05/09/12 Monday, Congressman Todd Rokita (IN-04) and Congressman Joe Donnelly (IN-02) sent a letter to House members of the House-Senate Conference Committee who are negotiating the Transportation Bill (commonly referred to as the “Highway Bill”) to advocate on behalf of Hoosiers for fair infrastructure funding for Indiana relative to other states. Every House...
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05/03/12 Monday, Congressman Joe Donnelly attended the grand opening of the VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in South Bend. This facility is more than double the size of the old facility – from 7,000 square feet to 18,000 square feet. It will be used as an interim facility before a new $6.7 million,...
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04/30/12 Thursday, Congressman Joe Donnelly announced that the Board of Commissioners of Starke County received a $503,000 grant to improve access to Knox Industrial Park, an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development. The grant was awarded through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA). This investment will...
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04/30/12 On Saturday, Congressman Joe Donnelly congratulated the winners of the 2012 Congressional Art Competition by video message at Crossroads Gallery in South Bend. Over 120 local high school students participated in this year’s art competition. Donnelly announced that Mariah Rippy, a student at John Glenn High School in Walkerton, won first place for...
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04/27/12 Wednesday, Congressman Joe Donnelly announced that on Friday, May 4, 2012, he will host an event, titled “Leveling the Playing Field: Make it in Indiana,” for small businesses and workers in the Hoosier manufacturing industry. The event will feature a panel of experts that will focus on three topics: discussing worker training...
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04/24/12 Thursday, Congressman Joe Donnelly voted for the Small Business Tax Cut Act, H.R. 9, which would allow businesses with fewer than 500 employees to receive a tax deduction equal to 20% of their domestic business income. In Indiana, approximately 97% of businesses have fewer than 500 employees, and therefore would qualify for...
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04/18/12 Tuesday, after President Obama announced his plan to address speculation in oil markets, Congressman Joe Donnelly released the following statement: “Gas prices are too high in Indiana, so I am encouraged by the administration’s attention to the issue of oil speculation. I support increasing the maximum civil and criminal penalties for manipulative activity...
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03/28/12 On Monday, Congressman Joe Donnelly sent a letter to President Obama urging him to open the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Opening the SPR has temporarily reduced gas prices in the past. Last year, President Obama’s order to release 30 million barrels of oil from the SPR lead to a six percent reduction...
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03/22/12 This week, Congressman Joe Donnelly encouraged high school students to participate in the U.S. House of Representatives’ annual art competition, the Artistic Discovery Contest. The winner of the competition from Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District will have his or her piece displayed for one year in the Cannon Tunnel leading to the U.S....
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03/20/12 Last week, Congressman Donnelly announced that he and colleagues sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Ron Kirk and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Honorable Tom Vilsack to urge them to stand up for America’s beef and pork producers against protectionist trade policies. Specifically, the letter expressed concern about the restrictions that...
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