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Henry E. Brown, Jr.

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Brown and Residents of South Carolina's First District Participate
Posted by: Brown Staff (11-07-2009, 11:13 AM)

WASHINGTON -Thursday, Congressman Henry E. Brown, Jr. (R-SC) joined his constituents from South Carolina along with thousands of other citizens concerned about the future of health care for a “House Call on Washington” to express their strong opposition to the Democrats’ 1.3 trillion dollar health care plan. Several constituents from South Carolina’s First District made the trip to Washington to participate in the event and later met with Congressman Brown to personally voice their concerns. After the event, Congressman Brown made the following remarks. Read more here

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STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated in report
Posted by: Brown Staff (10-30-2009, 01:14 PM)

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is promising that new figures being released Friday will be a more accurate showing of progress in President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan. It aggressively defended an earlier, faulty count that overstated by thousands the jobs created or saved so far.

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BROWN HAILS THE ARRIVAL OF BOEING TO THE FIRST DISTRICT
Posted by: Brown Staff (10-28-2009, 05:25 PM)

CHARLESTON, SC - Today, Congressman Henry E. Brown Jr. (R-SC) made the following statement after Boeing Company officials made the long-awaited announcement that they have selected North Charleston as the new location for the second 787 Dreamliner assembly line:

“Boeing’s announcement that they have chosen North Charleston, South Carolina as the location of their newest assembly line for the 787 is incredible news for the Lowcountry and our state. 

I, along with the rest of the state of South Carolina, warmly receive Boeing’s expanded presence in our community and the bright future of employment and prosperity that they bring with them. 

The greatly anticipated arrival of Boeing’s 787 marks an important milestone in our state’s involvement in commercial aviation, and I am proud that the First District has been chosen to be an even more important part of its production.

I would like to congratulate the South Carolina delegation, our state legislators, state officials and all the other parties involved for their hard work and efforts in getting Boeing to North Charleston.

It certainly is a wonderful company, run by the outstanding leadership of Mr. James McNerney, Jr. and we are proud to welcome them to the Palmetto state.”

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BROWN SAYS GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE IS A BAD DEAL FOR SENIORS
Posted by: Brown Staff (10-27-2009, 04:35 PM)

Washington, DC - Congressman Henry E. Brown, Jr. (R-SC) delivered the following remarks today on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in opposition to the Democrat plan for a government takeover of health care that will cut seniors’ health care coverage:

“I rise today to highlight the Democrat’s plan to pay for their government takeover of health care by cutting nearly 162 billion dollars from Medicare at the expense of our seniors.

Across the nation, nearly 11 million seniors choose Medicare Advantage plans as their preferred coverage. Of those 11 million, over 11,000 seniors in the First District of South Carolina, an area with many retirees, may have their coverage dropped or benefits cut if the Democrats have it their way.

Despite the president’s promise that ‘if you like your current plan you can keep it,’ it is clear that some seniors will eventually be forced into a government-run plan.

Additionally, the CBO has said that the Democrats’ plan will increase seniors’ Medicare prescription drug costs by 20 percent over the next decade.

As Medicare dangerously approaches bankruptcy, Democrats must open the process up to Republicans to work to repair this rapidly failing program and protect our seniors from rising drug costs, limited coverage and a reduced quality of care.

Republicans vow to honor our seniors by blocking Washington bureaucrats from over regulating their health care and by providing options and the best quality coverage for all Americans.”

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Criminals May have been Hired for Census
Posted by: Brown Staff (10-09-2009, 11:08 AM)

Errors by Census Bureau employees may have resulted in 200 people with criminal records being hired to conduct door-to-door canvassing.
Read more here.

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