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WASHINGTON, April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA-02) will be at the White House on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 to have a discussion with President Obama on the importance of continuing to invest in research and science. Fattah is the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and related agencies. He is also author of the Fattah Neuroscience Initiative. The initiative aims to make major progress in...
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA-02), the lead Democratic appropriator with responsibility for federal weather agencies, will deliver an address Tuesday morning to hurricane and cyclone forecasters on the challenges and outlook for federal funding of weather-related research. Fattah will keynote the opening session of the 67th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference/Tropical Cyclone Research Forum Tuesday at 8 a.m. in College Park,...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA-02), as part of his significantly expanded responsibilities in the 113(th) Congress, will be adding the oversight of spending on veterans' affairs and military construction as a senior member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee. Fattah has been elected to serve on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies, effective immediately....
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA-02) says the U.S. government, which spends $130 billion a year in basic research, needs to recoup some of that investment when the research leads to commercially successful applications - and it should require that those new products be "made in America." To accomplish these goals and focus the spotlight on government research, Fattah today introduced the American Discoveries American Jobs Commission...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA-02) introduced legislation today to rename the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Woodland Avenue as the "Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center." A 1966 graduate of Cardinal Dougherty High School, Corporal Crescenz was a Vietnam War hero and the only Philadelphian to receive the Medal of Honor for service in that war. He was honored posthumously...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), a senior Democratic Appropriator for federal science agencies, today announced the award of $1,116,918 for The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to continue its leading role in educating the next generation of pediatricians. CHOP, in the heart of the University City academic, research and hospital district, will receive the training grant under the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As lawmakers return to finish their business on Capitol Hill before a new session of Congress begins in January and new Members sworn in, Washington is a buzz about whether there will be any changes in leadership of both chambers and its committees. In its continuing series of exclusive reports WASHINGTON After the Election, Cassidy & Associates removes the guesswork with its Leadership Report, tracking the next steps of leaders on Capitol...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA-02) today introduced legislation for $12 billion in emergency disaster relief funds - with no budget offsets - to provide the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other agencies with resources related to national recovery from Hurricane Sandy. "The Hurricane Sandy Recovery and Rebuilding Supplemental Appropriations Act" directs $6.7 billion for FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund and sets aside $5 billion...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), the senior Democratic Appropriator for the Department of Commerce and a Congressional leader for federal seed money in job-producing innovation, announced today that the Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center (DVIRC) will receive $400,000 to advance innovation and create jobs in the transportation equipment field. Fattah has been a fighter in Congress for resources for manufacturing innovation...
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), a national champion for the Job Corps and other training programs that connect under-served young Americans with jobs that boost the national economic recovery, delivered an inspiring Commencement Keynote on Friday at lively and crowded Philadelphia graduation ceremonies on National Job Corps Commencement Day. "You should be the architect of your own life," Fattah told 100 Philadelphia area...
