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50 States of Blue (blog)
March 22, 2018
Betsy DeVos spoke at a House committee hearing Tuesday and received little quarter, even from ostensibly friendly Republican representatives. ... Rep. Nita Lowey, the ranking Democratic member of the Appropriations Committee from New York, shared similar concerns. Lowey asked DeVos about a GAOÃâà...
Jewish Link of Bronx, Westchester and Connecticut
March 22, 2018
Eliot Engel and from Rep. Nita Lowey and for them to hear the concerns of our Jewish community.” Westchester is part of two adjacent congressional districts, and both representatives, Elliot Engel (NY-16) and Nita Lowey (NY-17), gave the closing remarks. Both members of Congress have stellar recordsÃâà...
The Hill
March 20, 2018
The Republican members of the committee were less aggressive, but several also pointedly critiqued DeVos and the Trump administration's education proposals. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen Rodney Procter FrelinghuysenDeVos battles lawmakers in contentious hearing Week ahead in defense: SpendingÃâà...
Hudson Valley News Network
March 19, 2018
Congressman Maloney and I will continue to look for ways to help preserve and protect our shoreline communities at the federal level, and I am proud to ... listened to the concerns of thousands of Hudson Valley residents and rejected the misguided anchorage proposal,” said Congresswoman Nita Lowey.
The Hill
March 19, 2018
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer Robert (Bob) Emmet LighthizerMORE will appear Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, where he's expected to face questions from the panel about Trump's plan to levy hefty tariffs on imports of aluminum and steel. "I have made clear that tariffs areÃâà...
Toledo Blade
March 18, 2018
Though she was honored in Congress on Thursday by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Miss Kaptur has not been favored by the Democratic caucus. She has never been elected to a leadership position. She came close in 2012, losing out to Rep. Nita Lowey of New York to be the top Democrat on theÃâà...
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
March 16, 2018
Thirty-six US Representatives on Thursday joined with the Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone in calling upon Chairman Hal Rogers and Ranking Member Nita Lowey of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State-Foreign Operations to back a $70 million Fiscal Year 2019 aid packageÃâà...
Armenian Weekly
March 16, 2018
Thirty-Seven U.S. Representatives Call for $70 Million Aid Package for Artsakh and Armenia ... Y.) and Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-N. ... “We want to once again express our appreciation to Congressman Pallone, his colleagues in the leadership of the Armenian Caucus, and all those who joined withÃâà...
WAMC
March 16, 2018
“I'm saddened to learn the news of Representative Louise Slaughter's passing," said Congressman John Faso, a Republican from New York's 19th House District, .... "Today, our state grieves the loss of a great New Yorker and my close colleague and friend, Louise Slaughter," Congresswoman Nita Lowey,Ãâà...
WPXI Pittsburgh
March 10, 2018
"We always manage to have a successful outcome at the end if people really want to work together and get a deal," said Rep. Nita Lowey of New York, the powerful top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee. Trump has ..... A representative for the Treasury declined to comment. The amountÃâà...
Bloomberg Government (blog)
March 5, 2018
The current longevity record for a woman in the House was set by Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers (R-Mass.). She was elected June 30, 1925 to succeed her late husband, Rep. John J. Rogers. The daughter of a wealthy textile executive, Rogers represented a northeastern Massachusetts House district until herÃâà...
Patch.com
March 2, 2018
Democratic Rep. Nita Lowey of New York, who is Jewish, called Young's comment "disgusting" and "reprehensible" — not to mention one of the "dumbest things" she has ever heard. Young, 84, has been in Congress since 1973 and is the longest-serving member in the U.S. House of Representatives.
News 12 Hudson Valley
March 1, 2018
Rep. Nita Lowey (D) is announcing solutions to the systemic issues plaguing post office branches in Westchester and Rockland counties. Lowey says she will be proposing measures to get to the bottom of a crisis that has included lost checks, missing bills and undelivered medications.
NBCNews.com
February 28, 2018
WASHINGTON — Jewish people would have been able to fend off the Nazis if not for gun-control laws imposed by the Third Reich, Rep. ... the product of anti-Semitism & other forms of hate. It's offensive for anyone to manipulate the history of the Holocaust to score political points." Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.
WAMC
February 24, 2018
A New York congresswoman from the Hudson Valley held a roundtable on gun violence and prevention with high school students and local law enforcement Friday. The discussion came after the recent deadly school shooting in Florida. Democratic Congresswoman Nita Lowey says several local studentsÃâà...
News 12 Westchester
February 23, 2018
Democratic Rep. Nita Lowey emerged from a meeting with students and law enforcement officers at the White Plains Public Library Friday to call for expanded background checks for gun purchasers. She hosted a forum on gun violence following a high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17Ãâà...
Big Island Now
February 20, 2018
“It is imperative that the United States breaks its addiction to fossil fuels,” said Congressman Joe Crowley. Clean energy is a better economic investment in our future and will ensure families are healthy, safe, and secure for generations to come. I'm proud to join Rep. Gabbard's effort to keep fossil fuels inÃâà...
Port Clinton News Herald
February 12, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, praised a new bipartisan effort in Congress to keep the invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider, D-Illinois, and Bill Huizenga, R-Michigan, led a group of 24 bipartisan colleagues in signing letter urging a promptÃâà...
Armenian Weekly
December 31, 1999
and Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations to back a $70 million Fiscal Year 2019 aid package for Artsakh and Armenia, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). “We want to thank Congressman Pallone and his colleaguesÃâà...
Putnam Daily Voice
December 31, 1999
“But lots of other failures could have stood in: the laughably unrealistic repair schedule estimates, the inability or unwillingness to provide real-time tracking of restoration crews to Con Ed's own municipal representatives, the repeated, false statements from Con Ed reps claiming that public works crews mustÃâà...
The Examiner News
December 31, 1999
Westchester high school students and local law enforcement joined Rep. Nita Lowey (D-Harrison) for a gun violence and prevention forum last Friday in the wake of the Florida high school massacre that killed 17 people. Lowey invited students to discuss the controversial issue after Blind Brook HighÃâà...
Harrison Daily Voice
December 31, 1999
U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, who represents Rockland and Westchester counties, hosted a roundtable forum on gun violence and prevention with students and local city and law enforcement officials. Joining Congresswoman Lowey, D-Harrison, at the roundtable were Frank Williams, executive director of the CityÃâà...
