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Miller Statement on Iraq War Funding
Miller Statement on Iraq War Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman George Miller (D-CA) voted against a bill that provides continued funding for the Iraq war without timetables for the redeployment of American troops from Iraq. He issued the following statement today.
“The Congress has now approved additional funding for the next four months of the war in Iraq, including a limited set of benchmarks that the Iraqi government must meet to continue to receive American reconstruction aid. While this short-term funding bill is a small step in the right direction because it sets benchmarks that President Bush had previously opposed, I voted against it because it did not do more to begin to end the war.
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iraq
military
nationalsecurity
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Water Recycling Bill to be focus of Congressional hearing
REP. MILLER’S WATER RECYCLING BILL TO BE FOCUS OF CONGRESSIONAL HEARING THURSDAY
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. George Miller’s (D-CA) bill to promote water recycling efforts in Pittsburg and other Bay Area communities will be the focus of a congressional hearing this Thursday, May 24, at 10:00 a.m. before the Natural Resources Committee Water and Power Subcommittee.
Miller’s bill would provide a federal partner for seven local water recycling projects. The bill would benefit Pittsburg and other Bay Area communities who are increasing their municipal water supplies through innovative water recycling projects.
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contra costa
districtmatters
energyandenvironment
pittsburg
water
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Miller and Rahall launch inquiry into new conflict of interest at interior department
Miller and Rahall Launch Inquiry into New Conflict
of Interest at Interior Department
Senior lawmakers press Bush Administration on
manipulation of science in a California
endangered species decision
WASHINGTON, DC – Two senior House Democrats launched an inquiry today into reports that a Bush Administration political appointee may have improperly removed a California fish from a list of threatened species in order to protect her own financial interests.
According to an investigative report published Sunday by the Contra Costa Times, Julie MacDonald, who resigned this month as Interior Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, was actively involved in removing the Sacramento Splittail fish from the federal threatened and endangered species list at the same time that she was profiting from her ownership of an 80-acre farm in Dixon, CA that lies within the habitat area of the threatened fish.
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