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Slaughter and Walz Say Stop Obstructing the STOCK Act

Call for Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor To Hold Up or Down Vote
Bipartisan Bill to End Insider Trading Has Support of Majority of House Members

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Tax Break Update- What Is Happening Today

Tax Break Update- What Is Happening Today

I want to help explain what is happening on the floor of the House of Representatives. We should be voting to extend middle class tax cuts, but through some legislative acrobatics, the Republican Majority has designed a vote that will guarantee that a tax break …

Congress Requesting Further Action Regarding Justice Thomas

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-28) Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee today sent a follow-up letter to the US Judicial Conference requesting that the matter of Justice Clarence Thomas’s failure to disclose required financial information be referred to the US Attorney General. The letter, signed …

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Slaughter Announces More than $1 Million for Western New York AmeriCorps Green-Job Training

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-28) today announced that Western New York AmeriCorps will receive a $1,087,819 award to provide green-job training and educational opportunities for at-risk youths in Buffalo.

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Slaughter Announces More than $1 Million for Western New York AmeriCorps Green-Job Training

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-28) today announced that Western New York AmeriCorps will receive a $1,087,819 award to provide green-job training and educational opportunities for at-risk youths in Buffalo.

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Rep. Louise Slaughter challenges CSX to be a reliable partner in high-speed rail

It was with great dismay that I read “Faster High-Speed Rail: Albany should heed CSX’s legitimate concerns,” published on April 26.
First, let me be clear that I agree wholeheartedly with the editorial board’s declaration: “there’s no doubt that high-…

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Rep. Louise Slaughter challenges CSX to be a reliable partner in high-speed rail

It was with great dismay that I read “Faster High-Speed Rail: Albany should heed CSX’s legitimate concerns,” published on April 26.
First, let me be clear that I agree wholeheartedly with the editorial board’s declaration: “there’s no doubt that high-…

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High-Speed Rail is Key to Future

When Gov. Dewitt Clinton broke ground on the Erie Canal in 1817, the project was derided as “Clinton’s Big Ditch”.  One of our greatest presidents, Thomas Jefferson, referred to it as “a little short of madness.”
In hindsight, we know that, far f…

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High-Speed Rail is Key to Future

When Gov. Dewitt Clinton broke ground on the Erie Canal in 1817, the project was derided as “Clinton’s Big Ditch”.  One of our greatest presidents, Thomas Jefferson, referred to it as “a little short of madness.”
In hindsight, we know that, far f…

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Slaughter Glad Federal Government Shutdown Avoided, Cautious About Job Losses

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-28), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement as the federal government avoided a shutdown:

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Slaughter Glad Federal Government Shutdown Avoided, Cautious About Job Losses

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-28), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement as the federal government avoided a shutdown:

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Slaughter Announces $3.3 million in funding for Ballston Spa Second Track

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-28) founding Co-Chair of the Bicameral High-Speed & Intercity Passenger Rail Caucus, today announced $3.3 million will be obligated to build a second track between Ballston Spa and Saratoga Springs,…

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