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Statement of U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek Regarding Report that Florida Ranks Last Among All States in Spending of Stimulus Dollars on Highway Construction Projects
(August 10, 2009) U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek released the following statement after House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James L. Oberstar (D-MN) identified Florida as one of the worst-performing states in utilizing Recovery Act Highway Funding:
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U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek Secures Over $35 Million in Federal Appropriations Funding Will Go Towards High Priority Projects in Areas such as Education, Law Enforcement, and Health Care
(August 10, 2009) U.S. Representative Kendrick B. Meek today announced that he has secured a total of $35.1 million in federal appropriations funding for South Florida. The approved dollars were included in a series of fiscal year 2010 House Appropriations bills and will benefit high priority projects in areas such as education, law enforcement, infrastructure, health care, homeland security, and economic development. As a member of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Meek continually places in the upper echelon of lawmakers securing federal funds for their home districts and state.
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El Representante Kendrick Meek dio a conocer el siguiente pronunciamiento después que el Senado de los Estados Unidos aprobó el nombramiento de la jueza Sonia Sotomayor para la Corte Suprema:
(August 6, 2009) "Hoy se hizo historia cuando la Jueza Sonia Sotomayor logró el gran privilegio de ser aprobada como Jueza de la Corte Suprema. Este es un momento de celebración para la Jueza Sotomayor por lo que ella ha logrado – ser una jurista de primera clase, leal a la Constitución y las leyes de los Estados Unidos, y ahora confirmada para formar parte de la Corte más elevada en nuestro país.
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Statement of U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek on Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court
(August 6, 2009) U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court:
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Wasserman Schultz and Meek Call for Fairness in Tax Code to Allow Baby Formula Reimbursements for Mothers Who Have Undergone Mastectomies
(July 31, 2009) U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) and Kendrick B. Meek (FL-17) today called for fairness in the tax code by sponsoring legislation – H.R. 3445 – that allows baby formula to be reimbursed under a health flexible spending arrangement if a mother has had a mastectomy and is medically unable to breastfeed. In the past, the IRS has ruled that a woman medically incapable of breastfeeding may not set aside the cost of infant formulas as a pre-tax expense in any circumstance.
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