- 08/21/09
Boca Raton, FL – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) zigzagged the district, working on domestic and foreign policy issues affecting South Floridians this week. During more than two dozen meetings and events this week, he continued advancing the conversation on health care, the Homeowner's Defense Act, clean energy, supporting veterans and foreign policy dealing with Iran.
< Read more > - 08/18/09
Boca Raton, FL – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) Tuesday joined local and state officials for a briefing in advance of the H1N1 flu season. With students returning to school and senior citizens returning home to South Florida for the fall and winter, Congressman Klein called a meeting with local and state leaders to ensure they coordinate with the federal government to prepare South Floridians.
< Read more > - 08/18/09
Boca Raton, FL – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) will host a health care telephone town hall Wednesday August 26, at 7:30 p.m. as part of his on-going health care listening tour. Congressman Klein will discuss health care reform and answer specific questions on health care from constituents.
< Read more > - 08/14/09
Boca Raton, FL – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) continued his push to work on key local issues including the economy, energy and health care during the district work period, with more than 30 meetings and events this week.
< Read more > - 07/28/09
Washington, DC – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today strongly supported the announcement that federal stimulus funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act would put new cops on the beat in Broward and Palm Beach counties.
< Read more > - 07/24/09
Washington, D.C. – At a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee held this morning, Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) discussed the South Florida economy with national leaders such as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
< Read more > - 07/22/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today joined a bipartisan majority of his colleagues to support legislation that will restore fiscal discipline by requiring the United States government to only spend what we can truly afford as a nation.
< Read more > - 07/21/09
Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation authored by Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) to help find children in the critical moments after they are reported missing.
< Read more > - 07/21/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today led more than twenty-five of his colleagues in a bipartisan letter calling on the White House Commission on Remembrance to change the date of their annual National Weekend of Remembrance to avoid conflicting with the Jewish High Holy Day of Rosh Hashanah.
< Read more > - 07/17/09
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today joined his House colleagues in strong support of historic funding for Everglades restoration.
< Read more > - 07/07/09
Boca Raton, FL – This morning, Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) announced that he will introduce new, bipartisan legislation to help train guide dogs and other service animals for wounded veterans.
< Read more > - 07/02/09
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Chaired by Congressman Dennis Moore of Kansas, held a hearing in West Palm Beach, Florida today to address skyrocketing homeowners' insurance rates.
< Read more > - 06/26/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today joined a majority of his colleagues in the U.S. House to support historic legislation that will create millions of jobs across the country, invest in a new generation of clean, affordable alternative energy and protect our national security.
< Read more > - 06/24/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today commended the hosts of and participants in a high-level meeting of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force.
< Read more > - 06/24/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today announced that the state of Florida will receive $50.4 million in funding from the Department of Energy under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to advance energy efficiency efforts and encourage the production, availability and use of renewable energy and alternative fuels.
< Read more > - 06/23/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) strongly supported three pieces of legislation for America's veterans passed by the U.S. House today.
< Read more > - 06/19/09
Washington, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar thanked Congressman Klein (FL-22) this week for his continued dedication to and support of the Everglades.
< Read more > - 06/17/09
Washington, D.C. – This afternoon, President Obama announced a comprehensive plan for regulatory reform. Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) released the following statement reacting to the President's plan.
< Read more > - 06/12/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today met with a senior official from Florida East Coast Railway in his continuing effort to secure FEC tracks for Tri-Rail passenger rail service in South Florida.
< Read more > - 06/11/09
Washington, D.C. – A resolution authored by Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) honoring Stephen T. Johns, the security officer tragically killed yesterday in a shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, was passed unanimously by the U.S. House this afternoon.
< Read more > - 06/11/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) has worked closely with his constituents to ensure that all South Floridians are ready for the Digital TV transition on June 12.
< Read more > - 06/10/09
Washington, D.C. – Critical language related to hurricane preparedness, authored by Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22), passed the U.S. House today as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 2009 (H.R. 2410).
< Read more > - 06/10/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22), Co-Chairman of the bipartisan Congressional Task Force Against Anti-Semitism, today released the following statement in response to the horrific shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
< Read more > - 06/09/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today released a letter to his colleague, Congressman Eliot Engel, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
< Read more > - 06/04/09
Washington, D.C. – This morning, Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) met with Veterans' Affairs Secretary General Eric Shinseki in Washington.
< Read more > - 05/25/09
Boca Raton, FL – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today marked Memorial Day by attending several events with area veterans. He attended veterans' events in Ft. Lauderdale, Pompano Beach and Lantana and visited the South Florida VA Cemetery.
< Read more > - 05/21/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today introduced the Homeowners' Defense Act of 2009. This urgently needed insurance reform legislation will reduce the cost and improve availability of homeowners' insurance in Florida and around the country.
< Read more > - 05/19/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) this morning joined other Members of Congress in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. After the conclusion of the meeting, Klein released the following statement.
< Read more > - 05/11/09
Washington, D.C. - This afternoon, Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) announced that the Department of Education will make more than $1.8 billion in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act available to Florida schools.
< Read more > - 05/08/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today led a group of bipartisan Florida legislators in a letter to Senator David Vitter (R-LA), urging him to "immediately release" the hold Vitter has placed on the nomination of Craig Fugate to head FEMA.
< Read more > - 05/05/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22), Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, today submitted the following statement during a Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the future of Pakistan.
< Read more > - 05/01/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) announced that the Veterans' Administration will begin processing applications today for the full education benefits available to any veteran who has served since September 11, 2001.
< Read more > - 04/30/09
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) joined a bipartisan majority of his colleagues to pass the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights.
< Read more > - 04/29/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today joined a majority of his colleagues to support a final budget which will invest in critical priorities such as veterans, health care and education while cutting federal taxes for Floridians with a permanent extension of the deduction for state and local sales taxes.
< Read more > - 04/29/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today marked the 61st Israeli Independence Day.
< Read more > - 04/28/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today participated in a Financial Services Committee markup of a critical piece of legislation to toughen economic sanctions on Iran.
< Read more > - 04/22/09
Washington, D.C. – During today's hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) exposed a blind spot in national hurricane preparedness with life-and-death consequences for South Florida and the entire region.
< Read more > - 04/21/09
Washington, D.C. – This Holocaust Remembrance Day, Congressman Ron Klein (D-FL) and Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN), the co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Task Force Against Anti-Semitism, announced that they will introduce legislation condemning rising trends in anti-Semitic activity in the United States and abroad.
< Read more > - 04/14/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today released a letter signed by a dozen of his Florida delegation colleagues from both political parties, urging leaders in Tallahassee to support commuter rail projects in Central and South Florida, such as SunRail and Tri-Rail.
< Read more > - 04/09/09
Boca Raton, FL – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today met privately with General David Petraeus in West Palm Beach.
< Read more > - 04/08/09
Boca Raton, FL – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today announced his strong support for a program to streamline medical recording keeping for South Florida veterans.
< Read more > - 04/03/09
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Ron Klein (D-FL) joined with Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) to introduce legislation to bring missing children home safely.
< Read more > - 04/02/09
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) joined a majority of his colleagues to support a blueprint for economic recovery and job creation.
< Read more > - 04/01/09
Washington, D.C. – As Congress begins its debate on energy policy, this morning Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) chaired a meeting of the New Democrat Coalition's Energy Task Force.
< Read more > - 03/31/09
Washington, D.C.– Today, Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) announced that a tax credit to South Florida families signed into law under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1) will take effect tomorrow.
< Read more > - 03/31/09
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. House passed a final version of national service legislation containing an amendment by Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) to support South Florida veterans.
< Read more > - 03/26/09
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) announced a federal investment of over $168 million in Florida's energy efficiency.
< Read more > - 03/24/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, today participated in a hearing with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
< Read more > - 03/23/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today called for an immediate investigation into reports that service members treated at a Veterans Administration hospital in Miami were exposed to deadly diseases such as hepatitis and HIV.
< Read more > - 03/21/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today submitted the following statement for the record for a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee.
< Read more > - 03/19/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today joined a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives in strong support of legislation to reclaim taxpayer money being spent on bonuses for executives of companies like American International Group, which recently paid $165 million in bonuses after accepting $173 billion in taxpayer funding.
< Read more > - 03/18/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today continued to fight for taxpayers, announcing his support for tough legislation to recover federal money insurance giant AIG spent on executive bonuses.
< Read more > - 03/18/09
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today passed an amendment authored by Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) to support South Florida veterans.
< Read more > - 03/18/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today participated in a House Financial Services Subcommittee hearing on AIG.
< Read more > - 03/17/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today submitted an opening statement at a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee addressing the need for a comprehensive review of how we regulate systemic risk across the financial services industry.
< Read more > - 03/16/09
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today expressed his strong support for the Administration's announcement of immediate action to improve the flow of credit to America's small business owners.
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