Tim Bishop
Tim Bishop
Timothy Howard "Tim" Bishopis the former U.S. Representative for New York's 1st congressional district, serving from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 June 1950
CountryUnited States of America
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After over three decades of implementation the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has recovered 10 of roughly 1300 listed species nationwide, ... The current law is just not working. TESRA is an innovative approach with bipartisan support that will turn the conflict under ESA into cooperation and refocus the law on actually recovering species. We can and must do better.
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I hear it a lot, ... It does get a little old after a while, but I wouldn't say I'm tired of it. He kind of paved the way for me.
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We have one of the few societies, the only one I can think of right offhand, where your health care is so tied to your job, so that when an American company has to hire, they have to think about health care.
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Our government should do everything it can to ensure the successful prosecution of those responsible for the murders of U.S. citizens abroad. It should provide resources as needed, and it should make it clear to the authorities in Belgrade that inaction does have repercussions on bilateral relations.
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As Serbia continues to move towards rectifying the evils of its past and joining the ranks of democratic nations, it is important that the individuals involved in the death of the Bytyqi brothers are held accountable for their actions[.]
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The residents and elected officials of Long Island have fought vigorously for many years and spent millions of dollars to preserve the quality of life that the Long Island Sound offers.
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The Long Island Sound is an environmentally unique estuary that needs to be protected.
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This administration and the leadership in Congress appear to be intent on valuing wealth over work, thereby placing working families at a distinct disadvantage.
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Meanwhile, hard-working Americans are increasingly faced with workplace conditions in which critically important safeguards are watered down, emerging problems are ignored, and enforcement is scaled back.
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The fact is that America relies on Amtrak to move people.
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In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age.
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Foreign trade clearly holds down the cost of products we buy.
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Real economic stimulus comes from real investment.
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Hopefully, Serbia's political leaders will not only recognize the seriousness which we attach to this case but also understand that it is in Serbia's interest to let justice work to sever the ties with the Milosevic past that have held the country back from a Europe where it otherwise belongs.