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Commission’s Proposals Fall on Deaf Ears

By Daniel J. Kaniewski
Special to Roll Call
Aug. 16, 2004, Midnight

President Bush demonstrated decisive leadership last week when he announced his proposal to reform the intelligence community, brushing aside the significant bureaucratic hurdles and political risks associated with such a bold move. While this is the second major reorganization of the executive branch since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the president’s actions heretofore have been met by no equivalent reforms in Congress. Congress must follow the president’s lead and confront a reorganization of its own head-on if the nation’s intelligence and homeland security efforts are to be successful.

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May 22, 2012

Rumi Pazos, 6, and his mother, Christi Funk, from Orange County, Ca., attend a news conference Tuesday in front of the Capitol on the Safe Chemical Act, which would update the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976. To support the bill, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families rallied moms, nurses and cancer survivors to participate in a “stroller brigade” throughout the Capitol complex.

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