Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Pete Visclosky announced today that H.R. 1708, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2003, which he authored, is continuing to gain steam, with 127 bipartisan cosponsors at press time.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Pete Visclosky was blocked late Tuesday in an attempt to get his pension-protection legislation attached to the Pension Security Act. His effort on behalf of working men and women stalled in a 9-4, party-line vote in the House Committee on Rules.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Pete Visclosky today asked a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee to approve $500,000 in federal funding for expansion of the Hilltop Community Health Center in Valparaiso. He made the request in testimony before the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor and Health and Human Services.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Pete Visclosky announced today that the City of Gary and the Town of Merrillville will receive federal grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development totaling $6,361,109.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Pete Visclosky has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives to extend the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program another three years through Fiscal Year (FY) 2007. The new bill, H.R. 1708, would extend the current authorization that expires on September 30, 2003.
Washington, D.C. – In light of the recent closing of Chicago’s Meigs Field, Indiana Senators Richard Lugar and Evan Bayh have joined Congressman Pete Visclosky in asking the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to direct aircraft in the region to use the Gary/Chicago Airport (GCA).
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Pete Visclosky today asked a Congressional subcommittee for $2.4 million in funding for the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Visclosky requested this funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 in testimony before the Subcommittee on Interior, a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations.