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Washington, DC -- Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (D-Lakewood) today voted against HR 3997, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, also known as the financial "bailout bill," and issued the following statement.
"Families want to be sure that their hard-earned tax dollars aren't spent without sufficient oversight and accountability," said Sánchez. "The revised plan we voted on today was better than the three-page White House version we were given a week ago, but it still fell short of something my conscience would permit me to vote for.
Washington -- Congresswoman Linda Sánchez announced today that she has secured support for $800,000 for Whittier College's East Asian Studies Program which will significantly add to the next generation of U.S. college graduates trained in this important security studies field.
"Whittier College students have so much to offer their communities and the nation," said Congresswoman Linda Sánchez. "I am pleased that I was able to secure this funding for the college which will prepare the next generation of political and business leaders to compete internationally."
Washington -- Congresswoman Linda Sánchez announced today that she has secured support for $6 million in federal funding for California State University Long Beach's Center for the Commercial Deployment of Transportation Technologies, a cutting-edge maritime and transportation research institution.
Washington, DC -- Congresswoman Linda Sánchez, Chairwoman of the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL), today held an oversight hearing to address the adequacy of trustee compensation in Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases.
Bill would increase the number of school counselors, social workers & school psychologists in low-income schools
Whittier, CA -- Congresswoman Linda Sánchez, at Whittier Union High School, announced education legislation she has introduced in Congress that will increase the number of school counselors, social workers and psychologists in qualified schools in low-income communities.
Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (D-CA) today voted in support of the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2008, which included an amendment she introduced along with Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-FL) to authorize grants for community colleges to create partnerships with juvenile detention centers and residential facilities that would reduce recidivism rates among juvenile ex-offenders by providing education, vocational training, counseling, and related activities.