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The National Nursing Network Organization Team

Monday, August 30, 2010

Thank You Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-47)

 
Pictured: Congresswoman Sanchez

Thank you to Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-47) for her co-sponsorship of HR 4601 The National Nurse Act of 2010.

Congresswoman Sanchez proudly serves the 47th District of California. She began her career in November 1996 and is currently concluding her 7th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Congresswoman serves as Vice-Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee and is a member of the Subcommittees on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology.

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N.Y. Times – “Orange County Is No Longer Nixon Country”

August 29, 2010
 
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Orange County has been a national symbol of conservatism for more than 50 years: birthplace of President Richard M. Nixon and home to John Wayne, a bastion for the John Birch Society, a land of orange groves and affluence, the region of California where Republican presidential candidates could always count on a friendly audience.
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Liberal O.C. – “Blog: Van Tran’s Inconvenient Truth”

August 27, 2010
Van Tran sent out a funny attack email against Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez today. Highlighting an article by the Orange County Register’s Martin Wisckol about congressional constituent mailings Tran’s campaign quoted from the article:
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Daily Titan – “Benefits of Health Care”

By Michelle Wiebach
August 23, 2010
 
Representative Loretta Sanchez sold the benefits of health care reform to a group of seniors at the FullertonSeniorMulti-ServiceCenter earlier this month on Aug 5.
Sanchez, (D-Anaheim), talked to seniors about the benefits that would go into effect within the next month and the next three years. “We want to keep you healthy,” Sanchez said. “As we get older we start to break down. I know I feel it.”
Sanchez, who waited until the last minute to cast her vote in favor of health care reform, has been trekking around OrangeCounty to sell the benefits of health care and explain how people will see new changes.
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O.C. Register – “Soldiers mobilize in Anaheim for Iraq”

August 7, 2010
ANAHEIM – Carlos Bautista watched with a catch in his throat Saturday as his son became an active-duty soldier bound for Iraq in the glittering Hilton ballroom.
More than 300 National Guard soldiers stood at attention in their green fatigues and black berets as a major general and two Congress members wished them safety and success in their mission. And then they were formally ordered to active duty for deployment to Iraq.
Babies fussed and parents snapped photographs. Children played on the floor with new dolls that had windows in their faces for a photograph of a called-up mom or dad.
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Liberal O.C. – “Van Tran brews up another cup of Weak Tea”

August 5, 2010
In an interview published in Politico on July 28, 2010 Assemblyman Van Tran, who recently enthusiastically accepted the endorsement of the right-wing Republican TEA Party Express, challenged Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez over her credentials regarding human rights in Vietnam. Tran told Politico’s Kasie Hunt:
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Liberal O.C. – “Sanchez-Sponsored Amendment Included in Key Homeland Security Bill”

By Chris Prevatt
July 22, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-47), Vice Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, Monday issued the following statement applauding House passage of H.R. 4842, the Homeland Security Science and Technology Authorization Act of 2010. The bill contains an amendment by Rep. Sanchez that would help protect America’s financial sector from cyber attacks and promote the study of cyberinsurance:
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