Rep. Steve Israel visits the King Kullen supermarket in Commack, NY, to talk to Long Islanders about how the "Middle Class Squeeze" is impacting their lives.

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Keywords: commentary analysis news political commercial steve israel
Added: August 19, 2008

Rep. Steve Israel speaks at a press conference with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD) and Democratic Caucus Chair Rahm Emanuel (IL). Following the jobs report showing another month of losses, the Congressmen speak about the need for a middle class recovery plan.

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Keywords: news congress politics
Added: August 8, 2008

Rep. Steve Israel speaks at a press conference with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD) and Democratic Caucus Chair Rahm Emanuel (IL). Following the jobs report showing another month of losses, the Congressmen speak about the need for a middle class recovery plan.

Author: RepSteveIsrael
Keywords: news congress politics
Added: August 8, 2008

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today called for decisive action to improve deteriorating infrastructure in New York and across the nation. In a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on the nomination of Thomas J. Madison, Jr., to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation, Senator Clinton urged greater investments in crumbling roads, railways, mass transit systems, bridges, tunnels, and other key parts of the transportation network. She also reiterated the need to resolve Shared Border Management at the Peace Bridge site and expressed her desire to work with Mr. Madison to move that process forward.

Author: NYsenator
Keywords: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton New York infrastructure highway peace bridge road Madison border invest
Added: July 31, 2008

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today called for decisive action to improve deteriorating infrastructure in New York and across the nation. In a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on the nomination of Thomas J. Madison, Jr., to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation, Senator Clinton urged greater investments in crumbling roads, railways, mass transit systems, bridges, tunnels, and other key parts of the transportation network. She also reiterated the need to resolve Shared Border Management at the Peace Bridge site and expressed her desire to work with Mr. Madison to move that process forward.

Author: NYsenator
Keywords: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton New York infrastructure highway peace bridge road Madison border invest
Added: July 31, 2008

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today urged the Senate to support her legislation to preserve and promote historic sites in New York, including landmarks of the women's suffrage movement across the state as well as the home of President Martin Van Buren in Kinderhook. In testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Senator Clinton underscored the importance of the National Women's Rights History Project Act and the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act as historical sites and as economic drivers in their communities through heritage tourism. For more information visit: www.clinton.senate.gov.

Author: NYsenator
Keywords: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton New York women tourism history van buren seneca suffrage preservation heritage
Added: July 31, 2008

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today urged the Senate to support her legislation to preserve and promote historic sites in New York, including landmarks of the women's suffrage movement across the state as well as the home of President Martin Van Buren in Kinderhook. In testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Senator Clinton underscored the importance of the National Women's Rights History Project Act and the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act as historical sites and as economic drivers in their communities through heritage tourism. For more information visit: www.clinton.senate.gov.

Author: NYsenator
Keywords: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton New York women tourism history van buren seneca suffrage preservation heritage
Added: July 31, 2008

Rep. Israel traveled to the Gulf Coast with a Congressional Delegation to assess the post-Katrina progress. This is his first-hand account of the trip.

Author: RepSteveIsrael
Keywords: news new orleans gulf coast recovery
Added: July 25, 2008

Rep. Israel traveled to the Gulf Coast with a Congressional Delegation to assess the post-Katrina progress. This is his first-hand account of the trip.

Author: RepSteveIsrael
Keywords: news new orleans gulf coast recovery
Added: July 25, 2008

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke today on the floor of the United States Senate in support of legislation to crack down on speculators who are contributing to the dramatic increases in energy prices. Senator Clinton urged her colleagues to support The Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act to provide short term relief to Americans feeling the pain of rising fuel prices and also called for bold new steps to break the nation's dependence on fossil fuels and achieve long term energy independence based on clean, renewable alternative energy. For more information visit: www.clinton.senate.gov.

Author: NYsenator
Keywords: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton energy gas drilling green speculation renewable alternative
Added: July 23, 2008