Congressman
Henry E. Brown, Jr.

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Charleston Chamber Opposes Transfer of GITMO Detainees to Charleston
Posted by: Brown Staff (01-03-2009, 04:07 PM)

The Charleston Chamber of Commerce has come out in opposition to transfering terrorist detainees from Guantanamo to the Consolidated Navy Brig at the Charleston Naval Weapons Station.  Congressman Brown has introduced legislation to prevent this from occuring.

Posted in Berkeley County, Charleston County, Defense, Dorchester County, Homeland Security | View Full Posting

New Year Brings Higher VA Travel Reimbursement
Posted by: Henry E. Brown (12-30-2008, 05:08 PM)

Good news! Beginning January 9th, any service-disabled or low income veteran who must travel to get health care at a VA hospital in the First District or any other VA facility across the nation will receive a larger reimbursement for their travel costs.

Posted in Energy, Veterans | View Full Posting

Helping Protect and Recover Stranded Sea Turtles
Posted by: Henry E. Brown (12-29-2008, 04:58 PM)

A recent article in the Charleston Post & Courier highlights the work of the Sea Turtle Hospital at the South Carolina Aquarium.  The presence of this hospital at the Aquarium is a great resource for our region.  Not only is the South Carolina Aquarium one of Charleston’s top tourist attractions, it educates Charlestonians and the on-site Hospital ensures that stranded turtles from all over coastal South Carolina get on the road to recovery.  I have been proud to work with the South Carolina Aquarium to make sure that badly needed federal funding goes to support the Sea Turtle Hospital's work and research  that may one day help reduce strandings in coastal South Carolina and across the globe.

Posted in Environment and Wildlife | View Full Posting

Documents Show Fannie and Freddie at Heart of Meltdown
Posted by: Henry E. Brown (12-22-2008, 12:00 PM)

Back in October, I led a number of my colleagues in calling for the books of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to be opened up so that Americans could see how actions by executives at the two mortgage giants set the ground work for today's financial crisis.  House Republicans also called on the House Democratic leadership to hold hearings on actions by these two companies.  While the Democrats waited until other news took Fannie and Freddie out of the spot light, a recent hearing and the release of internal documents spells out just what I and my Republican colleagues have been saying all along: the leadership of these two institutions were warned about how risky their actions were, yet they ignored these warnings because any change would slow down profits and upset politicians who were pushing them to make loans that would never be repaid. 

Posted in Economy | View Full Posting

Backing Restructuring Over Bailout for the Big Three
Posted by: Henry E. Brown (12-04-2008, 05:04 PM)

The Senate's decision before Thanksgiving to not take up legislation on the auto bailout clearly signals that the corporate leadership of GM, Ford, and Chrysler must move forward with a significant restructuring of their companies and product lines.  The three U.S. manufacturers, currently burdened with top heavy management, exorbitant and unrealistic employee salaries and benefits at all levels, and union monopolization, are unable to adjust  their product lines to meet the needs of today's consumers and were in financial crisis long before our economy took a turn for the worse.

Posted in Economy | View Full Posting