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

The Insider: Speier, Eshoo wrap up busy week in Washington

2008-11-21T00:00:00Z

...and looked ahead to pursuing aggressive new energy policies once President-elect Barack Obama takes office in January. Rep. Jackie Speier serves on the House Financial Services Committee, which grilled Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Tuesday over hi

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Jonestown memorial unveiled on 30th anniversary

2008-11-19T00:00:00Z

...in San Mateo was renamed after Ryan, the first congressman slain in the line of duty, as a result of legislation sponsored by Jackie Speier, who was wounded in the airstrip shooting. She was elected this year to Ryan's old seat. And Sunday, Lucite panel

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Auto IndustryÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Skeptical Reception on Capitol Hill

2008-11-19T00:00:00Z

But Detroitâ€™s Big Three have offered no indication they will change their business model, said Rep. Jackie Speier, who sits on the House Financial Services ...

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Key ally to auto makers may be replaced

2008-11-19T00:00:00Z

San Mateo Democratic Congresswoman Jackie Speier laid into the CEO's of Ford, Chrysler and General Motors over fuel efficiency standards. ...

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Jonestown memorial for victims is unveiled

2008-11-19T00:00:00Z

...in San Mateo was renamed after Ryan - the first congressman slain in the line of duty - as a result of legislation sponsored by Jackie Speier, who was severely wounded in the airstrip shooting. She was elected this year to Ryan's old congressional seat.

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Jonestown memorial for victims is unveiled

2008-11-19T00:00:00Z

...San Mateo was renamed after Ryan - the first congressman slain in the line of duty - as a result of legislation sponsored by Jackie Speier, who was severely wounded in the airstrip shooting. She was elected this year to Ryan's old congressional seat. An

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30 years later: Horror of Jonestown endures

2008-11-19T00:00:00Z

...Peoples Temple in Guyana, a congresswoman who barely escaped with her life says the ordeal is never far from her mind. Rep. Jackie Speier, a Democrat elected to Congress to fill a vacant seat this year, was shot five times and spent 22 hours on a runway

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Big three auto companies will beg for bailout

2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It's not working, it hasn't worked for decades," said Representative Jackie Speier (D) of California. There are suggestions the big three automakers, ...

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House Committee questions Bush finance team

2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Of Paulson's comments, San Mateo Congresswoman Jackie Speier who sits on the House Banking Committee thought, "Well he spoke like a man who is out of a job ...

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30 years later: Jonestown horror endures

2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Rep. Jackie Speier, a Democrat elected to Congress to fill a vacant seat this year, was shot five times and spent 22 hours on a runway awaiting medical help ...

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Post office renamed for slain congressman Ryan

2008-11-17T00:00:00Z

...post office in downtown San Mateo was christened in Ryan's name Monday morning. The ceremony was attended by Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier, of San Mateo, who was working as Ryan's aide when he was killed. Speier was shot five times in the attack....

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Post office renamed for slain congressman Ryan

2008-11-17T00:00:00Z

... The post office in downtown San Mateo was christened in Ryan's name Monday morning. The ceremony was attended by Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier, of San Mateo, who was working as Ryan's aide when he was killed. Speier was shot five times in the attack.

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Post office renamed for slain congressman Ryan

2008-11-17T00:00:00Z

Rep. Speier Remembers Jonestown

2008-11-17T00:00:00Z

...many, if any, members of Congress have a story like that of Rep. Jackie Speier, who was just elected to a full term in the House with 75% of the vote in California's 12th District. Speier, who had won an April special election to serve the remaining ter

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'SF Chronicle' Three-Day Package Marks City's 10 Worst Days

2008-11-17T00:00:00Z

...and overview of both events by reporter Susan Sward, titled "10 Days that Shook S.F." Monday, a second piece written by Rep. Jackie Speier, who was just elected to congress, follows. Speier was an aide to Rep. Leo Ryan in 1978 and accompanied him on the

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10 days that shook SF

2008-11-16T00:00:00Z

Monday: Rep. Jackie Speier, who as a young congressional aide was badly wounded at the airstrip, recalls the Jonestown attack. ...

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30 years after the Jonestown tragedy

2008-11-16T00:00:00Z

Rep. Jackie Speier, then a 28-year-old aide to then-US Rep. Leo Ryan, lay shot and bleeding on an airstrip runway at Port Kaituma, Guyana, that day. ...

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The time capsule that is Newsweek's 1978 Jonestown coverage

2008-11-15T00:00:00Z

Rep. Jackie Speier, who was then one of Ryan's aides, drafted a will in advance of the trip. Speier, who earlier this month won her first two-year term in ...

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Details of death threats emerge 30 years after Jonestown massacre

2008-11-15T00:00:00Z

...attempted to leave an airstrip near the settlement on two planes. The gunmen injured 10 other people, including current U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, who sustained five gunshot wounds. Holsinger said his wife received three threatening phone calls at their h

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The Insider: The time capsule that is Newsweek's 1978 Jonestown coverage

2008-11-15T00:00:00Z

...the report states. Most of the people in Ryan's contingent appear to have been well aware of the danger involved. Rep. Jackie Speier, who was then one of Ryan's aides, drafted a will in advance of the trip. Speier, who earlier this month won her first t

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