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HEALTH INFORMATION FOR CONSUMERS

March 28, 2001 OFFICE OF HEALTH CARE OMBUDSMAN Testimony of Donna Sutton Fay, Vermont State Health Care Ombudsman Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, I am Donna Sutton Fay. I am the Vermont State Health Care Ombudsman and the Director of the Office of Health Care Ombudsman. [...]

WELFARE OVERHAUL

The Reauthorization of TANF Testimony before the Committee on Finance U.S. Senate 107th Congress, 2nd session Lawrence M. Mead James Madison Program Department of Politics 10 April 2002 I am a Professor of Politics at New York University, currently on sabbatical at Princeton. I am a longtime student of welfare reform and the author of [...]

Concord town meeting demands a constitutional convention

At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Concord being free & twenty one years of age and upward met by adjournment on the twenty first day of October 1776 to take into consideration a resolve of the Hon(ble) house of the representatives of this State on the 19th of September last. The [...]

SATELLITE SERVICE AND VIDEO DISTRIBUTION

Statement of F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. Representative Committee on House Judiciary May 8, 2003 The Committee on the Judiciary has exclusive congressional jurisdiction over laws pertaining to antitrust and effective competition in the national marketplace. As Chairman of this Committee, I have made it a priority to rigorously examine business practices and structural barriers that [...]

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON BUSH EDUCATION PLAN

Committee on Education and the Workforce Hearings Testimony of John Baldacci “No Child Left Behind” Committee on Education and the Workforce March 28, 2001 Chairman Boehner, Ranking Member Miller, Committee members: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today regarding President Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” education proposal. This legislation is of tremendous importance to [...]

COMPUTER SECURITY IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Opening Statement of Representative Stephen Horn Committee on House Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations. November 19, 2002 Federal agencies rely on computer systems to support critical operations that are essential to the health and well being of millions of Americans. National defense, emergency services, tax collection and benefit payments [...]

COMPUTER VIRUS PROTECTION

Statement of Lawrence Hale Director, FedCIRC Department of Homeland Security Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census Committee on House Government Reform September 10, 2003 Good morning, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee. On behalf of the Federal Computer Incident Response Center of the Department of Homeland Security let me thank [...]

JOSEPH BOWAB HOLDS BRIEFING ON THE BUDGET

STATE DEPARTMENT BUDGET BRIEFING APRIL 9, 2001 SPEAKER: PHILIP REEKER, STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JOSEPH W. BOWAB, ACTING DIRECTOR OFFICE OF RESOURCES, PLANS AND POLICY JAMES L. MILLETTE, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PLANNING [*] BOWAB: Good afternoon. Each of you should have received two books when you came in today. One of them [...]

REGULATION OF SPORTS AGENTS

Statement of Mr. James F. “Boots” Donnelly Athletic Director Middle Tennessee State University The Committee on House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection June 5, 2002 I am James F. Donnelly, current athletic director and former head football coach for 22 years at Middle Tennessee State University. Middle Tennessee State University [...]

BAN ON AMATEUR SPORTS GAMBLING RESEARCH ON DRUGS IN SPORTS

April 26, 2001 Testimony of Mr. Danny Sheridan before the Senate Commerce Committee Amateur Sports Integrity Act (S. 718) Chairman McCain, I would like to thank you and the members of the Commerce Committee for allowing me the opportunity to exp ress my opinions on S. 718, the Amateur Sports Integrity Act. My name is [...]