Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Jackie Speier [D, CA-12]

Ferry Service Between E. Bay and Peninsula Launches Monday

2012-06-03T21:54:38Z

Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, will be at a 10 a.m. ceremony at the Oyster Point Ferry Terminal to launch the new service, which will take passengers between the South San Francisco terminal and ferry terminals in Oakland and Alameda. Assemblyman Jerry .

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South San Francisco ferry service ready to serve East Bay

2012-06-03T12:29:08Z

Plenty of luminaries will be on hand for the 10 a.m. celebration — Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, WETA Executive Director Nina Rannells and South City Mayor Richard Garbarino, among others. Running from ports in Oakland and Alameda to a new ferry ...

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Why we don’t need the government to protect us from online tracking

2012-06-02T17:09:29Z

The Do Not Track legislation introduced by Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) has picked up considerable steam since its debut in Congress last February and has inspired a furor of similar bills ready to clog (or already clogging) Congress.

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Ribble, California congresswoman trade barbs over new Navy ship

2012-06-02T04:09:14Z

In a May 9 statement calling for a Government Accountability Office review of the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program, Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., said she found it ”disturbing that the Navy would accept a ship that fails to meet the basic ...

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Why we don’t need the government to protect us from online tracking

2012-06-02T01:00:00Z

...Do Not Track legislation introduced by Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) has picked up considerable steam since its debut in Congress last February and has inspired a furor of similar bills ready to clog (or already clogging) Congress. Speier and privacy gr

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The Green Light to Rape: What Happens When we Fail to Prosecute the Rapist

2012-06-01T15:30:28Z

The difference between what happens to a rapist and a rape victim has shocked the senses of the American public since US Congressional Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) began in 2011 sharing the personal accounts of military rape victims to other members

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CAPAC Members Denounce Attack on Reproductive Rights

2012-06-01T08:42:26Z

Rep. Jackie Speier (CA-12): "PRENDA is a not so veiled attempt at racial profiling and should be rejected outright. This bill not only makes it harder for some people to access the health care they choose, it also criminalizes health care providers for ...

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The Green Light to Rape: What Happens When we Fail to Prosecute the Rapist

2012-05-31T19:56:30Z

Honoring Women Who Serve

2012-05-31T17:19:01Z

For that reason, and to institutionalize needed change, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) has introduced the latest congressional effort to combat sexual assault in the military -- the Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act, orSTOP. STOP (HR 3435 ...

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Hills letters: Do better job of informing voters

2012-05-31T13:37:07Z

Where was Barbara Lee on this issue for Oakland veterans? Why is it that only now Lee hastily organizes a meeting in San Francisco with Rep. Jackie Speier to discuss the issue? This meeting is no substitute for her failure to resolve the ...

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Hills letters: Do better job of informing voters

2012-05-31T13:37:07Z

Government Watch

2012-05-31T07:53:31Z

Bipartisan transportation security legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote yesterday. The Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act, H.R. 3140, would enhance the security of mass

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Lawmaker Honored 33 Years Later

2012-05-31T01:00:00Z

...Jackie Speier was shot multiple times during a 1978 trip to Jonestown in Guyana. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Photo) For every private thing we know about Members of Congress, there are still amazing stories that go unnoticed. This is one such story.

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U.S. Vets Favoring Romney 58% to 34%; Obama's Preferential's to Illegals:

2012-05-29T14:29:36Z

According to Glatz, “nearly 60 VA offices around the country, the Oakland office are the slowest. Representative Jackie Speier, of San Mateo, said the problems are so severe in Oakland that all new claims are sent to VA offices in Lincoln, Nebraska and .

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Mixed Messages On LCS Program

2012-05-29T11:37:48Z

Reid Ribble (R-Wis.) says in a recent open letter to Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), attacking her for requesting an investigation of the construction and Navy oversight of the Freedom program. Speier says she wants the Government Accountability ...

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WWII vet gets benefits fixed after complaints of backlog at VA

2012-05-28T20:28:42Z

They are words that many hope he will truly deliver on. Jake Ventrello, 93, was with hundreds of other veterans at a meeting last Monday called by Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., and Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., to help them get their overdue benefit claims.

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Seven candidates compete for open seat on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors

2012-05-26T23:30:01Z

He has been endorsed by the San Mateo County Building and Construction Trades Council and U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo. As of Thursday, Morantes has picked up $70,753, including $25,000 that he loaned his campaign. His campaign website is http ...

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California: DCCC, Members of Congress Aid Julia Brownley in 26th District

2012-05-25T01:00:00Z

...Tony Cardenas (D), who is running in the 29th district. In the first quarter, California Democratic Reps. Henry Waxman, Jackie Speier and Judy Chu and DCCC Recruitment Chairwoman Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) combined to give $8,000. Brownley’s Democratic

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May 25 letters to the editor

2012-05-24T18:53:13Z

Why is it that only now that Lee hastily organizes a meeting in San Francisco with Rep. Jackie Speier to discuss the issue? This meeting is no substitute for her failure to resolve the complaints of her constituents, our veterans, during the past eight yea

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Blue Shield of California CEO to retire

2012-05-24T08:01:49Z

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco) disagreed with that characterization of Bodaken and said he "always put the healthcare of patients first, and that is not the case for most health insurance CEOs." In response to the outcry over its rates ...

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