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Delahunt Seeks Comments on Health Insurance Reforms (08-12-09)

This summer, House leaders unveiled the America's Affordable Health Choices Act for 2009 - a comprehensive health care plan designed to reduce costs and increase competition among insurance plans. The legislation is now being worked on by three House Committees. For a copy of the original bill, please click here. For an update on the legislation in the House Education and Labor Committee, please click here. To review the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s progress, please click here. For an update on the House Ways and Means Committee’s bill, please click here. To review the White House web site, please click here. To provide Rep. Delahunt with a comment on health insurance reform, please click here.

Delahunt Honors Service Of U.S. Marine Cpl Nicholas Xiarhos (07-30-09)

U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt honored the service of Cpl Nicholas Xiarhos who died last week after being injured by a roadside explosive while serving in the Garmsir District, an area in the volatile region of southern Afghanistan. To read Delahunt’s remarks honoring the service of Cpl Xiarhos, please click here.

Delahunt Urges House Panel To Back $30 M Coastal Restoration Project (07-30-09)

Today, U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt appeared before a key House panel to urge approval of the Cape Cod Water Resources Restoration Project, a $30 million, 10-year initiative developed by Barnstable County, local municipal officials, conservation groups and fishermen to revitalize thousands of acres of degraded salt marsh, shellfish beds, and fish habitats. Click here to read more.

Delahunt Praises Ireland For Accepting Guantanamo Detainees (07-29-09)

U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt today released a statement praising Ireland on its recent decision to resettle two Guantanamo detainees who have been cleared of all wrongdoing. Click here to read more.

Delahunt Announces Funding For Local Housing Assistance Programs (07-22-09)

U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt today announced the award of $3.2 million in federal funding for a variety of affordable housing projects and programs on the Cape and Islands. To read more, please click here .

Seven Delahunt Nominees To Attend U.S. Service Academies (07-15-09)

Today U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt announced that an impressive number of local nominees have been invited to attend U.S. Service Academies next year. To read more, please click here.

House Leaders Unveil Health Care Reform Initiative (07-15-09)

Today, leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled the America's Affordable Health Choices Act for 2009 - a comprehensive health care reform plan designed to reduce costs, increase competition among insurance plans, and expand access to quality, affordable health care for all Americans. To review the plan, please click here. To review the White House web site on health care reform, please click here.

Hearing Thursday Examines How Chinese Communists Got OK to Interrogate Detainees (07-15-09)

U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt will hold a Foreign Affairs Oversight hearing on Thursday at 10am to examine how the Defense Department gave the Chinese government permission to interrogate twenty two Uighur detainees wrongfully imprisoned at Guantanamo. To read more, please click here.

Key House Panel Passes Mariner License Extensions (07-14-09)

U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt announced today that the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved legislation that allows the Coast Guard to extend the duration of expiring mariner licenses for up to one year. To read more, please click here.

Delahunt Introduces Resolution Condemning Chinese Repression Of Uighurs (07-09-09)

Today U.S. Reps Bill Delahunt (D-MA) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), held a press conference on Capitol Hill to announce the introduction of a resolution to condemn China’s repression of Uighur protests. To read Delahunt's opening satement, please click here. To read a copy of the resolution, please click here.

Delahunt Praises Obama Administration For Joining The International Renewable Energy Agency (06-23-09)

Today, U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt praised the Obama Administration for joining the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). To read more, please click here.

House Passes Base Redevelopment Bill (06-22-09)

U.S Rep. Bill Delahunt announced today that the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that allows the federal government to convey title to surplus military base property at no cost if the redevelopment promotes economic development. For more details, please click here.

Delahunt Re-Introduces Travel Promotion Act (06-18-09)

Today, Congressman Bill Delahunt joined with Congressman Roy Blunt (Mo.) to introduce the “Travel Promotion Act of 2009,” legislation aimed at enhancing America’s international status as a first-rate tourist destination, and reversing what has become a long-term decline in overseas travel to the United States. To read more, please click here.

Delahunt Praises President Obama's Financial Re-Regulation (06-17-09)

Today, U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt applauded President Barack Obama’s plan to rebuild the regulatory framework and supervision of the country’s financial system and the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. To read more, please click here.

Delahunt Announces Funds For Clean Water Projects On South Shore, Cape & Islands (06-15-09)

Today, U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt joined with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, Lt. Governor Tim Murray and other local officials at a press conference at the Deer Island Treatment Plant to announce that Massachusetts will receive over $185 million in stimulus funding for clean water projects. To read more, please click here.

Delahunt Subcommitee Meets Thursday At Mass Maritime (05-19-09)

U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt today announced that the House Foreign Affairs Oversight Subcommittee will meet Thursday May 28, 2009 at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, MA to hear testimony on efforts to fight the spread of maritime piracy. To read more, please click here.

President Signs Delahunt Bill To Examine Cause Of Financial Crisis (05-19-09)

In an Oval Office ceremony, President Obama today signed into law legislation sponsored by Congressman Bill Delahunt that will create a Financial Markets Commission to fully investigate the near-collapse of the banking system and the loss of tens of trillions of dollars. To read more, please click here.

Delahunt Seeks Funds For Transportation Projects (05-15-09)

Today, U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt submitted a list of projects to the House Transportation Committee to be included in the upcoming Transportation Bill referred to as the Reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible Transportation Equity Act-Legacy for Users or SAFTEALU. These projects are key transportation initiatives aimed at providing significant employment, economic development and environmental benefits to the region. To read a full description of the projects, please click here. To read more, please click here.

Delahunt Briefing On International Efforts To Combat Piracy (05-13-09)

U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt today announced that the House Foreign Affairs Oversight Subcommittee will meet tomorrow to be updated on new international plans to fight the spread of maritime piracy. To read more, please click here.

House Passes Bill Giving Benefits To Merchant Mariners (05-13-09)

Today, U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt announced that the House of Representatives passed legislation last night establishing a Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund and allows qualifying Merchant Mariners to receive monthly payments of $1,000 out of that fund. To read more, please click here.

Delahunt, Patrick, Chu Announce Funds For Test Center (05-12-09)

U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt joined with Governor Patrick and Energy Secretary Steven Chu to announce a $25 million grant to fund a new Wind Blade Testing Facility which will boost the clean energy industry in Massachusetts. To read more, please click here.

Delahunt, LaTourette Introduce Financial Markets Commission (05-05-09)

Today, U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt(D-MA) and U.S. Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-OH) introduced legislation to create a Financial Markets Commission that will fully investigate the near collapse of the banking system and the loss of tens of trillions of dollars. To read more, please click here.

Delahunt Urges Funding For MA Wind Blade Test Center (05-05-09)

U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt is joining with Senator Kennedy and the Massachusetts delegation to urge Secretary of Energy Steven Chu to fund the federal Wind Blade Testing Facility, a project envisioned to boost the renewable energy industry in Massachusetts. To read more, please click here.

Delahunt Urges Release of Interrogation Memos (05-05-09)

Delahunt joined key House leaders in requesting the release of documents that reportedly challenged the decision to use methods critics have likened to torture. Delahunt is urging officials at the State Department and the National Archives to produce a May 2005 memo that contested the legality of waterboarding and other measures. To read more click here. To read the letter, please click here.

Delahunt Sponsored Bill On Truth Commission Advances (04-29-09)

U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt joined with House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. in January in calling for a bipartisan commission to examine potential abuses of war powers by the Bush administration, including the torture of detainees and warrantless wiretaps. The bill now has over 40 cosponsors. To read H.R.104, please click here.. To Delahunt's statement, please click here. To read a recent news story, please click here.

Credit Card "Bill Of Rights" Gets Key Committee Vote (04-22-09)

Today the House Financial Services Committee considered and passed legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt that works to curb unfair and deceptive credit card lending practices. To read more, please click here.

Delahunt, Flake & Cuba Working Group Call For Lifting Travel Ban (03-31-09)

U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt and Jeff Flake (R-AZ), the co-chairs of the bipartisan House Cuba Working Group, will be joined by Cuban-American leaders to urge passage of their legislation to end the ban on US travel to Cuba at a press conference on Thursday April 2, 11am in Room 2255 of the Rayburn Building. To read more, please click here.

Offshore Renewable Energy Zone Proposal Advances (03-25-09)

In the aftermath of Secretary of Interior Salazar’s call for designating areas off our coast for renewable energy projects, Congressman Delahunt announced that he and Rep. Capps filed a bill to do just that. Under their plan, states will designate areas for offshore projects. The plan will streamline the lengthy permit process, boost production of offshore renewable energy and revitalize coastal communities. Delahunt has filed similar bills since 2003. To read more, please click here. To read a copy of the legislation, please click here.

Delahunt & Miller Introduce Financial Product Safety Bill (03-23-09)

In the wake of President Obama’s endorsement of the idea, Congressman Bill Delahunt (D-MA) and Congressman Brad Miller (D-NC) formally introduced the Financial Product Safety Commission Act today. To read more, please click here. To read more from Reuters, please click here. To read Delahunt's statement, please click here. To read a copy of the bill, please click here .

Foreclosure Legislation Passes House (03-06-09)

This week the House of Representatives approved legislation co-sponsored by Congressman Bill Delahunt that addresses the foreclosure crisis and stems the widespread erosion of real estate property values. The proposal is a change to the law to give bankruptcy courts the power to restructure mortgages on primary residences as is done with other assets, including vacation homes, family farms, and boats. To read Delahunt's remarks on the House floor, please click here.

Delahunt Announces Funding For Local Projects (02-25-09)

Congressman Bill Delahunt today announced that the omnibus appropriations bill passed by the House today contains over $36 million in federal assistance for the South Shore, Cape Cod and the Islands. To read more, please click here.

Delahunt Posts Summary of “Stimulus” Plan (01-26-09)

This week the Congress begins debate on an economic recovery or “stimulus” plan. The purpose of the plan will be to create jobs and help provide a boost to the economy. To review the House Appropriations Committee summary, please click here. For a fact sheet from Speaker Pelosi's office, please click here. Please check back for further updates...

Delahunt Urges End To Coast Guard Licensing Delays (01-15-09)

Congressman Bill Delahunt is urging the United States Coast Guard to end delays mariners are experiencing an renewing their licenses. To read more, please click here.

Delahunt Posts Report Documenting Bush Abuses (01-14-09)

Today, Congressman Delahunt posted to his web site a nearly-500 page report documenting numerous abuses and excesses of the Bush Administration. The Report is titled, “Reining in the Imperial Presidency: Lessons and Recommendations Relating to the Presidency of George W. Bush.” To read more, please click here.

Delahunt Pushes Investigation Of Bush War Powers (01-08-09)

Congressman Bill Delahunt joined this week with House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-MI) to introduce legislation that will establish a bipartisan commission to examine potential abuses of war powers by the Bush administration, including the torture of detainees and warrantless wiretaps. To read more, please click here.

Delahunt Announces Heating Oil Program To Continue For 2009 (01-07-09)

Congressman Bill Delahunt was informed today by officials from the Venezuelan government that they have agreed to his request to continue the CITGO discount home heating oil program for the 2009 winter season. To read more, please click here.

Delahunt Urges Feds To Increase Dogfish Quota (01-05-09)

Congressman Bill Delahunt announced today that he is urging the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to increase the fishing quota for spiny dogfish. To read more, please click here.

Delahunt Votes No On Latest Financial Bailout Legislation (10-03-08)

Today, Congressman Bill Delahunt voted against the financial bailout package that passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 263 to 171. To read Delahunt's statement, please click here. To read an analysis by a variety of economic experts, please click here. For coverage from the Falmouth Enterprise, please click here. To read coverage from the Martha's Vineyard Gazette, please click here.

Delahunt Votes No On Financial Bailout Package (09-29-08)

Today, Congressman Bill Delahunt joined with 228 of his colleagues in the House of Representatives to vote against the financial bailout package which would have given Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson broad authority to purchase troubled assets from financial institutions on the idea that it would calm the markets and provide insurance to creditors. To read more, please click here for an interview that Delahunt did with the Cape Cod Times where he discusses his reasons for voting against the legislation. To read a summary of this package, please click here. To read the bill, please click here.

This week Delahunt also announced his co-sponsorship of H.R. 7125, the "Let Wall Street Pay for Wall Street’s Illiquid Assets Act of 2008." This proposal is an alternative to the bailout package that was proposed by the Bush Administration. Please click here, for more information about the bill.

Delahunt Urges Action On GPO/WEP (05-08-08)

Recently, Congressman Bill Delahunt called on his collegues to address the Government Pension Offsett and Windfall Elmination Provision which unfairly penalizes public service retirees and their spouses. To read his remarks, please click here.