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May 16, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC (MAY 17, 2012) – CONGRESSMAN DANNY K. DAVIS AND PITTS (R-PA), ASK THE HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE TO CHANGE SUGAR PROGRAM IN THE NEW FARM BILL; CALLS ON AG COMMITTEE TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS

Below is the text of the joint testimony submitted for the record during the General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee hearing by Reps. Pitts and Davis...

May 10, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC (MAY 11, 2012) – CONGRESSMAN DANNY K. DAVIS ON THE REUPBLICAN VOTE TO END THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY (ACS) – A VOTE THAT DEFIES LOGIC

May 8, 2012

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May 8, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC (MAY 8, 2012) – CONGRESSMAN DANNY K. DAVIS DELIVERS POWERFUL FLOOR STATEMENT TO OFFER AMENDMENT TO INCREASE ‘SECOND CHANCE’ FUNDING TO THE COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE APPROPRIATIONS BILL

I rise to raise the awareness of a gradual but persistent scaling back of the Second Chance Act funding and urge my colleagues to support my amendment calling for a $10 mill dollar increase in 2013 funding.

April 27, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC (APRIL 27, 2012) – REPRESENTATIVES TREY GOWDY AND DANNY K. DAVIS (CHAIRMAN AND RANKING MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE ON CENSUS), INTRODUCE RESOLUTION HONORING THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE 1940 CENSUS.

Chairman Gowdy and Ranking Member Davis introduced a resolution honoring the bi-centennial of the 1940 Census was the first Census taken after the Great Depression and it gave great insight on where we were as a nation.

April 26, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC (APRIL 27, 2012) - CONGRESSMAN DANNY K. DAVIS ON H.R. 3523, THE CYBER INTELLIGENCE SHARING AND PROTECTION ACT (CISPA), CITES LIABILITY AND LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY

April 26, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC (APRIL 27, 2012) - CONGRESSMAN DANNY K. DAVIS VOTES AGAINST H.R. 4628, Interest Rate Reduction Act; CITES MISGUIDED POLICY

April 12, 2012

Evaluation of the FY 2011 Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act Adult Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects

The U.S. Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) recently released a solicitation for the Evaluation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) FY 2011 Second Chance Act Adult Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects. The specific focus areas under this solicitation include:

March 8, 2012
For Immediate Release
March 8, 2012

Rep. Davis and Rep. Hall Introduce Legislation Extending Patients Virtual Colonoscopy Coverage Under Medicare

Washington,D.C. –Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) and Ralph M. Hall (R-TX) introduced H.R. 4165 today, the CT Colonography Screening for ColorectalCancer Act of 2012, calling on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to extend Medicare coverage to virtual colonoscopy, a minimally invasive colorectal exam using low-dose computed tomography (CT).
March 5, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC (MARCH 6, 2012) - CONGRESSMAN DANNY K. DAVIS joins Secretary of Education in Releasing Civil Rights Data Demonstrating Opportunity Gap for Students of Color

Washington, DC --- On Tuesday, March 6, 2012, U.S. Congressman Danny K.