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07/27 Sudan Caucus Co-Chairs Call for Release of Rudwan Dawod 07/09 Rep. Mike Capuano statement on the First Anniversary of South Sudan’s Independence 06/29 House Passes Conference Report Reauthorizing Transportation Spending 06/28 Rep. Capuano statement on Supreme Court decision upholding Affordable Care Act 06/22 Op-Ed: Time for 'adult conversation' on Somerville Green Line Extension 06/20 Op-Ed: It should not be this difficult 03/06 Statement on the Passing of Congressman Donald Payne 01/30 Congressman Capuano Awarded Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 01/18 Capuano Urges SEC to Take Action Regarding Citizens United Decision
12/15 Op-Ed: A way forward on the Green Line Extension 11/10 Sudan Caucus Statement on Refugee Camp Bombing 11/10 Congressman Capuano Hosts Community Meeting 10/26 Mass. Congressional Delegation Members Urge Expedited Processing of Already Approved Haitian Immigration Petitions 10/21 Congressman Capuano Hosts Telephone Community Meetings 10/20 Statement Regarding the Death of Gadhafi 07/13 Rep. Capuano and Sen. Menendez Announce Filing of Shareholder Protection Act 07/08 Congressman Capuano Statement on South Sudan Independence 06/29 Congressman Capuano Introduces Legislation Giving Consumers More Control Over Their Car's "Black Boxes" 06/22 Massachusetts House Delegation Honors Stanley Cup Winners the Boston Bruins With Congressional Resolution 06/21 Capuano Introduces Legislation to Create a Nationwide Highway Tunnel Inspection Program 06/03 Capuano Supports Obama Administration Efforts to Increase Disclosure of Political Contributions by Government Contractors 05/30 Congressmen Payne And Capuano Deplore Recent Violence In Abyei 04/20 Congressman Capuano Lauds FAA Final Rule on Passenger Protections as Positive First Step 03/15 Rep. Capuano Thanks Secretary LaHood for Northeast Corridor High Speed Rail Designation 02/15 Congressman Capuano Introduces Baggage Fee Fairness Act 01/21 Statement on Southern Sudan's Referendum to Create Own Country
12/01 House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Sudan Divestment 11/30 U.S. House of Representatives Names Jamaica Plain Post Office after Lcpl. Arredondo 09/29 Resolution on the Importance of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement Passes in the House 09/22 Government Accountability Office (GAO) Releases Report on Sudan Divestment 07/30 Capuano Introduces Legislation Establishing a Grant Program on Teen Driver Safety 07/29 Statement on Committee Passage of the Shareholder Protection Act 06/30 Statement on the passage of the Conference Report on the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 05/25 Capuano Introduces Baggage Fee Fairness Act 05/17 Elections not for sale 03/17 Capuano and Cleaver: Municipal Bonds to be Rated with Fairness 03/10 Op-Ed: Ethics process is working 02/19 Congressman Capuano Travels to Haiti 02/03 Letter to President Obama regarding use of TARP funds 01/28 Capuano Praises Obama Announcement on Using TARP to Create Jobs 01/28 Capuano Introduces Legislation in Response to Supreme Court Citizens United Ruling 01/22 Capuano Urges Administration to Stop TARP Recipients from Paying Out Big Bonuses 01/08 Statement on Sudan: the Fifth Anniversary of the Signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
12/4 Capuano Renews Call for Job Creation with TARP Funds 12/1 Capuano Joins Patrick Kennedy and Jim Langevin in Calling For Credit Card Reform 11/19 Statement from Congressman Mike Capuano on the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act 11/15 Capuano Calls on President Obama to Create Jobs with TARP Funds 11/13 MA AFL-CIO Thanks Congressman Capuano for Standing up for Health Care Act 11/07 Statement on the Affordable Health Care for America Act 10/21 Statement on New White House Policy on Sudan 06/12 Digital TV Transition 05/07 House Committee Holds Hearing on Congressman Capuano's Hedge Fund Bill 04/30 Capuano Introduces Legislation to Create a Nationwide Highway Tunnel Inspection Program 03/31 Congressman Capuano Hosts Telephone Community Meetings 03/05 Capuano, Markey Meet with House Speaker, President to Discuss Afghanistan 03/05 Statement Regarding the Indictment of Sudan President Omar al Bashir 01/27 Capuano, Castle Bill Would Improve Oversight of Hedge Funds 01/22 Capuano Provisions Included in TARP Accountability Act
11/17 Regarding The Presidential Inauguration 10/21 Statement on the Future of Financial Services Regulation 10/17 Congressman Mike Capuano Holds Economic Roundtable 09/15 Capuano Raises Concerns about the Fed's Recent Actions to Stabilize Financial Markets 07/24 Capuano's Amendment Establishing a Nationwide Highway Tunnel Inspection Program Passes in House 07/09 Statement Regarding Inaccurate Republican Assertions over Video Posting 06/16 Capuano Calls for Additional Helicopters to Support Peacekeeping Efforts in Darfur 05/20 Capuano Holds Telephone Community Meeting 04/09 Capuano Files Resolution Calling on President Bush to Boycott Olympics Opening Ceremony Due to China's Inaction on Darfur 04/02 Capuano Named Chair Of Subcommittee On Capitol Security 03/26 Congressman Capuano to hold Telephone Community Meeting 03/11 Statement on the Passage of H.Res. 895, Establishing an Independent Office of Congressional Ethics 03/10 Summary of H. Res. 895: Establishing an Office of Congressional Ethics 03/05 Op-Ed: Time to Pass an Ethics Reform Bill With an Independent Board 02/12 Rep. Mike Capuano Urges China to Take Greater Action on Darfur 01/22 Legislation to Create a Nationwide Highway Tunnel Inspection Program Passes House
12/19 Capuano Releases Report of the Special Task Force on Ethics Enforcement 11/06 Resolution Honoring World Champion Boston Red Sox Introduced in the House 09/10 Statement of Mike Capuano on General Petraeus' Report and the War in Iraq 08/17 Statement of Mike Capuano on the Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General's Report 08/09 Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Sudan Statement Regarding PetroChina IPO 08/02 Capuano's Legislation to Create a Nationwide Highway Tunnel Inspection Program Passes in Committee 07/10 Statement Regarding the National Transportation Safety Board's Final Report on the Big Dig Ceiling Panel Collapse 06/18 Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Introduced in the House 05/17 Capuano Introduces Legislation to Expand Protection for "Look-Alike" Health Centers 04/20 Special Task Force on Ethics Enforcement Focuses on Flawed System 04/20 Capuano Introduces Legislation to Help Severely Disabled Federal Employees 03/23 Capuano's Statement on Iraq and H.R. 1591: the Iraq Accountability Act of 2007 02/16 Capuano Files Legislation Granting Consumers More Control Over Their Car's "Black Box" 02/08 Capuano Named to Committee on House Administration 01/31 Pelosi Appoints Capuano Chairman of Special Task Force on Ethics Enforcement 01/11 Capuano Files Legislation to Create a Nationwide Highway Tunnel Inspection Program
11/13 Pelosi Appoints Capuano as Head of the Day-to-Day Transition for House Democrats 07/18 Department of Transportation's Office of the Inspector General Agrees to Oversee Full Review of the Big Dig 07/14 NTSB Agrees to Investigate Big Dig Accident, Sends Team to Boston 07/13 Congressman Capuano, Massachusetts Delegation Ask NTSB to Investigate Big Dig Accident 07/05 Capuano Calls on President Bush to Appoint Special Envoy to Sudan 06/29 House Funds Capuano's Initiative to Help Young Witnesses 06/15 Reps. Capuano and Bono File Bill to Protect Auto Owners' Privacy 06/13 Capuano Works to Increase Funding for Darfur Peacekeeping 05/23 Reps. Mike Capuano and Mike Turner Establish Congressional Former Mayors Caucus 05/04 A message from Congressman Capuano regarding H. Res. 543 and the war in Iraq 04/30 Statement From Congressman Capuano on the Save Darfur National Rally to Stop Genocide 04/27 Congressman Mike Capuano to Speak at the Save Darfur National Rally to Stop Genocide 04/06 Statement Regarding the Passage of H.R. 3127: the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act 03/16 Capuano Seeks More Funding for Darfur Peacekeeping in Appropriations Bill Amendment 03/07 Op-ed by Rep. Michael E. Capuano: U.S. must work to halt Darfur genocide 03/07 Statement of Congressman Mike Capuano After Meeting With UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Ambassador John Bolton About the Genocide in Darfur 02/27 Congressman Capuano Travels to Africa, Stops in Khartoum, Darfur 01/05 Congressman Mike Capuano Will Host Online Community Meeting
12/19 Initiative To Help Young Witnesses Approved in House 11/18 Statement on Republican-Sponsored Bill H.R. 4241: the Deficit Reduction Act 11/03 Capuano Files Bill to Help Disabled Workers 10/31 Congressman Capuano Questions U.S. Policy in Sudan 10/21 Op-ed in Boston Herald: No vote for open-ended involvement in Iraq 10/19 Congressman Mike Capuano Establishes Bi-Partisan Congressional Caucus on Sudan 10/14 Congressman Mike Capuano Returns From Visit to Iraq 10/13 Congressman Mike Capuano Hosts Online Community Meeting 09/29 Rep. Capuano's Amendment To Help Young Witnesses Passes in House 07/29 Federal Transportation Funding for Mass., to Increase 25 Percent to $5.23 Billion 07/28 Capuano Introduces Legislation to Teach Children about Safety 07/27 Capuano Co-Sponsors Bill Expanding Access to Drug Treatment 06/24 Capuano Works to Find Additional Funding for REACH Program 05/25 Administration Must Embrace Scientific Research: Capuano Supports Stem Cell Act 05/13 Capuano Raises Concerns About Change in Appeals Process for Medicare Beneficiaries 05/12 Republicans Remove COPS From Our Streets 05/05 Paying for an Undergraduate Education: Capuano Hosts Forum 04/12 Capuano Calls on Pension Boards to Divest From Sudan 03/11 $5.1 Billion in Federal Transportation Funding Coming to Massachusetts 03/11 Capuano Calls For Independent Oversight for B.U. Biolab 03/09 Capuano, Colleagues Seek Extension of Terrorism Risk Insurance Program 02/25 Bush Budget Cuts Will Devastate Affordable Housing in Bay State Capuano Visits Middle East 01/19 1,000th Day of Detention for Prisoner of Conscience in China
11/23 Somerville Awaits $5 Million in Project Funding 11/23 Cambridge Awaits $2+ Million in Project Funding 11/19 Boston Red Sox Honored by House of Representatives 10/08 "A Long Line of Broken Promises" from Bank of America 09/29 Terrorism Insurance Bill Containing Key Capuano Amendment Passes Financial Services Committee 09/23 Capuano Demands Action, Forces Debate on Affordable Housing Trust Fund 08/31 Capuano Honors the Late Congressman Moakley at Roxbury Community College 07/19 Capuano Joins Ralph Cooper at African American Summit 07/19 Capuano Calls for Pools to Remain Open 07/08 Capuano Introduces Bill to Extend Terrorism Insurance 06/25 Capuano Introduces Legislation to Streamline the Visas Mantis Program 05/20 Capuano Questions HUD Secretary's Commitment to Affordable Housing 05/20 Capuano Blasts Massport's Demand Management Plan 04/16 Massachusetts Delegation Calls on HUD to Fund Section 8 the Way Congress Intended 04/02 Capuano Announces $4.8 Billion in Federal Transportation Funding for Massachusetts 03/23 Congressman Capuano Receives National Award for Community Health Care 02/27 Capuano Honored for Intergenerational Housing Initiatives 02/25 State Transportation Gridlock Threatens Economic Future 02/06 Capuano Vision Rehabilitation Services Provision Passes Congress
12/09 Housing Bill Passes Congress With Capuano Intergenerational Housing Provisions 11/21 Statement in Opposition to the Medicare Prescription Drug Bill 10/17 House Floor Remarks Addressing Supplemental Appropriations Bill for Iraq 10/01 Housing Legislation Containing Capuano Amendment Passes House 09/22 Statement Regarding the Dangers of Mercury Pollution 09/09 Capuano Protests Attorney General's Defense of USA Patriot Act 09/02 Somerville Names Early Childhood Center in Honor of Capuano 07/16 Capuano Resolution Condemning Slavery in Sudan Passes in House 06/26 Statement Regarding the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act 06/25 Capuano Introduces Legislation to Help Those Raising Their Grandchildren 06/12 Capuano Resolution Condemning Slavery in Sudan Passes in Committee 06/05 Capuano Condemns Chinese Government For Treatment of Dr. Yang Jianli 06/04 Capuano Resolution Condemning Slavery in Sudan Passes in Subcommittee 05/29 Capuano Probes Selection of Minute Man Park as "Endangered Place" 05/22 Housing Legislation with Capuano Amendment Passes Financial Services Cmte. 05/20 Capuano Calls on Bush and SBA to Assist Businesses Impacted by SARS 05/09 Capuano Introduces Legislation to Help Alleviate Nursing Shortage 05/09 Capuano Blasts Republican Tax Plan 05/01 Capuano Files Legislation to Help Seniors Maintain Independence 04/16 Statement Regarding War in Iraq 04/11 Capuano Files Legislation to Assist Young Witnesses 04/10 Capuano Files Resolution Condemning Slavery in Sudan 03/27 Capuano Files "Mobilized Reserve Family Health Care Act of 2003" 03/24 National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc. Honors Capuano 03/20 Statement Regarding War with Iraq 03/14 Capuano Urges Additional Funding for Community Health Centers 02/20 Capuano Returns from Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan 02/12 Capuano Travels to Afghanistan and Middle East; Will Meet US Troops 02/06 Capuano Introduces Empowerment Zone Flexibility Legislation 02/04 Capuano's Staff Schedules Office Hours 01/22 Capuano Establishes Congressional Caucus on Korea
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12/23 Farewell Letter to Beacon Hill Constituents 12/23 Farewell Letter to Belmont Constituents 12/23 Farewell Letter to Watertown Constituents 12/16 Capuano Reappointed to House Steering and Policy Committee 11/01 Capuano Receives High Marks From the League of Conservation Voters 10/23 Capuano Tours Dom Savio Preparatory High School in East Boston 10/17 Capuano Condemns Chinese Government For Treatment of Dr. Yang Jianli 10/15 House Floor Remarks Recognizing National Domestic Violence Awareness Month 10/11 Statement: Why I opposed the Iraq Resolution 10/11 Capuano Announces $30 Million for Empowerment Zones; $2 Million for Boston EZ 10/10 Capuano Urges Action on Housing Legislation 10/10 House Floor Remarks Recognizing National Breast Cancer Awareness Month 10/09 House Floor Remarks Addressing the Iraq Resolution 10/01 House Floor Remarks Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month 10/01 House Floor Remarks Supporting Health Care Safety Net Improvement Act 10/02 Capuano Meets With Allston-Brighton Constituents 09/27 Capuano Listens to Constituents About Iraq 09/23 Capuano Listens to Constituents About Iraq 08/01 Statement Regarding Possible Take-Over of FleetBoston Financial Corp 07/26 Capuano Receives Subcommittee Assignments 07/17 Letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft Regarding Our Civil Liberties 06/27 Capuano Named to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 05/16 House Floor Remarks Recognizing National Hospital Week 05/07 Capuano Introduces Legislation to Alleviate the Nursing Shortage 04/24 Capuano Attaches Public Representation Amendment to H.R. 3763 03/20 Capuano Introduces LEGACY Act: Affordable Housing for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren 02/07 Capuano Hosts Mattapan Community Meeting 01/14 Capuano to Visit Veronica Smith Senior Center
12/21 Capuano Secures Technology Money for Roxbury Community College 12/20 Capuano, Kennedy and Kerry Secure Funding for Local Projects 12/07 Capuano, Kennedy and Kerry Announce Funding for Transportation Projects 11/16 Capuano, Kennedy and Kerry Secure Funding for Projects to Help Local Youth and Families 11/01 Capuano Files Legislation to Aid Victims of Anthrax Attacks 09/12 House Floor Remarks Regarding Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 08/15 Short-Sightedness on Stem Cell Research 08/08 Capuano Condemns HUD Budget Cuts 07/27 Capuano Introduces Empowerment Zone Flexibility Legislation 06/28 Capuano and Frank Announce Progress on Muddy River Funding 06/27 Capuano Files Legislation to Help Seniors Maintain Their Independence 05/10 Capuano and Neal Honor Irish Hunger Strikers 03/30 Capuano Voices Concerns as Republican Budget Passes House 03/29 Capuano Files Bill to Provide Refundable Military Tax Credit 03/27 Capuano Files Legislation to Assist Young Witnesses 03/19 Capuano Urges Additional Funding for Community Health Centers 03/08 Capuano Calls on Olympic Committee to Consider Human Rights Records of Host Countries 03/07 No Child Left Behind? Check The Math 03/01 Capuano Questions Bush Budget Priorities 02/08 Capuano Named to House Budget Committee 01/22 Capuano Announces National Park Service Partnership to Protect Mystic River Watershed 01/11 Capuano Named to House Steering and Policy Committee
10/24 House Passes Capuano Resolution In Support of Italian American Heritage Month 10/20 Capuano Hosts Service Academy Seminar 10/06 Capuano, Kennedy and Kerry Secure Additional Urban Ring Funding 09/19 Capuano Joins Colleagues on Capitol Hill in Urging Action on Heating Oil 07/27 Capuano Offers Fiscally Responsible Alternative to Republican Social Security Tax Plan 07/20 Capuano Sponsors Briefing on Status of Community Health Centers 06/09 Capuano Testifies in Support of Empowerment Zones 05/24 Capuano Hosts Watertown Community Meeting 05/23 Statement: Why I Oppose Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China 04/10 Capuano and Somerville Group Focus on Tibet and Colombia for Get on the Bus Day of Action 04/07 Homeownership Bill Containing Key Capuano Amendments Passes House 03/14 Capuano Amendments Pass House Banking Committee 02/16 Capuano asks NASA to Consult Residents When Devising Airplane Noise Reduction Projects 02/15 Capuano Urges Administration to Respond to Home Heating Oil Crisis 01/21 Capuano Praises FAA Announcement on Runway 14/32 01/10 Gephardt Joins Capuano and Moakley at Mass General Hospital for Children
11/17 Senators Kennedy and Kerry, Rep. Capuano Announce Grant Funding 11/09 Capuano Elected Freshman Class President 10/28 House Floor Remarks in Celebration of Italian-American Heritage Month 10/26 Capuano Welcomes Dr. Steven Niemi Before The Technology Subcommittee 10/21 House Floor Remarks Regarding the Juvenile Witness Protection Act 09/24 Capuano, Kennedy and Kerry Secure Additional Urban Ring Funding 09/24 Capuano Hosts Service Academy Seminar 09/15 Capuano Files Legislation to Help Vision Impaired Seniors Maintain Independence 09/10 Capuano Announces Vision Rehabilitation Legislation 09/10 Science Committee Approves Capuano Amendment in Networking R&D Act 09/09 Capuano Condemns Violence in East Timor 09/08 Capuano Condemns Housing Budget Cuts 09/02 Funding Awarded To Commence Urban Ring Draft Environmental Impact Statement 08/03 Capuano Opposes HUD Cuts 07/22 Capuano Amendment Creating International Rape Counseling Program Passes House 07/07 Capuano Testifies Against Fleet Bank/BankBoston Merger 07/01 Capuano Receives Additional Subcommittee Assignment 06/17 Capuano Urges President to Assist Kosovar Rape Victims 06/16 Capuano Offers Amendment to Juvenile Justice Bill 05/28 Capuano, Kennedy and Kerry Hail $500,000 for Environmental Cleanups in Somerville 05/27 Capuano Hosts Symposium on Environmental Justice 05/26 Capuano Co-sponsors Asthma Awareness Act 05/24 Capuano Announces Introduction of Legislation to Protect Young Witnesses 05/08 Capuano Will Walk With Letter Carrier to "Stamp Out Hunger" 05/07 Capuano Tours Cambridge Schools to Celebrate National Teacher Appreciation Week 04/30 Capuano Testifies in Support of Community Health Centers 04/29 Capuano, Cuomo, Members of Congress Announce Strategy to Protect Affordable Housing 04/26 Capuano Commemorates Anniversary of Armenian Genocide 04/16 Capuano, Kerry and Kennedy Announce $225,000 COPS Grant to Cambridge 04/07 Capuano Asks EPA to Oppose Runway 14/32 04/06 Capuano and Somerville Group Urge Release of Political Prisoners in Tibet 04/02 Capuano Commemorates Greek Independence Day 03/25 Capuano to Visit 8th District Neighborhoods During Upcoming District Work Period 03/10 The Burden of Proof is on Massport 03/09 Capuano Hosts Open House 03/02 Capuano Sponsors Legislation Protecting Consumers from Credit Card Abuses 02/24 Capuano Participates in Boston Private Industry Council's "Job Shadow Day" 02/11 Capuano Testifies in Support of the Urban Ring 01/29 Capuano Receives Subcommittee Assignments, Opens District Office 01/20 Capuano Announces Sponsorship of First Pieces of Legislation
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