Rep. Maurice Hinchey

Democrat  •  22nd District, New York  •  9th Term  •  Sworn In 1993
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 98%
  • Abstains: 4%

11/08/09
Hudson Valley's parks deserve to shine

... Westchester County will be studied for possible inclusion as a park system unit under legislation proposed by mid-Hudson Valley US Rep. Maurice Hinchey. ...

Source: Albany Times Union
11/08/09
Hudson Valley's parks deserve to shine

...County will be studied for possible inclusion as a park system unit under legislation proposed by mid-Hudson Valley U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey. This may sound absurd if you think of national parks as western natural wonders. It isn't absurd if you know

11/07/09
RE: Maurice Hinchey

That was an idea discussed several years ago by Congressman Maurice Hinchey and then City Manager Harry Porr. “In the City of Newburgh we currently do not ...

Source: Mid-Hudson News
11/07/09
House passes health care reform bill

Maurice Hinchey, DN.Y, voted in favor of the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Before the vote, US Sen. Michael Arcuri, DN.Y., said he, too, ...

Source: Press & Sun-Bulletin
11/07/09
RE: Maurice Hinchey

BINGHAMTON – Republican George Phillips, who lost to Congressman Maurice Hinchey a year ago, says he plans on taking on the popular Democrat in next year's ...

Source: Mid-Hudson News
11/07/09
Peace Movement Blues

We respect and support the antiwar members of Congress, such as our region's Rep. Maurice Hinchey, but they are up against a large pro-war bipartisan ...

Source: Dissident Voice
11/07/09
The never-ending cost of war

An identical bill was introduced in the House in May, with Eric Massa, D-Corning, and Maurice Hinchey, D-Hurley, among its 180 sponsors. ...

Source: Elmira Star-Gazette
11/06/09
Natural gas quest: EPA to review safety of fracking process

The bill, introduced by Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-Hurley, arose from skepticism about a 2004 federal study under the Bush administration showing hydraulic ...

Source: Press & Sun-Bulletin
11/06/09
A push to wean big users from fossil fuels

On Oct. 20, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director Jill Harvey and US Rep. Maurice Hinchey visited Sunshine Orchards in Milton ...

Source: Westfair Online
11/05/09
Hinchey Wants New Study on Fracking

Congressman Maurice Hinchey wants the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a new study of the affects of hydraulic fracturing process. ...

Source: WBGH
11/05/09
Defense appropriator comes under pressure to nix funding for helicopter

...from the Marine One Squadron, which flies the presidential helicopters. Murtha and several other lawmakers, including Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.), whose district houses the Lockheed plant, have argued that starting another new helicopter program would

Source: The Hill
11/05/09
Health care bill splits upstate delegation

John Hall, Eliot Engel, Nita Lowey and Maurice Hinchey are solidly behind the bill. "I am still reading the most recent changes, but most of them are ones ...

Source: Elmira Star-Gazette
11/04/09
Barbara Bedell: Middletown Islamic Center to hold grand opening

... guests will be former congressman Ben Gilman, who was present at the groundbreaking, Middletown Mayor Marlinda Duncanson and Rep. Maurice Hinchey. ...

Source: Times Herald-Record
11/04/09
More Oversight Sought for Hydraulic Fracturing

Diana DeGette and Jared Polis of Colorado and Maurice Hinchey of New York introduced legislation (HR 2766 (pdf)) this summer that would require drilling ...

Source: New York Times
11/03/09
AROUND NY

...to defraud. Enterprise corruption, the most serious charge, is punishable by up to 25 years in prison. KINGSTON -- U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey wants the Hudson River Valley to become part of the National Park system. The Hudson Valley Democrat has introdu

11/02/09
COMMENTARY -- Controversial New Video Of Obama's Pastor

...life to overturning the system that made him wealthy. At the 2007 Free Press "National Conference for Media Reform," Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) launched a vicious attack on conservative talk radio, saying that the survival of America was itself at sta

Source: GOPUSA
11/02/09
The Halliburton Loophole

Thanks in part to two New Yorkers — Representative Maurice Hinchey and Senator Charles Schumer — Congress last week approved a bill that asks the EPA to ...

Source: New York Times
11/02/09
Historic Owego municipal building renewal gets federal money

... will enable the Village of Owego to make much-needed repairs to the municipal building on Temple Street," Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) said. ...

Source: EmpireStateNews.net
11/02/09
No prison time for engineer in NYC concrete probe

Associated Press KINGSTON -- US Rep. Maurice Hinchey wants the Hudson River Valley to become part of the National Park system. The Hudson Valley Democrat ...

Source: Albany Times Union
11/02/09
Hudson Valley touted for National Park system

...N.Y. (AP) - Rep. Maurice Hinchey wants the Hudson River Valley to become part of the National Park system. The Hudson Valley Democrat has introduced legislation that would authorize the National Park Service to study whether the area could benefit from

Source: WCAX
11/01/09
RE: Maurice Hinchey

By WBNG News Congressman Maurice Hinchey is hopeful funds for Lockheeds VH-71 Presidential Helicopter Program will clear Congress. ...

Source: WBNG-TV
11/01/09
Hinchey bill would link Hudson Valley to national parks

...— Rep. Maurice Hinchey wants the federal government to adopt the Hudson River Valley as a unit of the National Park Service. The designation would make the valley eligible for more federal grants to boost conservation, historic preservation and touris

11/01/09
Hinchey bill would link Hudson Valley to national parks

KINGSTON — Rep. Maurice Hinchey wants the federal government to adopt the Hudson River Valley as a unit of the National Park Service. ...

Source: Times Herald-Record
11/01/09
Pay for Hinchey's staff near top among New York congressmen

Eliot Engel of the Bronx and Maurice Hinchey of Hurley in Ulster County. Hinchey's 22nd district includes eight counties, including parts of Tompkins, ...

Source: Ithaca Journal
10/31/09
Staff pay varies in New York congressional offices, survey finds

Eliot Engel of the Bronx and Maurice Hinchey of Hurley in Ulster County. Each spent more than $500000. Freshman Rep. Dan Maffei, D-DeWitt, spent the least ...

Source: Elmira Star-Gazette
10/30/09
House bill urges EPA to study ‘fracking’ safety

...method known as “fracking” is safe or harmful. The House of Representatives Wednesday approved a bill sponsored by Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-Hurley, that urges the Environmental Protection Agency to study the effects of hydraulic fracturing – or “

10/29/09
New York members of Congress support review of Afghanistan troop levels

Two New York representatives -- Republican Chris Lee from the Buffalo suburb of Clarence and Democrat Maurice Hinchey from Ulster County - plan to visit ...

Source: Ithaca Journal
10/29/09
Hinchey supports medical marijuana

On October 19, Congressman Maurice Hinchey released a statement saying he fully supports the policy. Hinchey, who has led an effort in Congress to allow the ...

Source: River Reporter
10/29/09
RE: Maurice Hinchey

Washington, DC -- The US House of Representatives today approved a provision authored by Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) that formally urges the US ...

Source: WBGH
10/29/09
Last at-bat for those trying to save Lockheed presidential helicopter project

And that could be as early as next week or well into November, said Jeff Lieberson, spokesman for US Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-Hurley. ...

Source: Press & Sun-Bulletin

Official website: http://www.house.gov/hinchey/
Address:
2431 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-6335
Fax: 202-226-0774

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