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      <excerpt> The forum is organized by Assemblywoman Annette Robinson, Representative Ed Towns, State Senator Velmanette Montgomery and City Councilman Al Vann. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> NEW YORK: Terming the issue of terrorism and suicide bombing complicated, US Congressman Ed Towns has said no army can win against suicide ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> La legge, appena licenziata dal presidente dell&amp;#39;Oversight and Government Reform Committee della Camera dei Rappresentanti Edolphus &amp;quot;Ed&amp;quot; Towns (democratico ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> After an October peer-to-peer security incident that inadvertently exposed the list of ongoing investigations by the House Ethics Committee, Rep. Ed Towns ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to restrict the use of P2P (peer-to-peer) file sharing software across&#160; the federal government was introduced Nov. 17 by Rep. Ed Towns (D-NY), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The bill comes after a highly confidential H</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Rep. Ed Towns has served 14 terms in Congress, representing Brownsville, Cypress Hills, downtown Brooklyn, Boerum Hill and parts of Fort ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the latest attack on Arbitron&#8217;s portable people meter ratings technology by Rep. Edolphus &#8220;Ed&#8221; Towns (D-N.Y.), he should read an article I wrote for Admap back in March 2004 in response to the misguided support of diaries by Paul Kennedy of RAJAR </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Committee Chairman Ed Towns (DN.Y.) said, &amp;quot;It looks like Bank of America was the one holding the shotgun at this wedding.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, most of the panel ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Ed Towns (D-NY) will hold a hearing on December 2 to probe Arbitron&amp;#39;s PPM service and its &amp;quot;effect on diversity in radio broadcasting.&amp;quot; Towns, who launched an investigation into ...</excerpt>
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