provision that was modeled after her own Roth TSP Act of 2008. The provision was attached to the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (H.R. 1108), which passed the House 326-102 last night. The Roth TSP provision will al...
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Drake and Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Propose Comprehensive Energy Solution
Jul 30, 2008
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U.S. Representative Thelma Drake (R-VA) today announced that she is an original co-sponsor of the National Conservation, Environment, and Energy Independence Act, the bill crafted by the bipartisan working group on energy led by Representatives John Peterson (R-PA) and Neil Abercrombie (D-HI). Drake...
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Drake Calls on the Majority to Bring the American Energy Act to the Floor for a Vote
Jul 24, 2008
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U.S. Representative Thelma Drake (R-VA) today voted against another bill that the Democrat Leadership is using as a distraction from the comprehensive energy solution that the people of the Second District and all over the nation are calling for. The bill considered today would reduce the best and m...
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