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2007-2008 Press Releases

1/26/2009 - Clay Presses House Leadership to Boost Support for Public Transit in Stimulus Package Investing in Public Transit Will Create Green Jobs, Jump-Start Economy
1/23/2009 - STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY SUPPORTINGPRESIDENT OBAMA'S EXECUTIVE ORDER TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO DETENTION FACILITY AND OUTLAW TORTURE.NOTE: The following, in its entirety, Is a first-person statement from Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri
1/23/2009 - Clay Presses House Leadership to Boost Support for Public Transit in Stimulus PackageInvesting in Public Transit Will Create Green Jobs, Jump-Start Economy
1/14/2009 - SCHIP for Children Sails Through U.S. House H.R. 2 Will Extend Coverage to 11 Million Young AmericansClay Says Act Will Protect 81,000 Children in Missouri
1/7/2009 - House Passes Legislation to Restore Transparency to Presidential Records and Require Disclosure of Major Donations to Presidential LibrariesClay Says HR 35 and HR 36 Will Restore Accountability and Openness
1/6/2009 - Congressman Clay Advises Inaugural Visitors to Come Early, Dress Warmly, and Bring Extra Patience
12/12/2008 - STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY SUPPORTING THE EMERGENCY BRIDGE LOAN PACKAGE TO AID DOMESTIC AUTOMAKERS
10/3/2008 - STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY REGARDING THE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL BAILOUT PACKAGE
8/20/2008 - STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) MISSOURI REGARDING THE DEATH OF CONGRESSWOMAN STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES (D) OHIO
7/23/2008 - American Housing Rescue & Foreclosure Act Will Help Stabilize Housing Market Clay Says Bill Will Keep Millions of Families in Their Homes, Create New Fund to Boost Affordable Housing
7/15/2008 - Clay Praises House Veto Override of Vital Medicare UpgradesSenate Action Expected Tonight, Bill Will Ensure Medicare Improvements for Patients and Seniors, Preserves Fair Pay for Doctors, Helps Local Pharmacies
7/9/2008 - Electronic Message Preservation Act Will Open Up Government, Preserve Vital HistoryClay Says Bill Reaffirms That Government Belongs to the American People
7/1/2008 - College Cost Reduction & Access Act Begins Today,Cuts Student Loan Rates, Boosts Pell Grants, Increases Support for Historically Black CollegesClay Says Act is Most Important Education Investment Since 1944 GI Bill
6/26/2008 - H.R. 5687 Will Improve Transparency, Independence of Federal Advisory Committees Chairman Clay’s Legislation Strengthens Ethics & Accountability
6/24/2008 - Clay Applauds Medicare Upgrades Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act Protects Seniors, Preserves Fair Pay for Doctors, Helps Local Pharmacies
6/19/2008 - STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) MO IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT BUSH’S CALL TO END FEDERAL BAN ON OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING AND TO OPEN UP THE ARTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGEE TO OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION
6/13/2008 - Clay Applauds House Passage of Extended Emergency Unemployment Benefits
6/11/2008 - Four Thousand Job Seekers Flock to Clay's 3rd Annual Career Fair
6/5/2008 - Clay Supports $6.4 Billion to Renovate U.S. Schools Bill Authorizes $107 Million to Rebuild Crumbing Schools in Missouri, Would Create Over 1,700 Construction Jobs
6/3/2008 - Federal Agency Data Protection Act Will Safeguard U.S. Computers & NetworksChairman Clay’s Bill Will Require Notification of IT Security Breaches
5/20/2008 - Four Thousand Job Seekers Flock to Clay’s 3rd Annual Career Fair Overwhelming Response Shows That People Are Ready to Go to Work
4/9/2008 - Clay Demands GAO Probe of Harris Interactive Census Contract Failure of Hand-held Computers Will Cost Taxpayers Billions, Place 2010 Census Results at Risk
3/26/2008 - STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D-MO)REGARDING THE DEATH OF 4,000 U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN ACTION IN IRAQ
2/28/2008 - Clay Backs Renewable Energy Bill Bill Would Slash Handouts for Oil Companies, Create New Jobs & Protect Our Environment
2/27/2008 - Clay Fights to Save Delta Queen Historic Steamboat Needs Congressional Exemption to Keep Cruising
2/13/2008 - Local Members of Congress Offer Legislation to Name Post Office After Former Congressman William "Bill" Clay
2/8/2008 - Clay Applauds Passage of Key Higher Education Legislation Bill Will Make College Education Possible for More Minority and Low-Income Students
1/29/2008 - Clay Says Bipartisan Economic Stimulus Package Will Help 2.3 Million Missouri Families
1/28/2008 - Clay responds to President Bush's State of the Union Address
1/23/2008 - Clay Says Sustaining Bush SCHIP Veto is Indefensible As Override Attempt Falls Short 56,000 Missouri Children Will Go Without Coverage
12/18/2007 - OPEN Government Bill Strengthens Freedom of Information Act U.S. House Enacts Clay To Bill to Ensure Public’s Right to Know
12/11/2007 - House Passes Clay-Feinstein Breast Cancer Research Stamp Extension Special Stamp Helps “Fund the Fight, Find a Cure”
11/14/2007 - Responsible Redeployment in Iraq is Long Overdue Clay Says Time to End Failed Policy is Now
10/18/2007 - STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) Mo IN RESPONSE TO SCHIP VETO OVERRIDE VOTE
10/16/2007 - Clay Says Census Funding Freeze Threatens Critical Tests for 2010 Census Director Warns Continuing CR Flatline Could Increase Costs, Reduce Accuracy
10/3/2007 - STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) Mo REGARDING PRESIDENT BUSH'S VETO OF SCHIP, THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
10/2/2007 - Clay, Waxman Urge OMB to Ensure Budget Flexibility for Census Shortfall Could Cancel Final Phase of Critical Dress Rehearsal, New Handheld Technology Would Be Lost,Millions of Americans Could Be Missed
9/20/2007 - Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay Statement on Jena 6
9/19/2007 - House Acts to Stem Tide of Foreclosures Clay Says Bill Will Protect American Dream, Increase Home Ownership
9/14/2007 - CONGRESSMAN CLAY REACTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S ADDRESS TO THE NATION ABOUT IRAQ
8/3/2007 - CHAMP for Children Children’s Health & Medicare Protection Act Will Help 11 Million Young People,Act Will Extend Coverage to 86,000 Uninsured Children in Missouri
7/24/2007 - Higher Minimum Wage Affirms Dignity of Working People Clay Says Wage Boost Will Lift Over 5 Million Americans Out of Poverty
7/19/2007 - An Insert into the Congressional Record of the 110th Congress of the United States, Offered by Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri
7/11/2007 - College Cost Reduction Cuts Loan Rates, Boosts Pell Grants, Increases Support for Historically Black Colleges Clay Says Act is Most Important Education Investment Since 1944 GI Bill
6/28/2007 - Clay Backs Effort to Strip Funding for Cheney's Office After Vice President Defies Executive Order Chairman Responds to Vice President's Claim That He Is Not Part of Executive Branch
6/26/2007 - National Archives & Records Administration to Stay in St. LouisClay Says New Site Is Big Win for North County
6/20/2007 - Clay Blasts Bush Veto of Expanded Stem Cell Research“Says Vital Research Must Continue to Help Close Healthcare Disparities Gap”
6/13/2007 - A Victory for America’s Most Vulnerable Children Clay Insists that Census Bureau Include Foster Children In Annual Community Survey
6/12/2007 - Two Thousand Job Seekers Pack 1st District Career Fair at Harris-Stowe Clay Says Second Annual Event Was Bigger & Better
6/7/2007 - Clay Says Enhanced Stem Cell Research Offers Hope to Millions“Vital Research Could Help Close Healthcare Disparities Gap”
6/5/2007 - Two Thousand Job Seekers Pack 1st District Career Fair at Harris-Stowe Clay Says Second Annual Event Was Bigger & Better
5/24/2007 - Clay Blasts Iraq Supplemental Says Billions More for Failed Policy, Without Real Deadlines, Is Against National Interest
5/22/2007 - House Passes Affordable Housing Fund Housing Finance Reform Clay Says Bill Will Help Boost Home Ownership, Restore Accountability to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
5/15/2007 - Reauthorization of COPs Program Will Put Over 900 New Officers on the Street in Missouri Clay Says Anti-Crime Measure Will Make Neighborhoods Safer
5/2/2007 - Note: The following, in its entirety, is a first-person statement by Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri STATEMENT REGARDING HRES.333 IMPEACHMENT OF VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY
4/18/2007 - Clay Says Uniform Security and Accuracy Standards Essential for Electronic VotingCommittee Probes E-Voting Vulnerabilities, Questions Political Bias in Election Assistance Commission Report
3/29/2007 - Clay Says 2008 Budget Reflects True Priorities of the American People Plan Honors Commitment to Veterans, Protects Seniors, Middle-Class Families
3/23/2007 - STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY IN REACTION TO THE PASSAGE OF H.R. 1591, THE U.S. TROOP READINESS, VETERAN'S HEALTH, AND IRAQ ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
3/14/2007 - Clay Strengthens Freedom of Information Act U.S. House Enacts Three-bill Sunshine Package to Ensure More Open Government
3/5/2007 - Clay Bill to Designate St. Louis Soldier’s Memorial as Federal Monument Passes House
3/5/2007 - Clay Hails Passage of Employee Free Choice Act H.R. 800 Will Protect Right to Organize Without Intimidation
3/4/2007 - STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY ON THE DEATH OF FORMER U.S. SENATOR TOM EAGLETON
2/16/2007 - Clay Urges Bush to Take Action on Katrina Recovery & Urban Agenda
2/14/2007 - STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY ON THE FLOOR OF THE U.S HOUSE IN OPPOSITION TO PRESIDENT BUSH’S PLAN TO ESCALATE THE WAR IN IRAQ
2/9/2007 - STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY ON THE PASSING OF FORMER MISSOURI LT. GOVERNOR HARRIET WOODS
2/5/2007 - STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT BUSH’S BUDGET PROPOSAL
1/31/2007 - Clay Says Budget Resolution Restores American Priorities New Bill Includes More Support for Healthcare, Housing, Veterans and Education
1/30/2007 - Clay Says Bush Administration Misleads Public on Global Warming Oversight Committee Probes White House Refusal to Produce Documents
1/23/2007 - Statement By Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay in Response to the President’s State of the Union Address
1/19/2007 - College Student Relief Act Will Slash Interest Rates on Student Loans“Clay Says Helping Students is Best Investment That Nation Can Make”
1/19/2007 - Clean Energy Bill Will Repeal Giveaways to Big Oil, Increase Investment in Renewable Energy Clay Says Bill is a Good First Step Towards Energy Independence
1/17/2007 - Clay Wins Coveted Subcommittee Chairmanship“Will Have Oversight of 2010 Census, Information Policy & National Archives”
1/12/2007 - Clay Says Seniors Deserve Better Deal On Drug Prices“Passage of HR 4 Will Make Medications More Affordable”
1/11/2007 - Clay Hails Passage of Expanded Stem Cell Research“Vital Research Could Help Close Healthcare Disparities Gap”
1/10/2007 - Clay Says Higher Minimum Wage Affirms Dignity of Working People“Raise to $7.25 an Hour Will Have Biggest Impact on Women & Minorities”
1/10/2007 - Statement By Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay in Response to President Bush’s Address to the Nation on the War in Iraq
1/10/2007 - Clay Says H.R. 1 Will Help Close Homeland Security Gap“Full Implementation of 9-11 Commission Recommendations First Action of New Congress”

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