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Representatives Kendrick B. Meek (FL-17), Tim Ryan (OH-17), Jay Inslee (WA-01), and Earl Blumenauer (OR-3) discuss alternatives to fossil fuels.
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Urgent Appeal: Helping Haiti
Eighty-percent of Haiti's population lives on less than two dollars a day and cannot afford recent food price increases. Find out what South Florida charities and relief organizations are helping Haitians.
Read Congressman Kendrick Meek’s letters to President George Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging the U.S. Government to provide humanitarian assistance to the Haitian people.
Read The Miami Herald’s editorial from April 24, 2008, titled “Rice a luxury when you live on $2 a day” and the April 25, 2008, article titled “International donors under pressure to stave off disaster in Haiti”.
Listen to Congressman Meek’s interview on BBC America about his April 21-22 trip to Haiti.
Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People
Congress completed action on, and the White House signed, bipartisan economic stimulus legislation (H.R. 5140) to help hardworking Americans who are struggling with the high costs of gas, health care and groceries, and to jumpstart our slowing economy and create jobs here at home. Learn More About the Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus Act»
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The U.S. House of Representatives Passes Legislation Expanding Trade Preferences to Haiti
(May 14, 2008) The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2419, the Food, Conversation and Energy Act of 2008 – otherwise known as the Farm Bill – by a veto-proof vote of 318 to 106. The legislation included the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008 (HOPE II) which expands trade preferences to Haiti’s textile industry. The HOPE II Act was championed by Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) and Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL). More...»
U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) Regarding Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day
(May 1, 2008) Today, U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek released the following statement regarding Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Meek issued the statement below following a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol's rotunda in remembrance of Holocaust victims.
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U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) Visits Haiti to Help Facilitate Humanitarian Assistance
(April 22, 2008) Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) was in Haiti on Sunday and Monday, and met with Haitian President René Préval to discuss the rising price of food there and ways to provide humanitarian assistance to the Haitian people. More...»
U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) Supports Bill to Ensure Continued Access to Federal Student Loans for American Families
(April 17, 2008) Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) today joined a bipartisan majority in the U.S. House of Representatives to approve legislation to ensure that the turmoil in the U.S. financial markets does not keep students and families from accessing the federal student loans they need to pay for college. The Ensuring Continued Access to Federal Student Loans Act of 2008 (H.R. 5715) carries no new cost for taxpayers. More...»
U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) Encourages High School Artists to Enter Congressional Art Competition
(Aptril 14, 2008) Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) is encouraging all artists who attend high school in his Congressional District to submit their artwork before May 2 to his Miami Gardens office for entry in the 2008 Congressional Art Competition. More...»
