Today, the Department of Energy, along with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), announced that the final Environmental Impact Study (EIS) for the FutureGen initiative has been issued. The study found all four of the proposed host sites to be acceptable. On Friday, November 16, the announcement of the EIS will be placed in the Federal Register – this action will start the 30-day public comment period. Following this announcement from the Department of Energy, Congressman Mike Conaway (...
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Congressman K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) announced today that the Central Texas Opportunities, Inc. in Coleman, Texas, will receive a grant of $1.29 million on behalf of the Head Start Projects Program administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The grant will fund Coleman’s Head Start Center-Based program for children. “I am more than pleased that Central Texas Opportunities, Inc. received this grant for its Head Start Program,” said Conaway. “The health and happine...
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Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Conaway (R-TX) and Gene Green (D-TX) introduced the bipartisan Local Radio Freedom Act. The Local Radio Freedom Act declares Congress’ support of free local radio and opposes any new performance fees, taxes, royalties or other charges relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings. "Local radio broadcasters provide essential information to the local communities they serve,” said Rep. Conaway. “Co...
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Today, Congressman Mike Conaway (R-TX) made the following statement after House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) introduced the details of a plan to enact at $1.3 trillion direct tax increase - the single largest income tax increase in history. “While the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) needs to be reformed, imposing this monstrosity of a tax hike is not the way to go about doing so. As a CPA, I understand the deep flaws of the AMT all too well. I also understand that enactin...
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Today, debate on H.R. 3963, the Democrats’ second SCHIP bill, was considered under a closed rule, meaning no Republican input was allowed. The Republican Whip’s office reported that this is the 40th time that the Democrat majority has tried to pass legislation under a closed rule. Congressman Mike Conaway made this statement following the passage of the “revised” SCHIP bill: “Yet again, the House leadership has broken their promise of running an open and transparent Congress. Not only did the 29...
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Information provided by the Congressional Research Service 1.) H.R. 976 enables illegal aliens to fraudulently enroll on Medicaid and SCHIP. ·Section 211 of H.R. 976 severely weakens current law requiring states to document the identity and citizenship status of Medicaid applicants by allowing a verbal presentation of Social Security Number count as “proof” of U.S. citizenship. Since thousands of SSNs are given to non-citizens ever year and SSNs are “borrowed” electronically every day, this will...
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Today, the House of Representatives voted to sustain the Presidential veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP). Congressman Mike Conaway (R-TX) made the following statement regarding the sustained veto: “I am pleased that the President’s veto was sustained by the House. Congress has wasted valuable time caught up in political games just to prove that this legislation is fatally flawed and must be reformed promptly. SCHIP was created as a fiscally-responsible, bipartisan program...
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Today, Congressman Mike Conaway (TX-11) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has made grants and resources available to improve the safety of America's schools. “Our schools are a place where we should feel comfortable sending our children every day,” said Conaway. “Unfortunately, due to an increased level of school violence across the country, proper safety precautions and procedures are important for our schools to implement so tha...
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By Emily Yehle, Roll Call Staff God makes appearances on the dollar bill, is etched into the walls of Congress and shows up in the Pledge of Allegiance — but apparently has no business accompanying the American flags flown over the Capitol. Members of Congress criticized, lectured and called for the replacement of acting Architect of the Capitol Stephen Ayers last week, after Ayers cut the word “God” out of a certificate that accompanied one such flag. He removed it in compliance with a long-sta...
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