For Immediate Release
May 18, 2012
Contact: Eric Hogensen, 323-761-9514
(Simi Valley) – Officials from the City of Santa Clarita and the Chamber of Commerce met with Representative Howard “Buck” McKeon yesterday in an attempt to gain some movement within the House of Representatives for the Cemex bill. House rules, put into place by the Republican majority, ban bills with earmarks from being considered.
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For Immediate Release
May 15, 2012
Contact: Eric Hogensen, 323-761-9514
(Simi Valley) – Dr. Lee Rogers today released the following statement regarding the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act:
“Congressman Howard ‘Buck’ McKeon’s defense budget, the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, which is to be debated on the House floor this week, is fiscally irresponsible. McKeon’s budget breaks the spending cap of the Budget Control Act of 2011, which he voted for, to fund the Department of Defense at a higher level than what even the Pentagon asked. The 2013 NDAA spends $4 billion more than requested by the Pentagon and $8 billion more than the cap set by the Budget Control Act, mostly to fund pet projects that the DOD says they don’t need. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta claimed that Rep. McKeon wasn’t considering Pentagon strategy as his committee decided to overfund programs.
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For Immediate Release
May 8, 2012
Contact: Eric Hogensen, 323-761-9514
Dr. Lee Rogers released the following statement today:
“Many of us read McKeon Deputy Chief of Staff Bob Haueter’s comments about SCV-TV’s 25th Congressional District Candidate Forum on April 30. Representative McKeon failed to show up at the event and Haueter said he was surprised that the event took place, despite multiple email correspondences between the McKeon campaign and SCV-TV. Haueter claimed that no one replied to him about the event after he told ‘the woman’ at SCV-TV McKeon was unavailable. The condescending remark referred to Tami Edwards, sales director and co-host of SCV Today. Mrs. Edwards called out Mr. Haueter for his dishonesty and insulting comment on her May 3rd broadcast of SCV Today and asked McKeon to address the issue.
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