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(Washington, D.C.) – The following is a statement from Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12) in reaction to today’s announcement by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that it had agreed to pay former Army biowarfare expert Dr. Steven Hatfill $5.8 million in a settlement related to the FBI’s previously naming Hatfill a “person of interest” in the investigation of the 2001 anthrax letter attacks on the United States. The attacks originated from a postal box in Holt’s central New Jersey congressional district, disrupting the lives and livelihoods of many of his constituents: “As today’s settlement announcement confirms, this case was botched from...

Rush Holt (D-NJ), along with calling for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, since according to him, we are doing no good, and aside from questioning the voting of our troops says something else stupid: We should have given security assurance to Hezballah - they only had guns because of mean old nasty Israel! Here is what he said to the East Brunswick Sentinel (11/2/06 by Chris Gaetano) "We have been making no effort to get the international community and the Lebanese army to disarm Hezbollah, and of course the reason they are armed, they say, is they fear invasion from...

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) says that America needs to get the troops out of Iraq right now and develop more diplomatic ties, and that alternative energy sources must be found before it's too late. The former rocket scientist from Hopewell is currently campaigning to defend the seat that he won in the House of Representatives in 1998. According to Holt, the war in Iraq, and how the U.S. can carefully extricate itself from it, is the most pressing issue in the country at the moment. According to Holt, the country needs to immediately withdraw all troops from Iraq,...

NJ Congressman Rush Holt has a fine reputation as a physicist,but is apparently not too good at mailing letters. Well, maybe he's better at "ambush politics" than the average physicist !

WASHINGTON - The FBI denied Thursday that it ever overestimated the potency of the anthrax spores used in mailings that killed five people in 2001. The bureau also rejected a request for a classified briefing on the case from Rep. Rush Holt, D-N.J. Citing media reports, Holt said Wednesday that the FBI should have determined in days, not years, that the anthrax was less sophisticated than initially believed. Shortly after the attacks, media reports said the spores contained additives and had been subjected to sophisticated milling — both techniques used in anthrax-based weapons — to make them more lethal. Earlier...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department and the special counsel investigating the leak of a CIA operative's identity pressed Congress to block legislation that would compel the administration to turn over documents related to the case, the department said in a letter released on Thursday. The Justice Department, in a letter dated September 14, said special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald had advised that producing documents and holding hearings would interfere with his investigation. The letter was sent to the House Intelligence Committee's Republican chairman, Rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan. Congressional Democrats have so far failed in their attempts to pass legislation...

Several leading Democrats have spent the past few days furiously back tracking from an outrageous — and thoroughly under-reported — demonstration of blatant anti-Semitism that manifested itself last week at a congressional quasi-hearing... what the Washington Post's Dana Milbank appropriately described as a "mock impeachment inquiry." ...Democrats... declared the so-called Downing Street Memos to be the unassailable "smoking gun" proving that President Bush lied the nation into war. Among the hand-picked "witnesses" was Ray McGovern, the former CIA analyst who has embarked on a new career denouncing the administration and, apparently, buying into every conspiracy theory the loony Left has...

LOOKING FOR A PAPER TRAIL? Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin Invites You to a Conversation With Special Guest Congressman Rush Holt Author of the Voter Confidence & Increased Accessibility Act of 2005 Join Tammy and Rush in a conversation about restoring voter confidence in the outcomes of elections and in the electoral process. Saturday, April 16 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Madison Senior Center - 2nd Floor 330 W. Mifflin St. Madison Contact Information website: http://tammybaldwin.house.gov/ MADISON OFFICE 10 East Doty Street, Suite 405 Madison, WI 53703 (608) 258-9800 (608) 258-9808 Fax WASHINGTON OFFICE 1022 Longworth Building Washington DC 20515 (202) 225-2906...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The fight for Terri Schiavo's life hit home for two congressmen from New Jersey. Republican Chris Smith and Democrat Rush Holt both have confronted a decision to remove a loved one from life support, and now find themselves on opposite sides of the issue in the Schiavo case. Smith voted for - and Holt against - a bill that allows Schiavo's parents the right to sue in federal court over the withdrawal of nourishment and medical treatment needed to sustain their daughter, who suffered severe brain damage 15 years ago. On Monday, the congressmen spoke of the...

Races of the Week Spadea vs. Holt by John Gizzi "In order to win, you just can't field a real conservative Republican candidate. This is a different kind of district, so a different, more moderate message is needed to win." How many times have conservatives heard that line? From California to Connecticut, the mantra is always the same: A non-conservative Republican candidate is the most electable and therefore, conservatives need not apply. In many cases, this formula does not work--liberals don't want a moderate Republican. They prefer the "real deal" with the Democratic label and on the GOP side,...

Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2003 (Introduced in House) HR 124 IH 108th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 124To provide for the mandatory licensing and registration of handguns. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 7, 2003 Mr. HOLT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILLTo provide for the mandatory licensing and registration of handguns. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the `Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2003'....

Filed at 5:50 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats who cast what some considered a politically risky vote -- opposing the resolution authorizing use of force against Iraq -- are getting a financial reward for their troubles. MoveOnPAC.org, an Internet site, raised more than $1 million this week for four members of Congress that the group calls ``heroes.'' The biggest recipient is Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., who hauled in nearly $600,000 after the MoveOn Web site started soliciting donations on Monday, said Wes Boyd, who co-founded the San Francisco-based site and serves as treasurer of its political action committee. Democratic...