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  Ernest Hollings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (born January 1, 1922) was a Democratic United States Senator from South Carolina from 1966 to January 3, 2005.
Hollings served as an officer in the U.S. Army's 323rd and 457th Artillery units from 1942 to 1945, during World War II, and was awarded the Bronze Star.
As a senator, Hollings was noted for his support for legislation that was in the interests of the established media distribution industry (such as the proposed "Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act") and was described by opponents as 'Hollywood Hollings' or the 'Senator from Disney'.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ernest_Hollings   (821 words)

  
 Senator Ernest Hollings - IHV Board of Advisors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Senator Hollings is the Ranking Member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, where he champions a wide range of issues such as telecommunications, transportation security, consumer protection, coastal preservation and research, and trade policy.
Hollings believes that a greater understanding and improved management of ocean and coastal ecosystems are essential to maintain healthy coasts and to prepare for and protect communities from natural hazards such as hurricanes.
Senator Hollings also serves as the longest serving member of the Senate Budget Committee where he works to lead the nation's finances toward "true surplus." He was the first voice in the Senate to decry the practice of looting Social Security, Medicare and other Trust Funds to camouflage the size of the deficit.
www.ihv.org /bios/hollings.html   (599 words)

  
 Ernest F. Hollings Papers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hollings' gubernatorial papers are divided between the South Caroliniana Library and the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
Hollings' early interest in the vacated Johnston seat, campaign strategy, and the political climate in South Carolina are discussed with great candor in correspondence files, 1964-1966.
Of particular interest are numerous responses to an inquiry distributed to Hollings' supporters early in 1966 that posed the question of his challenge to Donald Russell and sought their evaluation of his chances.
www.sc.edu /library/socar/uscs/1993/hollin93.html   (369 words)

  
 Sen. Hollings, a media watchdog, to step down   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
WASHINGTON -- Long-term Democratic Sen. Ernest Hollings of South Carolina is expected to announce his decision to end a remarkable 55-year political career at the end of his current term.
Hollings retirement would also give Republicans a second strong opportunity to pick up a southern seat -- alongside Georgia -- in their bid to maintain control of the Senate in 2004.
Hollings, a former state legislator, lieutenant governor and governor, was first elected to the Senate in 1966.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1948189   (585 words)

  
 Spartanburg.com news: Senator Ernest “Fritz” Hollings
Hollings was raised in a family with four siblings and a hard working mother and father.
Early in his Senate career, Senator Hollings focused on the poverty and hunger that gripped the rural South and urban areas of the country.
Hollings criticized the direction in which Bush is leading the country, as well as Sanford’s attempts to save state dollars by decreasing the number of teachers in the state by 1,000.
www.spartanburg.com /news/hollings.html   (481 words)

  
 Ernest Hollings - dKosopedia
Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (born January 1, 1922) was a U.S. Senator from South Carolina from 1966 until 2005.
Hollings was elected in a 1966 special election to fill the remaining two years of the term of deceased Senator (and fellow Democrat) Olin Johnston.
Hollings faced easy reelections through most of his career, but won very tight races in 1992 and 1998.
www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Ernest_Hollings   (201 words)

  
 All Immigration Votes of Senator Ernest Hollings
By voting for the Feinstein Amendment, Sen. Hollings voted in favor of reducing a chain migration system that has been the primary reason for annual immigration levels snowballing from less than 300,000 in 1965 to around a million today.
Hollings voted for more foreign workers even though U.S. high tech workers over the age of 50 were suffering 17% unemployment and U.S. firms were laying off thousands of workers at the time.
Hollings resisted great party peer pressure by not signing -- 151 other House and Senate Democrats signed the letter saying they were willing to shut down the Federal government over an amnesty for some 3.4 million aliens from Central America and Haiti.
profiles.numbersusa.com /improfile.php3?DistSend=SC&VIPID=728   (1493 words)

  
 Story: Hollings Opposes Y2K Litigation Reform Bill, 2/15/99.
Ernest Hollings (D-SC), who was Chairman of the Committee until the Republicans won a majority in the Senate in the 1994 elections, stated at the hearing that he would try to kill the bill.
Ernest Hollings' opposition could prevent timely passage of any bill with meaningful reform.
Hollings also delighted in mocking Tom Donohue of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, who was present to testify in favor of Y2K litigation reform.
www.techlawjournal.com /y2k/19990215b.htm   (613 words)

  
 Addition to the Ernest F. Hollings Papers, 1974-2004 - Gifts to Modern Political Collections Announced 2005 (USCS) - ...
Hollings’ personal files on issues which came before the Senate will be of particular value for future research.
Hollings frequently took these charts onto the Senate floor to illustrate his analysis of federal spending.
Senator Hollings’ long record of public service and his signifi¬cant role in modern South Carolina history ensure that his collection, once opened to research, will be one of the most valuable and important resources at the University of South Carolina.
www.sc.edu /library/socar/uscs/2005/holl05.html   (564 words)

  
 ABC News 4 Charleston - Ernest Hollings Inducted Into South Carolina Hall Of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Fritz Hollings was an elected official for more than 50 years - almost 40 of that was spent in the US Senate.
In typical Hollings' fashion, the silver-haired Democrat told more than 200 public school children that he was afraid to tell them what he really thought about politicians now in Washington, DC.
Hollings is credited with helping shepherd the state through the throes of desegregation, creating the state's technical college system and leading the effort nationally for government food programs and efforts to protect ocean and coastal resources.
www.wciv.com /news/stories/0106/298602.html   (308 words)

  
 GreenvilleOnline.com - Hollings closes political career, levels final jabs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hollings faced the prospect of a tough re-election run, with a crowded field of Republicans already arrayed to fight for the nomination to take a crack at him.
Hollings said he was worried about "the country's direction" and he lashed out at President Bush and the Republican majority in Congress, while adding a shot at Sanford.
Hollings has been a sharp critic of U.S. trade policy, believing that the administration had dealt away manufacturing jobs to foreign nations in a quest for free markets.
greenvilleonline.com /news/2003/08/04/2003080411430.htm   (1053 words)

  
 Hollings Scholarship Program
The Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program is established by the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the authority of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (PUBLIC LAW 108-447).
The Ernest F. Hollings scholarship program is managed by the Office of Education (OE), Office of the Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (USEC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The Hollings scholarship program is administered under contract with NOAA by Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education.
www.orau.gov /noaa/HollingsScholarship   (485 words)

  
 But wait, there's more! | Samizdata.net
Democrat Ernest Hollings fired the first round, holding a news conference to call for the resignation of NASA chief William Graham and for a Senate investigation of the Challenger accident.
Hollings also had critical words for the presidential commission which is already investigating.
Hollings, with GHR [Gramm-Hollings-Rudman] amendment under his belt is headline grabbing and has nothing to do with investigation.
www.samizdata.net /blog/archives/000752.html   (576 words)

  
 The American Board of Rabbis Condemns SC Senator Ernest Hollings Blatant Anti-Semitism and Call for His Immediate ...
By a unanimous vote taken on Monday, May 24, the ABR drafted a resolution demanding that Senator Hollings immediately resign his position in the Senate, and further demand that the Democratic Party condemn Hollings blatant and overt anti-Semitism, as well.
Hollings cries of a "Jewish cabal" are reminiscent of age-old anti-Jewish conspiracy theories -- alleged Israeli/Jewish plans for world domination or allegations of Israeli actions that are eerily similar to medieval blood libels.
Hollings also suggested that President George Bush agreed to the war plan to secure Jewish votes for his re-election campaign.
www.emediawire.com /releases/2004/5/emw128622.htm   (651 words)

  
 South Carolina Senate - November 3, 1998
Hollings, an old-style Democrat in the new Republican South, called himself "the last of the Mohicans" during the race.
Hollings told The (Rock Hill) Herald he thought Inglis was being dishonest with voters by underestimating the federal deficit.
Hollings, who is serving his fifth full term in the Senate and previously served as governor and lieutenant governor, has been the ultimate Senate insider, presiding over the important Commerce Committee when the Democrats were in the majority.
www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/11/03/election/senate/south.carolina   (837 words)

  
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Senator Hollings said it was a great honor to have his name associated with a building on the campus that upholds the values of personal honor and public service.
A 1942 graduate of The Citadel, Senator Hollings is the fifth most senior member of the Senate and the fourth most senior Democrat.
At age 36, Hollings was the youngest man to serve in the state's highest office during the 20th Century.
www.citadel.edu /pao/newsreleases/archives/sy00-01/Hollings_hall.html   (356 words)

  
 Ernest Hollings Will NOT Run in 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hollings, whose current term ends next year, has not said in recent months whether he would seek re-election, but he has said that his wife does not want him to run.
Hollings, who would be 82 years old at the time of next year's general election, has spent the past 38 years in the Senate.
Hollings has a news conference scheduled in Columbia Monday afternoon, where he is expected to make the formal announcement.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/957952/posts   (1915 words)

  
 Hollings Announces Retirement From Senate -- 08/04/2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A native of Charleston, S.C., Hollings served as a state legislator, lieutenant governor and governor of South Carolina before he was first elected to the Senate in 1966.
The first reaction to Hollings' announcement on Monday came from his home state, where Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley, Jr., called the senator's retirement "the end of one of the finest public service careers in the history of South Carolina.
Hollings joins Peter Fitzgerald (R-Ill.) and Zell Miller (D-Ga.) as senators retiring next year, though John Edwards (D-N.C.) and Bob Graham (D-Fla.) are already running for their party's 2004 presidential nomination and have not said whether they will seek to retain their seats in that chamber.
www.cnsnews.com /Politics/Archive/200308/POL20030804c.html   (705 words)

  
 Hollings pulls together Net privacy bill | CNET News.com
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, D-S.C., on Thursday introduced an online privacy bill that would force companies to obtain explicit permission from individuals before collecting and sharing information about them.
Hollings said the proposal has been significantly narrowed from previous versions and reflects the European Union privacy directive, which recognizes different types of information.
Hollings' bill would require companies to provide consumers with a "clear and conspicuous" notice on how their personal information will be used and give individuals reasonable access to their data.
news.com.com /2100-1023-886679.html   (915 words)

  
 Story: Hollings Introduces Bill to Tax Net Sales, 8/2/99.
Fritz Hollings (D-SC) is leading the fight against some items on the high-tech agenda.
For example, Sen. Hollings recently led a long and stubborn fight in the Senate against passage a Y2K litigation reform bill.
Hollings, who has been in the Senate since 1966, was once a trial lawyer.
www.techlawjournal.com /taxation/19990802.htm   (318 words)

  
 ERNEST F. HOLLINGS UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oak Ridge, TN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
NOAA's Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program will provide about 110 college undergraduates up to $28,425 to support academic studies related to NOAA science, research, technology, policy, management, and education activities, and a related internship designed to provide a "hands-on," multi-disciplinary training experience.
The Hollings Scholarship Program expands and supports NOAA's 35-year commitment to enhance economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and provide environmental stewardship of our nation's coastal and marine resources.
In support of these efforts, Hollings scholars will be selected from applicants majoring in a broad range of disciplines including: biological, life, and agricultural sciences; physical sciences; mathematics; engineering; computer and information sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and teacher education.
www.ou.edu /cas/botany-micro/announce/adv-11.html   (386 words)

  
 Consensus at Lawyerpoint: Text of Hollings letter to Powell
We have obtained a copy of the letter sent by Sen. Hollings to Chairman Powell.
Hollings urges Powell to move quickly and to implement a broadcast flag mandate now, even without additional legislation.
Hollings says that it is "beyond dispute that the public interest would be served" by this mandate.
bpdg.blogs.eff.org /archives/000155.html   (453 words)

  
 Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge
The Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge helps protect the largest undeveloped estuary along the Atlantic Coast, with rich bottomland hardwoods and fresh and salt water marsh offering food and cover to a variety of wildlife.
From the early 1700's to mid-1800's, much of the ACE Basin was home to large plantations owned by a small number of individuals who managed their wetlands primarily to grow rice.
The Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin is managed to provide a complex of habitats for a diversity of wildlife.
www.fws.gov /refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=42511   (507 words)

  
 P&I Forum
Ernest Hollings is a recipient of the 2006 Champion award.
U.S. Sen. Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC), a long-time friend and advocate of community health centers is honored by the NACHC South Carolina delegation in a special tribute.
Studies show in communities where there is a health center, there are shorter lines at hospital emergency rooms, lower infant mortality rates, and improved health outcomes for people with chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension.
www.nachc.com /piforum/award/ErnestHollings.asp   (623 words)

  
 www.NASFAA.org Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program (Notice)
The Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program will be administered with the assistance of the Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE).
The Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program is established by the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under authority of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Pub.
A Hollings Scholarship recipient shall be require to repay the full amount of the scholarship to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration if it is determined that the individual, in obtaining or using the scholarship, engaged in fraudulent conduct or failed to comply with any term or condition of the scholarship.
www.nasfaa.org /publications/2006/frhollingsscholarship032406.html   (993 words)

  
 Hollings Ugrad Scholarship FAQs
The Hollings Scholarship program provides selected undergraduate applicants with awards that include academic assistance (up to a maximum of $8,000) per academic year for full-time study; housing during the summer internship; a 10-week, full-time internship position ($650/week) during the summer at a NOAA or partner facility.
If you are selected as a Hollings scholar, you are required to visit the selected summer internship site during your spring break, and complete a 10-week paid internship during the summer between your junior and senior years.
Because the Hollings Scholarship program is managed by NOAA, the scholarship program will work directly within the agency to develop, identify, and advertise appropriate opportunities in NOAA during your Hollings internship.
www.orau.gov /NOAA/HollingsScholarship/06FAQs.htm   (2072 words)

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