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February 22, 2011
February 22, 2011 letter (from Governor Herbert and Governor Perdue) to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) urging the SEC to exempt both elected and appointed members of a governing body from the proposed definition of "municipal advisors" in the Registration of Municipal Advisors proposed rulemaking, File No. S7-45-10. |
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November 17, 2010
November 17, 2010 letter (from the executive directors of the National Governors Association, the National Conference of State Legislatures, The Council of State Governments, the National Association of Counties, the National League of Cities
and the International City/County Management Association) urging Congress to pass a long term extension of existing federal programs for highways and transit as soon as possible to give the new 112th Congress sufficient time to enact a multi-year reauthorization that will sustain transportation investment, create new jobs, and provide stability to workers and industry.
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September 28, 2010
September 28, 2010 letter (from Governor Herbert and Governor Perdue) to leadership of the Senate Committee on Public Works, the Senate Committee on Finance and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs urging the Senate to safeguard state authority to pursue public-private partnership opportunities in the upcoming reauthorization of federal surface transportation policies. |
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June 4, 2010
June 4, 2010 letter (from Governor Douglas and Governor Manchin) to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Christopher Dodd and Ranking Member Richard Shelby, and House Committee on Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank and Ranking Member Spencer Bachus urging conferees to adopt a set of governors' recommendations into the final conference report for the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and the Restoring America’s Financial Stability Act of 2010. |
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April 28, 2010
April 28, 2010 letter (from Governor Douglas and Governor Manchin) to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Christopher Dodd and Ranking Member Richard Shelby supporting an amendment by Senators Akaka and Menendez to strengthen S. 3217, the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and hold all persons who provide investment advice to the highest fiduciary duty under the law, regardless of the licensing status of the provider. |
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February 2, 2010
February 2, 2010 letter (from Governor Douglas and Governor Manchin) to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Christopher Dodd and Ranking Member Richard Shelby urging the Senate to uphold the authority of states to enforce consumer protection laws and regulations against all financial institutions regardless of charter. |
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January 11, 2010
January 11, 2010, letter (from NGA executive director Raymond Scheppach) to Ruth Goldway, Chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission that, based on existing NGA policy, argues for careful evaluation of public input before final decisions regarding post office closures and relocations are made by the U.S. Postal Service. |
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November 20, 2009
November 20, 2009 letter (from the executive directors of the National Governors Association, the National Conference of State Legislatures, The Council of State Governments, the National Association of Counties, the National League of Cities
and the International City/County Management Association) urging Congress to pass a multi-month extension of existing federal programs for highways and transit as soon as possible to sustain transportation investment, create new jobs, and provide stability to workers and industry.
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October 14, 2009
October 14, 2009 letter (from Governor Schwarzenegger and Governor Corzine) to House Committee on Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank and Ranking Member Spencer Bachus urging the preservation of state authority to protect consumers and investors and supporting provisions in the House Financial Services Committee draft Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (the “CFPA”) that would uphold the authority of states to enforce consumer protection laws and regulations against all financial institutions regardless of charter. |
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September 15, 2009
September 15, 2009 letter (from Governor Schwarzenegger and Governor Corzine) to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader John Boehner calling for the repeal of the impending $8.7 billion rescission of unobligated federal contract authority to the states for surface transportation investments before the cut takes effect on September 30, 2009. |
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June 22, 2009
June 22, 2009 letter (from Governor Rendell and Governor Douglas) to House and Senate leadership calling on Congress to address the impending funding shortfall of the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) as soon as possible. |
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April 13, 2009
April 13, 2009 letter (from Governor Corzine and Governor Rounds) to Commerce Secretary Locke and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack with recommendations about the role of the states to help the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) and USDA’s Rural Utilities Services (RUS) execute and administer the broadband provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. |
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April 2, 2009
April 2, 2009 letter (from Governor Corzine and Governor Rounds) to Senate Budget Chairman Conrad, Ranking Member Sen. Gregg, House Budget Chairman Spratt, and Ranking Member Rep. Ryan supporting the decision of the Senate and House Budget Committees to preserve contract authority and obligation limits for surface transportation spending and urging Congress to safeguard contract authority in its final budget resolution for fiscal year 2010. (Copy sent to Transportation Secretary LaHood, Senator Harry Reid, Senator Mitch McConnell, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Representative John Boehner). |
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April 2, 2009
April 2, 2009 letter (from Governor Corzine and Governor Rounds) to Transportation Secretary LaHood transmitting NGA policy on surface transportation (EDC-13). |
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April 1, 2009
April 1, 2009 letter (from Governor Corzine and Governor Rounds) to Federal Communications Commission Acting Chairman Copps regarding the Petition for Declaratory Ruling Regarding Public, Educational and Governmental Programming, MB Doc. No. 09-13. |
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April 1, 2009
April 1, 2009 letter (from Governors Rendell, Douglas, Corzine, and Rounds) to Treasury Secretary Geithner with recommendations about how to help improve capital liquidity for state housing finance and credit allocating agencies. |
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February 20, 2009
February 20, 2009 letter (from Governor Corzine and Governor Rounds) to Senate Banking Chairman Dodd, Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Shelby, House Financial Services Chairman Frank, and House Financial Services Ranking Member Bachus reviewing NGA policy on financial services matters and inviting collaboration with Congress on a balanced national strategy for regulatory reform that strengthens the U.S. economy, upholds market safety and stability, protects consumers and investors, and preserves state authority as financial services regulators. |
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October 28, 2008
October 28, 2008 letter (from NGA executive director Ray Scheppach) to Kevin Martin, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging the FCC to withdraw the matter of Developing a Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime; High-Cost Universal Service Support; Intercarrier Compensation for ISP-Bound Traffic, from the Commission’s November 4 agenda. |
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September 4, 2008
September 4, 2008 letter (from Governor Corzine and Governor Rounds) to Chairman Christopher Cox, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, urging the SEC to extend for a reasonable period the comment period for Proposed Rule 151A on equity indexed annuities that would reclassify them prospectively as securities, not insurance, subjecting them to dual regulation under federal securities law. |
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August 13, 2008
August 13, 2008 letter (from Governor Corzine and Governor Rounds) to HUD Secretary Preston applauding enactment of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-289) and maintaining that States should be the primary recipient of $3.92 billion in emergency assistance for neighborhood stabilization efforts (copy sent to Senate Banking Chairman Dodd, Ranking Member Shelby, House Financial Services Chairman Frank, and Ranking Member Bachus.) |
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July 22, 2008
July 22, 2008 letter (from Governor Corzine and Governor Rounds) to the President and Congressional leaders urging completion of and outlining key principles for inclusion in comprehensive housing rescue and foreclosure prevention legislation, together with commendation of federal efforts to restore market confidence in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac through targeted and temporary policy tools. (Identical letter sent to HUD Secretary Preston, Treasury Secretary Paulson, Jr., Senator Harry Reid, Senator Mitch McConnell, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Representative John Boehner, Chairman Chris Dodd, Senator Richard C. Shelby, Chairman Barney Frank, and Representative Spencer Bachus.) |
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June 19, 2008
June 19, 2008 letter (From Governor Granholm and Governor Rounds) to House and Senate leadership calling on Congress to address the impending funding shortfall of the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund as soon as possible. |
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May 6, 2008
May 6, 2008 letter (from Governor Granholm and Governor Rounds) to Chairman Frank, Representative Bachus, Representative Miller and Representative LaTourette of the House Committee on Financial Services applauding Congressmen Miller’s and LaTourette’s leadership in authoring an amendment to protect state authority to regulate the foreclosure of residential real property. |
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April 3, 2008
April 3, 2008 letter (from Governor Granholm and Governor Rounds) to the President urging lawmakers to follow several principles applicable to the subprime crisis and the underlying housing market turmoil and their impacts on the overall economy, as Congress and the Administration consider legislative and regulatory responses to the subprime mortgage crisis. (Identical letter sent to HUD Secretary Alphonso R. Jackson, Treasury Secretary Henry R. Paulson, Jr., Senator Harry Reid, Senator Mitch McConnell, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Representative John Boehner, Chairman Chris Dodd, Senator Richard C. Shelby, Chairman Barney Frank, Representative Spencer Bachus) |
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February 6, 2008
February 6, 2008 letter (from Governor Granholm and Governor Rounds) to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Martin regarding the Further Matter of Exclusive Service Contracts for Provision of Video Services in Multiple Dwelling Units and Other Real Estate Developments, MB Doc. No. 07-51 (NPRM FCC 07-189). |
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December 27, 2007
December 27, 2007, letter (from Governor Granholm and Governor Rounds) to Treasury Secretary Paulson and IRS Acting Commissioner Stiff urging withdraw of a proposed IRS regulation regarding the domestic captive insurance industry, 26 CFR §1.1502-13 (REG-107592-00). |
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December 3, 2007
December 3, 2007 Memorandum, NGA comments submitted to the National Indian Gaming Commission in response to proposed rules on facility licensing standards. |
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November 19, 2007
November 19, 2007 letter (from Governor Granholm and Governor Rounds) to Senate Majority Leader Reid, Senate Minority Leader McConnell, House Speaker Pelosi, House Minority Leader Boehner, Senate Banking Chairman Dodd, Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Shelby, House Financial Services Chairman Frank, and House Financial Services Ranking Member Bachus urging Congress to complete its work quickly to renew the federal terrorism risk insurance backstop program prior to the expiration of the current Terrorism Risk Insurance Act on December 31, 2007. |
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November 5, 2007
November 5, 2007 letter (from from the executive directors of the Big Seven state and local government organizations) to House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) and Ranking Member Spencer Bachus (R-AL) urging the Committee to maintain the original intent of H.R. 3915, the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007, to preserve state and local authority to develop and enforce housing market protections. |
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October 24, 2007
October 24, 2007, letter (from Governor Granholm and Governor Rounds) to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Martin urging a delay in final action in the Matter of Exclusive Service Contracts for Provision of Video Services in Multiple Dwelling Units and Other Real Estate Developments, MB Doc. No. 07-51 (NPRM FCC 07-32). |
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September 18, 2007
September 18, 2007 letter (from 12 state and local government organizations) to Speaker Pelosi and House Majority Leader Hoyer urging them to not bring the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007 (H.R. 811) to the House floor during the first session of the 110th Congress. |
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September 7, 2007
September 7, 2007 letter (from Governors Granholm, Rounds, Carcieri, and Henry) to Senate Majority Leader Reid, Senate Minority Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi, and House Minority Leader Boehner urging them to reauthorize and modernize the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance program before it expires on September 30, 2007. |
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August 20, 2007
August 20, 2007, letter (from Governor Granholm and Governor Rounds) to Senate Appropriations Chair Byrd and Ranking Member Cochran; House Appropriations Chair Obey and Ranking Member Lewis; and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Chair Price and Ranking Member Rogers urging that the conference report of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2008 (H.R. 2638) retain section 530, the extension of the implementation deadline for the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) until June 1, 2009.
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August 20, 2007
August 20, 2007, comments submitted (from Governor Granholm and Governor Rounds) concerning the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Documents Required for Travelers Entering the United States at Sea and Land Ports-of-Entry from within the Western Hemisphere, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, USCBP-2007-0061.
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June 15, 2007
June 15, 2007 letter (from Governors Napolitano, Pawlenty, Heineman, and Granholm) to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Oberstar and Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Chairman DeFazio responding to their May 14 letter concerning public-private partnership agreements. |
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June 12, 2007
June 12, 2007 letter (from Governor Heineman and Governor Granholm) to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Baucus and Ranking Member Grassley, and to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rangel and Ranking member McCrery, urging them to closely consult with states to ensure that U.S. international trade and investment policies are consistent with state sovereignty and state efforts to compete internationally. |
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December 19, 2006
December 19, 2006 letter (from Governor Heineman and Governor Granholm) to Chairman Martin, Commissioner Adelstein, Commissioner McDowell, Commissioner Copps, and Commissioner Tate regarding the Federal Communications Commission's draft order on video franchising and its potential preemption of state law. |
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July 20, 2006
July 20, 2006 letter (from the executive directors of the Big Seven state and local government organizations) to Senate Majority Leader Frist and Senate Minority Leader Reid urging them to oppose the Advanced Telecommunications and Opportunity Reform – Consumers' Choice and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006 (H.R. 5252)
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May 30, 2006
May 30, 2006 letter (from Governor Huckabee and Governor Napolitano) to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Barton and Ranking Member Dingell raising state concerns with the proposed Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement (COPE) Act (H.R. 5252). |
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April 6, 2006
April 6, 2006 letter (from Governor Henry and Governor Rell) to House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia Chairman Knollenberg and Ranking Member Olver urging them to maintain FY 2006 funding levels for the Community Development Block Grant program in the subcommittee’s FY 2007 appropriations bill. |
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December 13, 2005
December 13, 2005 letter (from Governor Henry and Governor Rell) to Senate Majority Leader Frist, Senate Minority Leader Reid, House Speaker Hastert, and House Minority Leader Pelosi urging Congress to enact some form of a federal terrorism risk insurance backstop prior to the expiration of the current Terrorism Risk Insurance Act on December 31, 2005. |
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October 19, 2005
October 19, 2005 letter (from Governor Huckabee and Governor Napolitano) to Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman Stevens and Ranking Member Inouye; and to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Barton and Ranking Member Dingell supporting their efforts to establish the earliest possible date certain for the clearing of channels allocated for public safety use by the Federal Communications Commission.
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October 11, 2005
October 11, 2005 letter (from NGA director of federal relations David Quam) to Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Phil Grone providing comments on the Department of Defense’s proposed rules: Revitalizing Base Closure Communities and Addressing Impacts of Realignment |
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July 11, 2005
July 11, 2005 letter (from Governor Sanford and Governor Napolitano) to House Financial Services Committee Chairman Oxley and Ranking Member Frank, and Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises Chairman Baker and Ranking Member Kanjorski expressing the Governors’ opposition to the State Modernization and Regulatory Transparency Act (SMART Act), which limits the role of Governors and state regulators in setting insurance policy. |
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June 27, 2005
June 27, 2005 letter (from NGA executive director Ray Scheppach) to Senator Voinovich expressing NGA's support for an amendment to the Department of Interior fiscal year 2006 appropriations bill regarding the trust land acquisition process. |
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March 17, 2005
March 17, 2005 letter (from NGA executive director Raymond C. Scheppach, AAMVA President and CEO, Linda R. Lewis, NCSL executive director William T. Pound, and CSG executive director Dan Sprague) to Senator Frist and Senator Reid opposing the Improved Security for Driver's Licenses and Personal ID Cards provision to Title II of H.R. 418. |
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November 1, 2004
November 1, 2004 letter (from Governor Sanford and Governor Napolitano) to Federal Commissions Commission (FCC) Chairman Powell urging the FCC to defer conclusions about the regulatory treatment of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to Congress.
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July 1, 2004
July 1, 2004 letter (from the executive directors of NGA, the Council of State Governments, the National League of Cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the National Association of Counties) to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Barton and Ranking Member Dingell urging them not to take action on H.R. 4129, the VOIP Regulatory Freedom Act of 2004, this year since the bill is a premature response to an emerging technology that fails to adequately address the wide variety of complex issues that face the communications and Internet industries as a whole. |
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June 15, 2004
June 15, 2004 letter (from the executive directors of NGA, the Council of State Governments, the National League of Cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the National Association of Counties) to Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman McCain and Ranking Member Hollings urging them not to take action on S. 2281, the VOIP Regulatory Freedom Act of 2004, this year since the bill is a premature response to an emerging technology that fails to adequately address the wide variety of complex issues that face the communications and Internet industries as a whole |
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May 14, 2004
May 14, 2004 letter (from Ray Scheppach, NGA) to Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs Chairman Campbell and Ranking Member Inouye raising concerns about provisions in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments of 2003 (S. 1529) that would expand the scope of gaming allowable without requiring regulation under a negotiated tribal-state compact and limit the freedom of states to negotiate mutually favorable revenue sharing agreements with tribes. |
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January 30, 2004
January 30, 2004 letter (from 32 Governors) to the House and Senate leadership calling for passage of a six-year transportation reauthorization bill with the highest overall level of funding possible this year. |
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November 10, 2003
November 10, 2003 letter (from Governors Henry, Johanns, and Granholm) to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee commenting on the draft bill reauthorizing highway and related programs through 2009. |
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October 8, 2003
October 8, 2003 letter (from Governor Henry and Governor Rounds) to the leadership of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee requesting the committee to instruct the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to withdraw its proposed rulemaking preempting state laws over national banks and their subsidiaries until the committee can further explore the ramifications of the proposed changes (Identical letter also personalized to the leadership of the House Financial Services Committee.) |
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October 6, 2003
October 6, 2003 letter (from Governor Henry and Governor Rounds) to John D. Hawke, Jr., Comptroller of the Currency, expressing the governors' opposition to the proposed rulemaking that would preempt state laws and regulatory authority for national banks, as well as for state-chartered corporations that are subsidiaries of national banks. |
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September 22, 2003
September 22, 2003 letter (from Governor Kempthorne and Governor Musgrove) to the House and Senate leadership urging them to pass a short-term extension to the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century before it expires on September 30, 2003.
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July 11, 2003
July 11, 2003 letter (from Governor Johanns and Governor McGreevey) to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Baucus regarding the Governors' endorsed policy positions addressing the structure of the revenue title of the TEA-21 reauthorization bill. |
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June 18, 2003
June 18, 2003 letter (from Governor Johanns and Governor McGreevey) to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Inhofe encouraging passage of a six-year bill reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) before it expires on September 30, 2003. (Identical letter also sent to Ranking Member Jeffords, and to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Young and Ranking Member Oberstar.) |
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August 29, 2002
August 29, 2002 letter (from Governor Johanns and Governor McGreevey) to Representative Tauzin and Representative Dingell supporting H.R. 3397, introduced by Representative Harman, setting a date certain, December 31, 2006, for television stations to vacate channels allocated for public safety use by the FCC. |
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