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What a Week - 4/25/08

On the Floor
The House of Representatives celebrated the 38th annual Earth Day on Tuesday by passing two conservation measures to designate thousands of acres of federal lands as wilderness areas, thus protecting them for future generations.

In Committee
This week I chaired a very important hearing on child abuse and deceptive marketing by residential programs for teens and also introduced legislation along with Rep. Carolyn McCarthy to provide protections against physical, mental, and sexual abuse for teenagers attending private residential programs.

Watch the Education and Labor Committee Hearing on The "Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008"

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What a Week - 4/18/08

On the Floor

  • The mortgage and credit crisis's negative impact may now land on college students. According to the Financial Times:

    "A rising number of private and public lenders have been backing out of offering student loans, hit by the fallout from the credit squeeze and the declining profitability of federally-insured education loans."

    We wanted to make sure that the credit crisis wouldn't affect students ability to pay for college with federal loans. So this week I put forth a bill that the House passed overwhelmingly allowing the Education Department to purchase student loans and raise the amount students can borrow in the event of stress in the credit markets. This will help make sure that no matter what is happening with the banks on Wall Street, people on main street can find a way to pay for college.

    The bill carries no additional cost for taxpayers. To find out more about the bill, click here.


    Watch George speak about the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act on the House floor


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    What a Week - 4/11/08

    On the Floor

  • I spoke out against President Bush’s Proposed Colombia Free Trade Agreement
  • Congress passed a resolution that calls on China to end it's repression of Tibet
  • The Senate passed my water recycling bill that will create a federal-municipal partnership for local projects
  • The Senate apporved the Northern Mariana Islands immigration reform bill

    Meetings in Washington
    George meets with Communication Workers of America
    George meets with Communication Workers of America


    George with students from the Close Up group at Kennedy High School in Richmond
    George with students and teachers from the Close Up group at Kennedy High School in Richmond
    Pictured Here: Early Flowers, Grey Soza, Charrell Sherman, Shaanel Smith, Robert Telles, Kindra Jones, Claire Ramirez, Andreini Sandoval and teachers Dorothy Herzberg, Julia McKinnon and David Gutierrez

    George meeting with students from Kennedy High School in Richmond
    George and Kennedy High students discuss issues concerning their community and school environment.

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