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<title>Now is the Time to Donate Blood</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=48</link>
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Carolyn McCarthy urges all blood types to consider donating]]>
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<title>For Those Seeking Information about Family Members in Haiti</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=47</link>
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Rep.&nbsp;McCarthy offers her assistance to those&nbsp;looking for&nbsp;family in the country. ]]>
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<title>Newsday Article Chronicles Carolyn's Personal Health Care Story</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=45</link>
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Carolyn's personal experience confirms her support for health care reform. Read
Tom Brune's original article at Newsday.com
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<title>Healthcare Concerns</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=44</link>
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Healthcare in our country as it exists today is unacceptable]]>
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<title>Carolyn McCarthy Recognizes October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=38</link>
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Congresswoman McCarthy Urges Women to Screen for Early Detection]]>
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<title>Congresswoman McCarthy Supports the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=39</link>
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Rep. McCarthy voted in favor of this legislation that will help over 1 million people in 27 states, including New York, who will run out of unemployment benefits by the end of December.]]>
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<title>Rep. McCarthy Commemorates Hispanic Heritage Month</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=40</link>
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Congresswoman McCarthy issued the following statement in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.]]>
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<title>House Takes Action on the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=41</link>
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Rep. McCarthy voted in support of the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009]]>
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<title>Rep. Carolyn McCarthy Introduces Bill to Prohibit Texting While Driving</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=42</link>
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Rep. Carolyn McCarthy introduced legislation that will promote increased safety measures for drivers and passengers throughout our nation&#8217;s roadways.]]>
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<title>Rep. Carolyn McCarthy Introduces Bill to Provide Seniors with Social Security COLAs for 2010</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=43</link>
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Rep. Carolyn McCarthy&nbsp;introduced legislation that will ensure that America&#8217;s seniors will receive a Cost-of-Living-Adjustment&nbsp;in 2010]]>
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<title>Sen Ted Kennedy Passes Away</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=37</link>
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Carolyn expresses her sympathies at the passing of a close friend.]]>
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<title>President Obama Signs Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=21</link>
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U.S. Reps. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) and George Miller (D-CA), the lead House authors of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, joined President Barack Obama as he signed the legislation into law. The legislation, the President&#8217;s first major bipartisan initiative to get enacted, launched a new era of American service that creates opportunities for citizens of all ages to play a part in our nation&#8217;s recovery. ]]>
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<title>President Obama Signs Bill To Preserve Accounts Of The Civil Rights Movement Into Law</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=22</link>
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On Tuesday, May 13, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4) that would catalogue and preserve the stories and experiences of Americans who were involved with the civil rights movement.&nbsp; The bill, H. R. 586, the Civil Rights Oral History Project, will create a joint effort between the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Library of Congress to collect oral histories of the people that were involved in the civil rights movement and preserve their stories for future generations. ]]>
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<title>Rep. Carolyn McCarthy Introduces Legislative Agenda to Protect, Support and Increase America's Nurses</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=18</link>
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WASHINGTON D.C.&#8212;On Thursday, June 04, 2009, Rep Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04) introduced three pieces of legislation focused on the state of nursing in our nation.&nbsp;The bills, the Student-to-School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2009, Nurse Training and Retention Act of 2009 and a resolution recognizing the need for safe patient handling and movement, are a series of initiatives address such issues as increasing the number of school nurses, fixing our nation&#8217;s critical nursing shortage and improving workplace safety for nurses.]]>
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<title>Carolyn McCarthy's Efforts To Preserve Civil Rights History</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=29</link>
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President Barack Obama Signs Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04) Bill to Preserve Accounts of the Civil Rights Movement into Law ]]>
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<title>Rep. Carolyn McCarthy Introduces Bill to Raise Awareness of Inflammatory Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=10</link>
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Legislation Would Address the Information Gap on a Little Known, Deadly form of Breast Cancer]]>
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<title>Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04) Statement on the 61st Anniversary of Israeli Independence</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=16</link>
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The following is a statement from Rep. Carolyn McCarthy on the 61st Anniversary of Israeli Independence:]]>
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<title>House Passes Rep. Carolyn McCarthy Resolution to Recognize Early Childhood Educators</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=28</link>
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Carolyn McCarthy recognizes the importance of early education for all.]]>
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<title>Rep. Carolyn McCarthy Statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=27</link>
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Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (NY 04) issued the following statement in the Official Record of the US House of Representatives on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day:]]>
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<title>Assisting Those with Hearing-loss</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=23</link>
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Rep. McCarthy Introduces Legislation to Provide Assistance to Individuals with Hearing Loss]]>
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<title>Happy Anniversary to Shirley Chisholm</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=25</link>
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Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04) Statement on Cosponsoring H. Res. 36 Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Shirley Chisholm to Congress]]>
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<title>Supporting Israel</title>
<link>http://votemccarthy.com/release_details.asp?id=24</link>
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Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04) Cosponsors Bill Supporting Israel]]>
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