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Woolsey has proposed,

The SMART bill has five sections, aimed at creating a security strategy that

(1) prevents future acts of terrorism by strengthening international institutions and respect for the rule of law;

(2) reduces the threat and stops the spread of weapons of mass destruction and reduces the proliferation of conventional weapons;

(3) addresses root causes of terrorism and violent conflict;

(4) shifts United States budget priorities to more effectively meet the security needs of the United States; and

(5) pursues to the fullest extent alternatives to war

Woolsey is launching a new website this week at http://woolseyforpeace.org The purpose of the site is to raise funds for her reelection campaign.

Lynn Woolsey voted against the Iraq war. She also

-- Led 15 Members of Congress in writing a letter to President Bush on Jan. 12, 2005, calling for the troops to be brought home.

-- Was the first Member of Congress to call for U.S. troops to return from Iraq, when she introduced H.Con.Res. 35 on Jan. 26, 2005.

-- Led the first debate on troop withdrawal on the House floor on May 25, 2005, introducing an amendment that garnered 128 votes, including 5 Republican votes.

-- In June, was an original co-sponsor of H.J.Res. 55, the first legislation to set a timeline on troop withdrawal from Iraq.

-- Hosted an informal bi-partisan hearing on exit strategies and reconstruction, on Sept. 15, 2005, and then spoke at rally in front of White House.

-- Traveled to Iraq in October as part of a Congressional delegation to meet with U.S. Armed Forces.

-- Wrote a letter to President Bush on Nov. 10, 2005, signed by 61 Congress Members, requesting a change in U.S. policy in Iraq.

-- Since April 20, 2004, has given more than 120 speeches on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives calling for an end to the war.

-- Signed on this month as a co-sponsor of Congressman John Conyers' bills to censure Bush and Cheney and to create a select committee to investigate grounds for impeachment.

Friday July 11, 2003

Pro-Israel resolution

"You might think it was a popular resolution, but you're wrong," said the Petaluma Democrat of House Resolution 294, which passed with 399-5 on June 30. Woolsey was the only Bay Area representative to cast a "no" vote, though some others abstained or merely voted "present."

The resolution condemned the terrorist killings of 22 Israelis since Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas pledged an end to violence at the June 4 Aqaba summit.

It expressed "solidarity with the Israeli people as they respond to ongoing terror attacks," called for states to end ties with "Palestinian and other terrorist groups" and urged aid to the Palestinian Authority in quelling terrorism and assistance to the Palestinians in establishing a peaceful democracy.

The resolution expressed sympathy for "innocent Israelis and Palestinians who have lost their lives," and referred to Palestinians as "victims of terrorists, who undermine prospects for a lasting peace."

"I'm concerned that HR 294 won't advance the peace process that we all want. If we want to advance the process, we can't get caught up in assigning blame. We can't do that. The United States has to be an honest broker in this," she (Woolsey) said.

"I don't think we should be appearing to take sides."

In what one Marin prosecutor called a situation that raises questions of propriety, U.S. Rep. Lynn Woolsey intervened on behalf of an acquaintance who raped a Marin teenager.

Woolsey, D-San Rafael, used her official congressional stationery to tell a sentencing judge the sex felon had a "promising life ahead of him."

Woolsey said in her letter - sent a month before the Jan. 9 sentencing of Stewart Pearson, 20, of San Rafael - she intended to be a "character witness" for his family. Pearson's mother, Tondrea Pearson, is a case worker in Woolsey's San Rafael office.