Porker of the Month: Rep. James T. Walsh (R-N.Y.)

With friends like these GOP members, who needs RAT enemy's??

Remember, in NY, a republican is USUALLY a Rat by another name.
Sad, but usually true.
NY houses few real Republicans in office, but those that ARE in office are worth their stay.
However few and far between they are.

That's why I call it the "Two-Party Cartel". So we go after Kerry & these pubbie pols prove the hypocrisy. (1) You will NEVER get enought conservative pubbies to vote in a conservative agenda. As with cartels, you only have to be a step better than the other faction to be elected. (2)It is absolutly imperative to vote a 3rd party group in to offset this cartel. I guarantee nothing will change unless these changes are made.

But what about the Senators from Pennsylvania, Alaska, Nevada, and Alabama? Doesn't it concern you that 4 of the top 5 vote getters were Republicans?

It concerns me that NY has RINOS.
They say one thing, and then turn completely around oncce in office.
Granted there are some that are worth the votes, but it seems they are fewer and fewer.

I'd take Walsh over Hinchey any day. If the pork is available, and would go to a democrat if Walsh didn't go for it, I'd say get it. You've got to play the game.

Plus it's for St. Bonaventure U. After getting bopped out of any possible post season b-ball play for the next 3 years, they need the $$'s....... And it's my alma mater, but that's not going to discourage me from giving to them next year. It's about time a Catholic University gets some funds. That's my opinion, so sue me.

;-)

Maurice Hinchey.. *PTUI!*
Wish he'd get caught doing HIS shenanigans.
And Sheldon Silver.. and.. etc,etc,etc.
I feel sorry for this state, but the idiots who vote for those clowns deserve them.
Almost.

Thanks for the Almost. Neither you nor I derserve the slimebag Hinchey. I vote against him everytime, but the slimeball has some people more "downstateish" that keep him in power....

February 24, 2004

CONTACT: Dan Gage at 315-423-5657

WALSH ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING TO ASSIST DISLOCATED CARRIER WORKERS

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Jim Walsh late today announced the release of $3.6 million in U.S. Department of Labor funding to assist dislocated employees of the Carrier Corporation. The funding includes $1.6 million in National Emergency Fund assistance and $2 million in Trade Training Reserve funds released to the State of New York Department of Labor.

"This announcement will assist those trade-certified Central New York workers and their families affected by Carrier's decision to pull manufacturing operations from our region," said Walsh. "I applaud the decision of the Bush administration's Department of Labor for responding to our requests to support new employment counseling, training, and entrepreneurial development services for dislocated workers. My highest priority is to ensure the needs of former employees and their families are met as best as we can."

Today's release follows a decision last month when the U.S. Department of Labor approved Trade Adjustment Assistance program funding for displaced workers of Carrier Corporation. Those funds can be used to extend benefits once employment assistance expires, to pay for retraining or reemployment services, or even assist in relocation costs.

Walsh is currently also working with a local collaboration of economic development officials to assess the potential reuse of the soon-to-be-vacated manufacturing facility in DeWitt. The Central New York Regional Planning & Development Board recently applied for a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration for the study.

January 2004 - Congressman Walsh and Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll announce the $4.5 million Phase V of the Syracuse Neighborhood Initiative at Franklin School on the city's Northside. To date, Congressman Walsh has secured $40.5 million in federal funding for the effort which creates new homeownership opportunities, encourages new investment and increases property values, builds community involvement, and improves the overall quality of life throughout the City of Syracuse and its neighborhoods.

Not to mention the jerrymandering that goes on with the districts every few years thus creating chaos with the voters who no longer know or care what district their in.
Also gotta love the sympathy vote for Eileen Gunther, Jake's widow.
Jake was a scumbag, but he at least DID try to stand up to Shelly Silver.
(But only the once..)
Wish we could start with a clean slate for this state, but that isn't likely.
We've got what we got to work with.
And in some cases, it's not much of a choice.
(Gilman and Larkin siding with the dems on several issues a few years back, much to the consternation of their constituents.)

"for his stands against government waste and his support of balanced budgets and tax reform"

http://www.house.gov/walsh/biography.htm

Congressman Walsh represents New York State in the House of Representatives as a member of the Committee on Appropriations. His district includes Onondaga County, northern Cayuga County, Wayne County, and the northeastern portion of Monroe County.

He is one of 13 Chairmen of the Appropriations Subcommittees, a group sometimes referred to in Washington as "the college of cardinals" because of their influence on national spending policies.

In the 108th Congress, Mr. Walsh is chairman of the Subcommittee on the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies. As chair of VA/HUD, the third largest of the 13 appropriations budgets at approximately $121.9 billion, Mr. Walsh has spending oversight responsibility for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and about a dozen smaller agencies.

The New York Times called Mr. Walsh's Chairmanship "important to New York State" and noted that the Congressman is "in a strong position" to assist Governor Pataki with New York projects. The Buffalo News recently described Walsh as "commonly seen as New York's most powerful House member."

Mr. Walsh is also Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, and a senior member of the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration.

Of particular interest to many in New York, Mr. Walsh proudly serves as Chairman of the Friends of Ireland, having been first named to that post by the Speaker of the House in 1995. He also serves as co-chair of the U.S.-Irish Interparliamentary Group.

Mr. Walsh chaired a historic Congressional Delegation in 1995, accompanying President Clinton to Northern Ireland for the first such visit by a sitting U.S. President. Subsequently, Mr. Walsh has led other delegations and was a member of the Distinguished Delegation to accompany President Clinton to Ireland in 1998 following ratification of the Good Friday Agreement. He most recently led a delegation in February 2003.

Mr. Walsh is responsible for the Walsh Visa, passed by Congress in 1998, which as part of the peace process will allow citizens from Northern Ireland and the border counties to live and work in the U.S. for three years. The goal is for them to learn a trade and to experience life in a multi-cultural society.

For his work in promoting the Irish Peace Process, Walsh was presented with a 2002 Ellis Island Medal of Honor by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations and has been honored in his hometown by the local Ancient Order of Hibernians, receiving the Bobby Sands Award in 1998. Additionally, he received the Flax Trust Award in 1997 for his leadership in economic support plans for Ireland including the International Fund for Ireland.

In other areas, Mr. Walsh is nationally recognized as a leader in child nutrition through his support of the WIC Program (Women with Infants and Children) and TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) and as sponsor of the Hunger Has a Cure bill in the House of Representatives.

In 1999, Walsh was the author and primary sponsor of the "Newborn and Infant Screening and Intervention Program Act," creating a nationwide program through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to assist states in establishing programs to detect and diagnose hearing loss in every newborn child and to promote appropriate treatment and intervention for newborns with hearing loss. Today he remains a co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Hearing Health Caucus, an organization of Members of Congress committed to advancing health and accessibility issues of particular concern to those with hearing loss.

With his wife DeDe, he has been active in support of breast cancer research and treatment as well as community-based and federally funded relief for battered women and teen-age mothers.

He is perennially endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, the NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business) and others for his stands against government waste and his support of balanced budgets and tax reform.

A history-major graduate of St. Bonaventure University, Mr. Walsh is a former Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal, Social Services case worker, and telephone company executive. He served as Director of the Telecommunication Institute at SUNY (State University of New York) Utica-Rome and taught telecommunication policy. At the same time, he served on the City Council in Syracuse, N.Y. as its President.

Mr. Walsh is active in civic and charitable organizations. To name a few, he is a board member of the Erie Canal Museum, Vera House and Everson Museum.

An avid sportsman who hunts, fishes and skis on a regular basis, Mr. Walsh and his wife live in the town of Onondaga, a suburb of Syracuse. They have three children, Jed, Ben, and Maureen, and are parishioners of Most Holy Rosary Church. Mr. Walsh's father, William F. Walsh, served as Mayor of Syracuse from 1961-69, and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1972-78

But how much of that is teh state actually gonna see, and how much of it will actually help?
And how much will it help?
There's still triple and sometime squad taxes on things, and there's the insane regs still in place since Cuomo was emperor of NY, like the insane one basically stating that you cannot fix your own flat tire on state operated highways because that's taking business away from the state.

Sorry if I sound depressing about it.
But very little of the damage done to NY by Cuomo has been repaired.

It's about time a Catholic University gets some funds.

A Catholic University gets some funds...but the Supremes just said its inconstitutional for a Divinity student to get a stipend? Does anyone but me see an inconsistancy here? Hmmmmmmm?