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Washington - Congresswoman Linda Sánchez issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed the Employee Free Choice Act (HR 800) by a vote of 241-185.


“I am proud that this Congress acted to help working families - who had been ignored in Washington for too long - by passing the Employee Free Choice Act,” said Congresswoman Sánchez, a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Washington - Chairwoman Linda Sánchez today announced that the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL) will meet on Thursday, March 1, to vote on issuing subpoenas for certain former U.S. Attorneys who were recently fired by the Bush Administration.

If approved by the subcommittee, the subpoenas  which would be the first issued by the 110th Congress  would require Carol Lam, David Iglesias, H.E. Cummins, III, and John McKay to appear before a CAL Subcommittee hearing next week.

Long Beach - Congresswoman Linda Sánchez joined a distinguished group of local leaders and educators today at the culmination ceremony for the Gang Alternatives Program (GAP) at McKinley Elementary School in Long Beach.

GAP is a non-profit organization that provides weekly, classroom lessons to elementary students on the dangers of, and alternatives to, gang involvement.

Washington - Congresswoman Linda Sánchez today voted in favor of H.Con.Res 63, a resolution stating Congressional support for American troops serving abroad and opposing the recent plan by President George W. Bush to send more than 20,000 additional combat troops to Iraq. The resolution passed by a final vote of 246 - 182, with the support of 17 Republicans.

Congresswoman Sánchez spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives last night in support of the resolution. The text of her speech is below.


Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Representatives Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Howard Berman (D-CA), John Conyers, Chairman, Judiciary Committee (D-MI) and Linda Sánchez, Chairman, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (D-CA) sent the following letter to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to request more details regarding the dismissal of U.S. Attorney Carol Lam.

Text of the letter:
The Honorable Alberto Gonzales
U.S. Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

WASHINGTON, DC -- Congresswoman Linda Sánchez, Chairwoman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL), issued the following opening statement today at the CAL Subcommittee legislative hearing on the State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2007.

Washington - In testimony today before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, several experts on government regulation questioned the motives behind - and warned of the potential negative effects of - a recent Bush Administration decision that could weaken government protections against abusive corporate behavior.

Washington - Congresswoman Linda Sánchez today congratulated the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on nearly a century of work protecting and upholding the civil rights of all Americans.