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      <excerpt>...from the Marine One Squadron, which flies the presidential helicopters. Murtha and several other lawmakers, including Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.), whose district houses the Lockheed plant, have argued that starting another new helicopter program would</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to defraud. Enterprise corruption, the most serious charge, is punishable by up to 25 years in prison. KINGSTON -- U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey wants the Hudson River Valley to become part of the National Park system. The Hudson Valley Democrat has introdu</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...life to overturning the system that made him wealthy.  At the 2007 Free Press &quot;National Conference for Media Reform,&quot; Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) launched a vicious attack on conservative talk radio, saying that the survival of America was itself at sta</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...N.Y. (AP) - Rep. Maurice Hinchey wants the Hudson River Valley to become part of the National Park system. The Hudson Valley Democrat has introduced legislation that would authorize the National Park Service to study whether the area could benefit from </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...&#8212; Rep. Maurice Hinchey wants the federal government to adopt the Hudson River Valley as a unit of the National Park Service. The designation would make the valley eligible for more federal grants to boost conservation, historic preservation and touris</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...method known as &#8220;fracking&#8221; is safe or harmful. The House of Representatives Wednesday approved a bill sponsored by Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-Hurley, that urges the Environmental Protection Agency to study the effects of hydraulic fracturing &#8211; or &#8220;</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...spent the most on staff salaries during the first six months of the year were Democratic Reps. Eliot Engel of the Bronx and Maurice Hinchey of Hurley in Ulster County. Each spent more than $500,000. Freshman Rep. Dan Maffei, D-DeWitt, spent the least - </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Maurice Hinchey sponsored the legislation.The bill&amp;#39;s sponsor, U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, whose district covers a good portion of the Hudson River Valley, said a congressionally authorized NPS study must be conducted in order for the ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... &amp;quot;data was selectively collected from sources that had a vested interest in the oil and gas industry, while other relevant information was ignored,&amp;quot; said U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, who represents the Hudson Valley. ...</excerpt>
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      <title>Washington Seeks Greater Disclosure On Fracking Chemicals | NYLCV ...</title>
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      <excerpt>At the 2007 Free Press &#8220;National Conference for Media Reform,&#8221; Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) launched a vicious attack on conservative talk radio, saying that the survival of America was itself at stake because of &#8220;neo-fascist&#8221; and ...</excerpt>
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