2007 | 2008

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July

07/01/08 Interest Rate on Federal Student Loans Drops Today

June

06/26/08 Rep. Kind Statement on Supreme Court Decision Regarding Individual Gun Rights

06/25/08 Rep. Kind Acts to Prevent Tax Hike on Nearly 56,000 Middle Class Families in Western Wisconsin

06/24/08 Rep. Kind Statement on Bipartisan Vote to Pass 'Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act’

06/24/08 House Continues Action on Energy

06/23/08 COLUMN: With Floodwaters, Came Courage and Generosity

06/20/08 House Advances $2.65 billion for Flood Damaged Communities in the Midwest

06/18/08 President Signs Expansion of Wisconsin Veterans Benefit

06/17/08 U.S. Rep. Kind, Entire Wisconsin Delegation Call on President Bush to Act Quickly on Federal Assistance for Remaining Counties

06/14/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Joins FEMA Administrator Paulison, Governor Doyle on Aerial Tour of Flood Damage

06/12/08 House Passes Extension of Unemployment Benefits to Help Workers Weather Economic Downturn

06/10/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Leads Bipartisan Coalition of Members, Business & Labor Groups in Announcing House Introduction of Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP Act)

06/09/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Statement on Extensive Flooding in Western Wisconsin

06/04/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Statement on Winona Bridge Closing

06/03/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Urges Action to Protect Family Boaters from Unnecessary Permits

May

05/30/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Announces $13 Million for Barracks Improvements at Fort McCoy

05/21/08 Kind Statement on House Vote to Override Farm Bill Veto

05/20/08 House Passes Rep. Kind’s Expansion of Wisconsin Veterans Mortgage Benefit

05/20/08 President Signs Legislation Halting New Purchases for Strategic Petroleum Reserve

05/19/08 Rep. Kind to Hold Third, LIVE Telephone Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, May 20

05/14/08 Farm Bill Reform Leaders Criticize Conference Report as Absent Meaningful Reform, Urge Rejection of the Bill

05/13/08 House & Senate to Act Today on Kind Plan to Lower Gas Prices by Halting Purchases for Strategic Petroleum Reserve

05/08/08 Rep. Kind Votes to Support Comprehensive Housing Legislation

05/08/08 Rep. Kind Statement on Farm Bill Agreement

05/06/08 Kind Announces Third Congressional District Art Contest Winners

05/01/08 Kind Offers Motion to Support Farm Bill Conservation

05/01/08 Kind Votes to Ensure Continued Access to Student Loans for American Families

April

04/28/08 Kind Applauds Mayo Clinic Healthcare Reform Proposal

04/28/08 Rep. Kind Calls on the Department of Defense and U.S. Army to Improve Conditions at Ft. Bragg

04/22/08 Rep. Kind Statement on Earth Day

04/21/08 As Earth Week Begins, Rep. Kind Announces Kids’ Educational Initiative at Genoa National Fish Hatchery

04/15/08 Kind Introduces Bill Creating Bipartisan Commission to Reform Earmarking, Restore Public Trust in the Process

04/11/08 Kind Proposal to Halt Purchases for Strategic Petroleum Reserve Endorsed by All Three Presidential Candidates

04/09/08 Rep. Kind Statement on General Petraeus Testimony

04/08/08 Rep. Kind Votes to Advance Public Health Programs

04/03/08 Members, Groups Protest Misplaced Farm Bill Spending Priorities That Put Proven Conservation Programs at Risk

March

03/19/08 Rep. Kind Statement on Five Year Anniversary of the War in Iraq

03/13/08 Rep. Kind Votes for a Fiscally Responsible Budget, Directs Tax Relief to Middle Class Families

03/11/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Announces One-Year Moratorium on Earmark Requests

03/10/08 U.S. Rep. Kind to Attend Early Morning Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour

03/06/08 Rep. Kind Announces 12th Annual Congressional Art Competition

03/05/08 Rep. Kind Votes to Advance Legislation to Provide Equal Coverage for Mental Health Conditions

03/04/08 As Crude Oil Prices Hit All-Time High, Rep. Kind Again Points to Strategic Petroleum Reserve for Relief

February

02/25/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Announces $4.425 Million for Renovations to the Tomah VA Medical Center

02/14/08 Rep. Kind: Don’t Squander this Momentous Opportunity for Reform

02/13/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Announces New Bill to Help Small Businesses Offer Savings Plans to Employees

02/07/08 Rep. Kind Votes to Send Economic Stimulus Package to the President

02/04/08 Rep. Kind: President Bush’s Budget Hurts Wisconsin

January

01/28/08 Rep. Kind Statement in Reaction to President Bush’s Last State of the Union Address

01/24/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Statement on Economic Stimulus Compromise

01/22/08 First Ever Telephone Town Hall Attracts Nearly 3,500 Participants from Western Wisconsin

01/22/08 U.S. Rep. Kind Calls on President to Stimulate Economy by Ceasing New Shipments to Strategic Petroleum Reserve

01/18/08 Rep. Kind Invites Western Wisconsin Residents to Participate in LIVE Telephone Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, January 22

01/17/08 Rep. Kind Column: Economic Stimulus Must Be Immediate, Targeted, and Fiscally Responsible

01/17/08 New Report Highlights Positive Relationship Between Physical Activity & Academic Performance