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Pete Hoekstra

REPRESENTING THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

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  • US clash brewing over global Rights of Child pact
    May 4, 2009  - US clash brewing over global Rights of Child pact By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer 1168 words 29 April 2009 15:54 Associated Press Newswires English (c) 2009. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK (AP) - A global children's rights treaty, ratified by every U.N. mem... More
  • Article of Interest: A Bailout for All Our Bad Decisions?
    Sep 29, 2008  - A Bailout for All Our Bad Decisions? By Mark Sanford Friday, September 26, 2008; A23 I am worried for our country -- not so much because of the tumult in the financial markets but because of the federal government's response and its implications. It seems that each new crisis is met with a n... More
  • Support for U.S. Troops Must Continue Long After the Fight
    May 20, 2004  - As we are all very much aware, freedom is not free, and those who serve in the U.S. Armed Forces have paid the price for all of us throughout America’s young history. The atrocities of Sept. 11 and the war on terror remind us of this fundamental truth. From hitting the beaches in the Pacific and ... More
  • Great Lakes need restoration - co-written by Rep. Rahm Emanuel
    Jan 27, 2004  - Lake effect snow aside, this time of year the Great Lakes do not receive all that much attention. But for those of us working to pass landmark Great Lakes environmental restoration legislation, they never lose our focus. More than 30 years after the Clean Water Act was passed, invasive species, ... More
  • Rebuild U.S. Intelligence
    Dec 18, 2003  - In his new book, "Why America Slept," author Gerald L. Posner raises the possibility that better tactical performance by the United States could have averted the Sept. 11 terror attacks. He suggests the problem was that law enforcement and other agencies failed to effectively identify and act on num... More