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Politics: President John F. Kennedy Newsletter for Sunday January 01, 2023 ( 5 items )  

HOUSTON POST OFFICE TO BE NAMED IN HONOR OF BENNY C. MARTINEZ AFTER BIDEN SIGNS BILL GARCIA CHAMPIONED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, issued the following news release: This week a bill by Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) to rename the post office on Broadway Street after Texas legend Benny C. Martinez was signed by President Biden. Martinez was a prominent community leader who worked as a Harris County nurse for 30 years and 5 years as Deputy Sheriff, served the Houston area through countless organizations and advocacy groups, and was a U.S. Army veteran. This will be th  more

Sen. Warren Introduces Bill to Improve Anti-Corruption, Public Integrity Laws
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 5315) to "improve the anti-corruption and public integrity laws." The bill was introduced on Dec. 20. It was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. For more information, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, 309 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510; 202/224-4543; or in state at 2400 President John F. Kennedy Federal Bldg., 15 New Sudbury St., Boston, MA 02203; 617/565-3170; 1550 Main St., Ste. 406, Springfie  more

Sen. Warren Introduces Bill to Increase Congressional Investments in Medical Research
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 5322) to "authorize the collection of supplemental payments to increase congressional investments in medical research." The bill was introduced on Dec. 20 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. It was referred to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. For more information,   more

Sen. Warren Introduces Bill to Preserve Autonomy of Access to Spectrum Over Tribal Lands
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 5321) to "preserve Indian Tribes' and Native Hawaiian organizations' autonomy of access to spectrum over Tribal lands and expedite immediate deployment of telecommunications services for critical government services, including national emergencies, natural disasters, public health and bio-hazard threats, safety, education, opportunity to participate in the broadband economy, self-governance, access to Federal,   more

Sen. Warren Introduces Bill to Report on Health Impacts of Air Traffic Noise
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 5312) to "direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into appropriate arrangements with the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to provide for a report on the health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution." The bill was introduced on Dec. 20 and was co-sponsored by Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass. It was referred to the S  more