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Congressman Maurice Hinchey :: Representing the 22nd District of New York :: Press Releases
May 2008
Hinchey, Inslee Introduce Legislation To Help Protect Polar Bears
(May 14, 2008)
Hinchey Helps House Pass New Farm Bill
(May 14, 2008)
Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill To Halt Strategic Petroleum Reserve Purchases To Boost Market Oil Supply & Lower Gas Prices
(May 13, 2008)
Hinchey Helps Break Ground On Binghamton Intermodal Transportation Terminal
(May 12, 2008)
Hinchey Helps House Pass Two Key Bills To Help Reverse Housing Crisis
(May 8, 2008)
Hinchey Slams Blue Dog Coalition For Voting To Fund Operations In Iraq, But Opposing Funding For U.S. Troops Returning Home
(May 8, 2008)
Hinchey, House Colleagues Urge Bush To Halt Strategic Petroleum Reserve Purchases To Boost Market Oil Supply & Lower Gas Prices
(May 7, 2008)
Hinchey Introduces Bill to Cap Credit Card Interest Rates at 20 Percent
(May 7, 2008)
Hinchey Announces $672,895 In Federal Funds For Improvements To Local Airports
(May 5, 2008)
Hinchey Announces $400,000 Federal Grant For Middletown Building Renovation Project
(May 1, 2008)
April 2008
Hinchey Announces $750,000 Federal Grant For Ithaca's Sciencenter
(April 30, 2008)
Hinchey, House Colleagues Press for Extension of Solar & Other Renewable Energy Tax Incentives
(April 30, 2008)
Hinchey Pushing Legislation To Lower Gas Prices; Urges Senate & Bush To Approve Previously Passed Energy Price Bills
(April 29, 2008)
Hudson Valley Congressional Delegation: Nothing “Independent” About Entergy-Appointed Panel
(April 28, 2008)
Army Corps Outlines Next Steps In Long-Term Flood Prevention Work Along Esopus, Wallkill & Rondout Creeks
(April 28, 2008)
Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill Blocking Bush Administration Cuts To Medicaid
(April 23, 2008)
Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill To Ensure Continued Access To Federal Student Loans for American Families
(April 17, 2008)
Hinchey, Capps, & Bono Mack Introduce House Resolution To Recognize Importance of National Women's Health Week
(April 17, 2008)
Hall and Hinchey Introduce Bill To Protect Water Resources From Climate Change
(April 10, 2008)
Hinchey Statement on New York Legislature's Passage of Budget With Funds For The Solar Energy Consortium
(April 9, 2008)
Hinchey, Arcuri, Hall & Clinton Call On FedsTo Reject NYRI Request For Ratepayer Subsidy
(April 3, 2008)
Hinchey, Gillibrand, Arcuri & Hall Introduce Tax Credit Bill To Boost Recruitment & Retention of Volunteer Firefighters & Emergency Response Personnel
(April 3, 2008)
GAO Finds Fault with Implementation of Yellowstone Bison Management Plan
(April 2, 2008)
Hinchey Statement On Time Warner Cable Rate Increase
(April 1, 2008)
Hinchey Blasts NYRI Request for Ratepayer Subsidy;Will Urge Federal Government to Reject NYRI Petition
(April 1, 2008)
March 2008
Hinchey Helps Open Binghamton University's Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing
(March 31, 2008)
Hinchey Encourages Retirees, Veterans, Low-Income Workers & Others Who May Not Normally File Income Tax Returns To Attend IRS-Sponsored Workshops Or Call Toll Free On Saturday, March 29 For Assistance In Filing For Economic Stimulus Rebate
(March 27, 2008)
Hinchey Highlights Fifth Anniversary of Iraq Invasion & Discusses Impact Occupation Is Having On U.S. Economy; Outlines Congressional Agenda To Help Reverse Damage
(March 19, 2008)
Hinchey Calls on Major League Baseball to Keep Annual Hall of Fame Game in Cooperstown, NY
(March 17, 2008)
Hinchey Statement on Swearing-In of Governor Paterson
(March 17, 2008)
Hinchey Presses USDA To Release Names Of Retailers That Received Recalled Meat
(March 14, 2008)
Hinchey Statement on Resignation of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer
(March 12, 2008)
Hinchey Statement on U.S. Dept. of Energy's Decision To Deny Rehearing Of Concerns Over Power Line Corridors
(March 6, 2008)
Hinchey Announces $102,446 Federal Grant For Jeffersonville Fire Department
(March 5, 2008)
Hinchey Challenges Treasury Secretary Over Bush Administration's Use of "Weapons of Mass Economic Destruction"
(March 5, 2008)
Hinchey Unveils Legislation Mandating Expedited Federal Health Safety Standards Of TCE
(March 3, 2008)
February 2008
Upstate Congressmen Ask PSC To Reject NYRI Filing
(February 28, 2008)
Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill With Solar Energy Tax Credits
(February 27, 2008)
Hinchey To Sponsor Grant Writing Workshops For Local Fire Departments & EMS Organizations
(February 26, 2008)
Hinchey Announces Signing of First Major Manufacturing Partnership with The Solar Energy Consortium; Deal Will Bring New Jobs This Year, 140 Jobs Within Three Years & Over 400 Hundred New Jobs to Ulster County Within Five Years
(February 25, 2008)
Hinchey Announces Release of $14 Million In Heating Cost Assistance for New Yorkers
(February 22, 2008)
New York DelegationUrges Support Of Programs To Improve Health and Well-Being of New Yorkers
(February 20, 2008)
Hinchey Statement on House Vote to Hold White House Officials in Contempt of Congress
(February 14, 2008)
Hinchey Secures Additional $393,760 For Saugerties To Move Forward With Design & Construction Of New Water & Sewer System Line Along Kings Highway
(February 14, 2008)
Hinchey Announces $769,625 Federal Grant For Local Affordable Housing Organizations
(February 13, 2008)
Hinchey Secures Final Approval Of $351,000 In Federal Funding For Paved Trail Between Walden & Wallkill
(February 12, 2008)
Hinchey Helps House Pass Bill to Address Rising College Prices & Remove Other Barriers to Higher Education Enrollment
(February 8, 2008)
Hinchey Statement on Final Passage of Economic Stimulus Bill
(February 7, 2008)
Hinchey Presses Interior Secretary Kempthorne Over Bush Administration's Latest Efforts To Lease Public Property For Oil Development
(February 7, 2008)
Hinchey Statement On Exxon Mobil's Record Profit
(February 1, 2008)
GAO Report Highlights Flaws In NYRI Plan
(February 1, 2008)
January 2008
Hinchey To Speak With Cornell University Students As Part Of National Global Warming Initiative
(January 31, 2008)
Hinchey Helps House Pass Bipartisan Economic Stimulus Package
(January 29, 2008)
Hinchey Statement on President Bush's State of the Union Address
(January 28, 2008)
Hinchey Hosts Housing Forum at SUNY New Paltz
(January 24, 2008)
Hinchey, Colleagues Urge Speaker Pelosi To Include Provisions For Green Job Growth, Greater Energy Efficiency In Stimulus Package
(January 22, 2008)
Hinchey Statement On Funds For Hudson Valley Included In Spitzer Budget
(January 22, 2008)
National Park Service Moves Forward On Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Anniversary Celebrations For 2009
(January 17, 2008)
Hinchey Announces Release of $82,315,613 In Heating Cost Assistance For New Yorkers
(January 16, 2008)
Hinchey Announces $103,360 Federal Grant For Roscoe-Rockland Fire District
(January 16, 2008)
Hinchey Unveils Legislative Priorities For Congress In 2008; Calls For Low & Middle Class Tax Cuts To Boost Economy
(January 15, 2008)
Hinchey Secures Final Approval Of $335,000 In New Federal Funds For State-of-the-Art Breast Cancer Screening Equipment At Lourdes Hospital
(January 10, 2008)
Hinchey Announces $68,296 Federal Grant For Union Center Fire Company
(January 9, 2008)
Hinchey Statement Regarding U.S. Department of Interior Denial of Pending Sullivan County Casinos
(January 4, 2008)
Hinchey Announces $430,000 Federal Award For Housing Projects In Newburgh, Ithaca And Binghamton
(January 3, 2008)
Hinchey Announces $71,549 Federal Grant For Lake Huntington Fire Company
(January 3, 2008)
Hinchey Announces New Partnership Between CUNY & The Solar Energy Consortium To Make Solar Energy More Mainstream In NYC
(January 3, 2008)
Hinchey Announces $48,260 Federal Grant For Glasco Fire District
(January 2, 2008)
