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Coalition for Higher Education Act Reform (CHEAR):
press conference calling for the
repeal of the HEA drug provision
May 21, 2002, 11:00am, US Capitol
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speaking: Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
background: Reps. Bobby Rush (D-IL)
and Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
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speaking: Rep. Tammy Baldwin
background: Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Bobby Rush and Robert Andrews (D-NJ)
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speaking: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
background: Rep. Robert Andrews,
Caton Volk (student who lost financial
aid due to a drug conviction) and
United States Student Association
vice-president Jo'ie Taylor
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speaking: Rep. Bobby Rush
background: Rep. Tammy Baldwin,
Rep. Elijah Cummings, Rep. Robert
Andrews, Caton Volk, Jo'ie Taylor,
Students for Sensible Drug Policy
national director Shawn Heller and
Legal Action Center representative
Jennifer Collier
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speaking: Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
background: Rep. Tammy Baldwin,
Rep. Elijah Cummings, Rep. Robert
Andrews, Caton Volk, Jo'ie Taylor and
Shawn Heller
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speaking: Jo'ie Taylor
background: Rep. Bobby Rush, Rep.
Tammy Baldwin, Rep. Elijah Cummings,
Rep. Robert Andrews, Caton Volk,
Shawn Heller, SSDP outreach
coordinator Darrell Rogers and
Jennifer Collier
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speaking: Shawn Heller
background: Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep.
Bobby Rush, Rep. Tammy Baldwin,
Jo'ie Taylor, Rep. Elijah Cummings,
Rep. Robert Andrews and Caton Volk
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speaking: Rep. Barney Frank
background: Rep. Tammy Baldwin,
Rep. Robert Andrews, Jo'ie Taylor,
Jennifer Collier, DRCNet associate
director David Guard, Darrell Rogers,
National Association of Student
Financial Aid Administrators government
affairs director Larry Zaglaniczny,
NAACP DC bureau chief Hilary Shelton,
Caton Volk, DRCNet executive director
David Borden and others
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speaking: Jennifer Collier
background: Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL),
Rep. Julia Carson (D-IN), Common
Sense for Drug Policy president Kevin
Zeese, Rep. Maurice Hinchey and
Rep. Robert Andrews
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speaking: Rep. Julia Carson
background: Rep. Maurice Hinchey,
Jo'ie Taylor and Shawn Heller
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Also present: Rep. Patsy Mink (D-HI), staff of Reps. Bobby Scott (D-VA) and
Maxine Waters (D-CA), representatives of ACLU, Leadership Conference
on Civil Rights, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism,
Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants, Public Justice Center, Mintwood
Media Collective and others.
For further information about this event, visit http://www.drcnet.org/wol/238.html#pressconference
and http://www.RaiseYourVoice.com/Letter/. Visit http://www.raiseyourvoice.com/ for much more
information about the HEA drug provision and the campaign to repeal it.
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