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Article of Interest: Dems look to skip formality on health bills
Jan 5, 2010
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Jennifer Haberkorn
Washington Times
Democratic leaders are looking to forgo a formal, public conference to merge the House and Senate's health care overhaul bills, giving Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the White House free rein to hammer out the final measure ...
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Republican Leaders on National Security Release Steps to Strengthen U.S. Security
Jan 5, 2010
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The top Republicans on the House Intelligence, Armed Services and Homeland Security committees today outlined four steps that the Obama administration should take immediately to help improve American security in the wake of a terrorist attack on a Michigan-bound aircraft.
“I am concerned that w...
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Protecting Our Nation Requires More Than Luck
Jan 5, 2010
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by Rep. Candice Miller (MI) and Rep. Pete Hoekstra (MI)
*This post first appeared on Real Clear Politics
How does an individual like Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab get on a plane with an explosive device with the intent to cause catastrophic harm? Clearly, the security measures we put in place did no...
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Hoekstra Statement on CIA Casualties in Afghanistan
Dec 31, 2009
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U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement after a terror attack in Afghanistan claimed the lives of seven CIA officers and wounded six:
"The American people may never know their names, but we owe them an enduring debt...
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Hoekstra Nominates 16 Students to U.S. Military Service Academies
Dec 23, 2009
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U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Holland, has nominated 16 students to be considered for acceptance into the 2014 class of the U.S. Military, Air Force, Navy and Merchant Marine academies.
"It is an honor to have the privilege of playing a role in the nomination process for the nation’s military servic...
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Article of Interest: Forever Gone
Dec 23, 2009
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Health Reform: Any law can be repealed, but the Democrats' radical health bill contains unprecedented language that could wreck the U.S. health system permanently. It's one of the dirtiest tricks yet.
'Page 1,020" — it may soon be a mantra for one of the most disturbing abuses of legislative powe...
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Pete's Perspective: This Sausage is bad for your Health (Care)
Dec 23, 2009
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The Senate’s recent deal-making to ensure the passage of their trillion dollar health care bill has turned the “world’s most exclusive club” into a sausage processing plant that would make the residents of Chicago’s meatpacking district proud.
Rather than allowing for a thoughtful policy discussi...
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Article of Interest: Change Nobody Believes In
Dec 22, 2009
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And tidings of comfort and joy from Harry Reid too. The Senate Majority Leader has decided that the last few days before Christmas are the opportune moment for a narrow majority of Democrats to stuff ObamaCare through the Senate to meet an arbitrary White House deadline. Barring some extraordinary r...
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Hoekstra, Former Olympian to Train with Parents of Hudsonville Sisters with Rare Disease
Dec 17, 2009
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U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Holland, will join three-time Olympian Hunter Kemper and Dave and Mary Veldink of Hudsonville for training run on Saturday, Dec. 19 in preparation for the 2010 Walt Disney half-marathon.
Hoekstra, Kemper and the Veldinks are running the 13.1-mile half-marathon on Jan. 9...
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Article of Interest: China tells U.S.: No deal
Dec 17, 2009
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By: Glenn Thrush
COPENHAGEN — China’s climate negotiators have told Western counterparts they can’t agree to an “operational agreement” on climate change that President Barack Obama had hoped to bring home from Copenhagen and will push for a short, noncommittal collective statement at the end of ...
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