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Washington, D.C. – Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) played a major role in ensuring our country’s neediest students receive nutritional aid within a bill passed by the House Education and Labor Committee this morning. The Improving Nutrition for America's Children Act of 2010 includes amendments from Chu that prioritize the nation’s lowest performing schools to receive funding during the $10 billion expansion of the School Breakfast program and provide logistical support to needy districts to help implement nutrition programs.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) participated in a Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on the Ethical Imperative for Reform of our Immigration System. The two-hour hearing featured testimony from four faith leaders of large, traditionally conservative denominations. Each spoke supportively of current congressional efforts toward comprehensive immigration reform and the urgent need for such legislation.
WASHINGTON, DC - Recently, the House passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, including a provision that the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) worked on that pertains to minority and women-owned small business data collection.
Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement that the Justice Department will file a lawsuit challenging Arizona’s SB 1070 as unconstitutional and is seeking a preliminary injunction against it before the law is set to take effect at the end of the month, as well as a permanent injunction:
Rep. Chu encourages constituents to apply for passports before increase
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of State has announced that it is increasing passport fees beginning July 13, 2010. The new fee scale is designed to cover actual operating expenses of the Bureau of Consular Affairs, which provides services at 301 overseas consular posts, 23 domestic passport agencies and other centers.
On Thursday, July 1st, Congresswoman Judy Chu spoke in favor of the The Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations on Liability Act (SPILL Act) during the bills debate on the House floor. In encouraging her colleagues to vote for the bill, Chu noted the bill fixes discrepancies between compensation for maritime deaths and land-based ones, allows for families to seek damages for pain and suffering, and removes caps on the liability owed by Transocean, the owner of the Deep Horizon rig.
Rep. Judy Chu today issued the following statement regarding last night’s passage of H.R. 4173:Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 by the House of Representatives.
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Rep. Judy Chu spoke on the House floor on Tuesday, June 29, and urged her colleagues to pass Wall Street Reform. She noted the bill's provisions would help prevent a repeat of the California Public Employees' Retirement System's loss of $1 billion to hidden subprime mortgages. She also praised the bill for ending taxpayer bailouts and ensuring no bank is ever again "too big to fail".
Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) issued the following statement regarding today’s Supreme Court ruling that limits prosecutors' use of the "honest services" fraud law against figures like former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling and former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich