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Louise Slaughter - forThe U.S. Representative for New York's 28th congressional district, serving since 1993, and Chair of the House Rules Committee from 2007 until 2011.
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Slaughter calls for ‘retroactive recusal’
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) told Current TV’s Keith Olbermann Tuesday that a “retroactive recusal” of Justice Clarence Thomas could result in overturning the Citizens United case. Earlier this year, the liberal group Common Cause argued that both Justices Thomas and Antonin Scalia should have recused themselves from the Citizens United case because they attended events organized billionaire Charles Koch. In addition, Thomas’ wife, Virginia Thomas, may have received financial benefit from the Citizens United ruling, something that was never disclosed by the ...
Slaughter Helps Harris Compete for Army Radio Contract
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-28), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, today applauded a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act that could greatly benefit local manufacturer of radios and defense communications, Harris RF Communications. "It gives me great comfort whenever I know that our soldiers are equipped with Harris' radios because I know that Rochester's top-notch workforce makes products renowned for quality. It is my hope that more of the radios needed by the Army can be provided by the men and women of Harris." ... Source: louise.house.gov
Slaughter Says FDA Rule Addresses the Tip of the Iceberg
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-28), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee and the only microbiologist in Congress, today offered tepid support to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after it belatedly announced a rule to prohibit the extra-label use of an important class of antibiotics critical for the treatment of humans in food-animal production. The decision, which Slaughter has continuously pushed for, most recently in July 2011, would prohibit the use of cephalosporin antibiotics for purposes other than those specified on the label, known as extra-label, uses. However, ...