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Amtrak’s Fiscal
Year 2008 Strategic Plan |
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This document discusses Amtrak’s Strategic
Plan and Initiatives for improved train
services and budget concerns. |
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Railroad-Owned
Solid Waste Transload Facilities |
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This document is a hearing for the purpose
of examining the growing concern in the
Northeast that some railroads are using
federal preemption standards to shield
themselves from important state and local
environmental laws regarding the movement of
municipal solid waste. |
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The Proposed
U.S. Security Commitment to Iraq: what will
be in it and should it be a treaty? |
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This hearing discusses the so-called
“Declaration of Principles” signed by
President Bush and the Iraqi Prime Minister. |
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With Castro
stepping down, what is next for Cuba and the
western hemisphere? |
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This hearing discusses whether we should
keep embargos, treaties, etc. that we had in
place with Fidel Castro currently while
under Raul Castro’s rule. |
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Airline Delays
and Consumer Service |
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This hearing is the second in a series of
hearing to be held every 3 months to
determine what the airlines and the FAA are
doing to address this problem. |
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The impact of
Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring
Freedom on the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs claims process |
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This hearing was for the purpose of ensuring
that problems like those at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center are not the tip of the
iceberg in regards to how prepared we are
for our returning service members. |
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Managing
Chaos-the Iraqi refugees of Jordan and Syria
and internally displace persons in Iraq |
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This is a Staff Report given to the
Committee on Foreign Relations discussing
the Iraqi refugees and how we are helping
them. |
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Is this any way
to treat our troops? The care and conditions
of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed |
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This hearing includes testimony of numerous
soldiers being cared for at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center. |
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The Founding
Father’s Papers: ensuring public access to
our national treasures |
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This hearing discusses the cost of
duplicating the papers of the six founding
fathers and that there should be an easier
way for the American people to access this
costly information. |
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The results of
the President’s Task Force on Returning
Global War on Terror Heroes |
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This hearing discusses the Task Force’s
findings and recommendations of what can be
done to help our returning wounded soldiers
and their families while still keeping up
the current standard of care for our older
veterans. |
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The information above is
being provided by the El Paso Public Library-
Government Documents Department. This list was
compiled by Beth Patterson. For more information
about government documents at our libraries, please
call Government Documents at 915-543-5497 |
