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    <title><![CDATA[Ehlers Informs Constituents of Digital TV Transition]]></title>
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                                GRAND RAPIDS &ndash; On February 17, 2009 television stations around the country must cease broadcasting on the analog spectrum and switch to higher quality digital broadcasting. Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers spoke to constituents in Grand Rapids today about the reasons for the switch and what consumers must know to be prepared. 
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    <pubDate>5/3/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ehlers to Host Town Hall Meeting In Grand Rapids]]></title>
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                                GRAND RAPIDS &ndash; Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers will meet with constituents at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 3 at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids during his annual public town hall meeting in the Third District. Constituents are encouraged to attend to voice their concerns or ask the Congressman a question. 
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    <pubDate>4/28/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[House Passes Ehlers&rsquo; Efforts to Curb Invasive Species]]></title>
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                                WASHINGTON &ndash; The influx of harmful aquatic invasive species into the Great Lakes would be greatly reduced, under a bill passed in the House of Representatives today. Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers led the effort to include the tough new ballast water provisions in the Coast Guard Authorization Act (H.R. 2830), which passed today in the House by an overwhelming margin.
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    <pubDate>4/24/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ehlers Honors Local Civil War Hero]]></title>
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                                WASHINGTON &ndash; In an effort to preserve the memory of Civil War hero Sergeant Alonzo Woodruff, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. 5479) on Wednesday to rename the Ionia City Post Office in his name. The bill now awaits approval by the Senate. 
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    <pubDate>4/23/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ehlers&rsquo; Statement on Petraeus, Crocker Testimony]]></title>
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                                WASHINGTON &ndash; Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers made the following statement today in response to testimony by Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker.
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    <pubDate>4/9/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[House Passes Bill to Help Children with Hearing Loss]]></title>
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                                WASHINGTON &ndash; Legislation was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday that will help newborns with hearing loss get the proper diagnosis and necessary medical follow-up.  Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers is an original co-sponsor of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act (H.R. 1198) and is co-chairman of the Congressional Hearing Health Caucus.
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    <pubDate>4/9/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[FEMA Remapping Policy Unfairly Burdens G.R.]]></title>
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                                WASHINGTON &ndash; Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers testified today before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure about the Federal Emergency Management Agency&rsquo;s (FEMA) floodplain remapping initiative. The City of Grand Rapids completed a 17-year, $12.4 million project to improve its floodwalls to one foot above the 100-year flood elevation in 2003, but a combination of bad timing and inflexibility by FEMA could cost the owners of over 6,000 parcels of land on the Grand River thousands of dollars per year in mandatory, but impractical flood insurance.
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    <pubDate>4/2/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ehlers Named &ldquo;Friend of Job Corps&rdquo;]]></title>
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                                WASHINGTON &ndash; Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers spoke to students today at the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center in Grand Rapids and was presented with a &ldquo;Friend of the Job Corps&rdquo; award. Ehlers was also named an honorary member for his consistent support of the program.
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    <pubDate>3/24/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ehlers Helps Seniors Secure Stimulus Checks]]></title>
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                                WASHINGTON &ndash; Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers met with senior citizens in the Third District today to help them get checks they may be entitled to as part of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (H.R. 5140), approved in February by Congress and President Bush. Mr. Ehlers spoke with seniors in Grandville, Ionia and Hastings. 
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    <pubDate>3/18/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ehlers Applauds Bill Gates&rsquo; Remarks to Science Committee]]></title>
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                                WASHINGTON &ndash; Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers praised Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Wednesday for his remarks to the House Committee on Science and Technology. Mr. Gates told the committee that Congress should fully fund the America COMPETES Act (H.R. 2272), which Mr. Ehlers helped author. 
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    <pubDate>3/12/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ford Statue Approved By State, Federal Government]]></title>
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                                WASHINGTON &ndash; The final step has been taken in the process to place a statue resembling President Gerald R. Ford in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. The Joint Committee on the Library, which oversees the placement of statues in the Capitol, approved the placement of the Ford statue today. 
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    <pubDate>2/28/2008</pubDate>
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