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  Online NewsHour: Investigating Enron -- January 23, 2002
And Republican Jim Greenwood of Pennsylvania is the chairman of the panel's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.
JIM GREENWOOD: At the center of this whole crisis is that fact that the company took hundreds of millions of dollars, invested them in relatively risky ways and failed to report that in its financial statements and did that with the complicity of its auditors.
JIM GREENWOOD: Well, I think it probably comes as a surprise to most members of Congress -- if not all members of Congress -- the transactions of these magnitudes and of these natures could, in fact, be kept off the books.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/business/jan-june02/house_1-23.html   (2157 words)

  
 CNN.com - Sources: Greenwood to leave House - Jul 19, 2004
Earlier in the day, Greenwood issued a statement acknowledging that he was considering a new job.
Greenwood said that during his 20 years in public service he's been approached many times about "other types of challenges and opportunities" and that he is "currently reviewing one of these opportunities."
Greenwood chairs the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/19/pa.greenwood.house   (395 words)

  
 The incumbent vs. the challenger
Jim Greenwood says his philosophy is a perfect fit for Bucks County.
In particular, Greenwood said he is dismayed by Strouse claiming in campaign literature that the congressman voted against the Norwood-Dingell version of the Patients Bill of Rights and, in other legislation, for putting Social Security in a lockbox.
Greenwood spent $360,000 in the primary to defeat Lingenfelter, a conservative anti-abortion, anti-gun-control Republican.
www.phillyburbs.com /election2000/news/673644.htm   (921 words)

  
 Greenwood is heading to K Street=The Hill.com=   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jim Greenwood (Pa.), a leading Republican supporter of abortion rights, is planning to leave Congress for a lucrative lobbying position, say numerous sources close to the sixth-term congressman.
Greenwood from leaving a district Gore won by five points, underscoring the importance of having a popular Republican on the ticket to help President Bush’s take a key battleground state, say Republican sources.
Greenwood said in his statement, “From time to time during my twenty four years of public service, I have been approached and offered other types of challenges and opportunities.
www.thehill.com /news/072004/greenwood.aspx   (757 words)

  
 'I haven't had time to look back'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Greenwood earned a reputation as a levelheaded centrist with a track record of bringing people together during 12 years representing a traditionally centrist Republican district outside of Philadelphia.
Greenwood’s personality probably was a major factor in his ascension within the GOP caucus.
Greenwood will be working closely with former Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) who is president and CEO of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
www.hillnews.com /thehill/export/TheHill/Business/052405_profile.html   (1356 words)

  
 GOP.gov - Greenwood Recipient Of American Cancer Society Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Greenwood served as the keynote speaker at this event, as well as humbly received this award.
This year Greenwood chaired the Speaker's Disease Working Group, which develops an aggressive agenda to fight maladies, such as cancer, and efforts included: the doubling of funding for biomedical research, enhancing and strengthening clinical investigations, improving managed care, increasing cancer prevention, and ensuring the confidentiality of medical records.
Greenwood developed an alternative managed care reform bill that allowed patients access to all cancer clinical trials-- unlike the more narrow provisions that ultimately passed in the House.
www.gop.gov /item-news.asp?docId=36130   (485 words)

  
 Biotechs look forward to Greenwood leadership (phillyBurbs.com) | Courier Times
Greenwood was instrumental in pushing for FDA reform, said Robert Capetola, president and CEO of Discovery Laboratories.
Greenwood is clearly happy to be moving to a group that advocates for issues he cares about.
Greenwood's votes have drawn him high rankings from the Information Technology Industry Council, which says he voted their preferred position 94 to 100 percent of the time in recent years.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/111-07252004-337001.html   (855 words)

  
 BIO | Congressman Greenwood Named Next BIO President
BIO Chairman and Alkermes CEO Richard Pops said, “After a comprehensive search from a pool of top-level candidates, Jim Greenwood was the Board of Directors’ unanimous choice to lead BIO because of his commitment to improving people’s lives through science and technology and his personal leadership skills.
Greenwood has represented the Eighth District of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1993 and serves on the Energy and Commerce and Education and the Workforce Committees.
Greenwood will be taking over from Carl B. Feldbaum who has headed BIO since its establishment in July of 1993.
www.bio.org /news/newsitem.asp?id=2004_0722_01   (610 words)

  
 www.habu.org - 61-7967 - Paris Air Show 1989 - Blackbird Photo Archive
That also happened to be the favorite aircraft for Jim [Greenwood] and I. We flew a lot of successful missions together in that one.
Some of the crews had bad luck with old 967, but she was always a great performer for Jim and I. "There is a bit of an interesting story as to why we are deplaning onto the roof of some sort of baggage-cart tug.
Jim Greenwood adds, "Here you see a couple of Habus, Robby Butterfield, a Honeywell Rep, the Mildenhall Fuels Chief, and a couple of other folks that showed up for a hangar flying session and hooks, tequila and vodka.
www.habu.org /sr-71/17967-paris89.html   (797 words)

  
 Newtown Advance - News - 07/28/2004 - Jim Greenwood will retire at end of term
Greenwood said he kept his impending career change to himself up until rumors began swirling two weeks ago because he didn't want others to influence his decision.
Whoever is chosen, Greenwood said he fully expects the GOP to keep its seat in the Eighth District.
Greenwood said his new job will enable him to spend more time with his family, as his haphazard schedule in the U.S. House will be replaced by the standard five-day work week.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?BRD=1686&dept_id=41297&newsid=12515810&PAG=461&rfi=9   (810 words)

  
 Abstinence-Until-Marriage:
Congressman Jim Greenwood is a Republican who has a 100% score from the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
Maybe it's because Jim Greenwood was a social worker before he became a Congressman.
If Jim Greenwood were advocating that Congress abolish Title X, which funds the most common type of sexual experimentation programs which inhabit most schools and health departments, then being against abstinence funding might at least be consistent.
www.freecongress.org /commentaries/2002/020419CM.asp   (1037 words)

  
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Greenwood is a four term congressman from the 8th district in Pennsylvania, Bucks County.
The need to "govern from the middle" is all the more urgent in light of the narrow Republican margin of control in the House and the 50-50 split in the Senate, he said.
Indeed, by declaring that "the new president must embrace bipartisanship if his administration is to succeed," Congressman Greenwood is laboring side by side with the liberal Democrats, frantically shoveling fuel into an already glowing furnace of resentment.
www.tocquevillian.com /articles/0003.html   (555 words)

  
 H.R. 3514 - The CHIMP Act
Therefore, I encourage you to support Congressman Greenwood's CHIMP Act (H.R. 3514) and consider signing on as a co-sponsor with the 21 congressmen already co-sponsoring the bill.
As you may or may not be aware, on November 22nd Congressman Greenwood introduced to the House of Representatives H.R. 3514, the Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance and Protection Act.
The purpose of this act is to provide a system of support and sanctuary or a human "retirement" option for chimpanzees that have been designated as being no longer needed in research conducted or supported by the Public Health Service, and for other purposes.
www.animaladvocacy.net /letters/hr3514.html   (1020 words)

  
 Custom Page
Owners Gail and Jim Greenwood formed Greenwood Consulting Group, Inc. (GCGI) in 1996 after many years of operating small consulting, training, and data processing businesses under a host of other names.
Jim started his first consulting business while still a graduate student at Harvard University.
Jim hails from New Mexico, and served six years on the County Council in his hometown.
khec.freehomepage.com /custom.html   (395 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Investigating Enron - January 24, 2002
Nonetheless, Chairman Jim Greenwood, Republican of Pennsylvania tried to make the case why Duncan should tell everything he knows.
JIM GREENWOOD: Will you invoke your Fifth Amendment rights in response to all of our questions here today.
JIM GREENWOOD: I'm disappointed to hear, that but it is therefore, the chair's intention to dismiss the witness.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/business/jan-june02/enron_1-24.html   (1553 words)

  
 Interview with John Murray, Democratic candidate for Congress
LOREN DANZIS: The Republicans argue that Jim Greenwood is a moderate, not the fire-breathing conservative Speaker of the House.
Jim Greenwood, again voting right down the line with the Gingrich agenda, cut the ten billion dollars out of the education budget that would make access to student loans more readily available to kids.
Jim Greenwood has been identified by a lot of the things he has supported in the Contract with America.
www.buckspolitics.org /murr-int.htm   (2351 words)

  
 Northeast Times
Greenwood (R-8th dist.) and Hoeffel (D-13th dist.) both want to reduce physician premiums, keep doctors in Pennsylvania and keep hospitals and trauma centers open.
Greenwood’s HEALTH Act establishes a cap of $250,000, though states would be able to raise the limit.
Greenwood’s bill passed the House last September by a vote of 217-203.
www.northeasttimes.com /2003/0219/hoeffel.html   (699 words)

  
 Greenwood joins MCBI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Greenwood, the new President of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), was one of four co-founders of the bipartisan House Oceans Caucus in 2000.
Greenwood also chaired the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, where he investigated corporate governance issues at Enron and WorldCom, bioterrorism, and the security of our ports and borders.
Congressman Greenwood's decision to join MCBI comes after two national blue-ribbon panels - the Pew Oceans Commission in 2003 and the US Commission on Ocean Policy in 2004 - found that the sea is in serious trouble and that major changes are needed in America's ocean management.
www.mcbi.org /Press/Greenwood_news_release.htm   (727 words)

  
 PA Hospitals Issue Statement On Greenwood Resignation; Six-Term Congressman Leaves Long List of Accomplishments On Key ...
Greenwood has been a stalwart proponent of the HEALTH Act, which would place reasonable limits on non-economic damages.
"Rep. Greenwood's departure from public service is a loss for all of our nation's hospitals, but it is gratifying to know that his new career will keep him connected to health care.
"Pennsylvania's hospitals thank Rep. Greenwood for his service, and we wish him well in his new endeavor." HAP is a statewide membership services organization that advocates for nearly 250 Pennsylvania acute and specialty care, primary care, subacute care, long-term care, home health, and hospice providers, as well as the patients and communities they serve.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-22-2004/0002216424&EDATE=   (321 words)

  
 Federal Interstate Waste Control Legislation: House Bill 1213
House Bill 1213 was introduced by Pennsylvania Republican Jim Greenwood, who represents Bucks County - home to 3 Waste Management Inc. facilities (2 landfills and an incinerator -- permitted to accept a total over more than 20,000 tons per day).
The Virginia amendments would also include additional waste streams not covered under the Greenwood bill, such as sewage sludge, ash, contaminated soil, medical waste and anything else that is dumped in municipal solid waste landfills or incinerators.
Facilities accepting out-of-state waste subject to a host community agreement which was passed prior the the Greenwood bill becoming law would not be subject to this limitation.
www.actionpa.org /waste/fedwastebill.html   (1214 words)

  
 BrothersJudd Blog: LEAVING SOME NAILS UNPOUNDED:
The moderate Greenwood is one of the few House Republicans who support abortion rights, a stance that DeLay and fellow conservatives traditionally haven't tolerated.
When the House had debated similar legislation in previous years, Republican leaders denied Greenwood and his allies the opportunity to offer an amendment on the floor permitting legal exceptions to an outright ban on the controversial abortion procedure.
Early this year, Greenwood and moderate Rep. Nancy Johnson, R-Conn., took their plea to DeLay and reminded him of their party loyalty as senior members who have worked on other key issues.
www.brothersjudd.com /blog/archives/009057.html   (1016 words)

  
 BIO President Jim Greenwood and BIO Chairman Richard Pops to Deliver Keynotes at BIO 2005
Greenwood’s keynote, scheduled Monday, will be his first address at a BIO annual meeting.
Following Greenwood’s remarks, Morton Kondracke, a Fox News contributor, author and television co-host, will lead a luncheon panel discussion, entitled “Saving the World: The Future of Global Drug Development,” on the challenges of bringing new vaccines or other innovative drugs to the developing world.
The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago, location of BIO 2006, will sponsor the Wednesday breakfast plenary session, which brings together experts to discuss the strength of partnerships, the success of relationships and examples of powerful achievements through collaboration.
www.bio.org /events/2005/media/pr2.asp?id=2005_0614_01   (596 words)

  
 Big, Left, Outside: Why Jim Greenwood Is Leaving the U.S. Congress
this morning Jim, the Republican Congressman from Pennsylvania's Eighth Congressional district (Bucks County, mainly) called his chief of staff to say "I've made a decision." He explained that he was dropping out.
But Greenwood had the idea that it was very important to convince me, a young squirt of 23, that he was not a pussy.
Jim shot off bottlerockets today at the Court Appointed Bush Administration, because he wasn't having enough fun carrying their water.
www.bigleftoutside.com /archives/000430.php   (747 words)

  
 Jim Greenwood on Immigration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Greenwood adopted the Republican Main Street Partnership agenda item:
Greenwood scores 0% by FAIR on immigration issues
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is a national, non-profit, public interest membership organization of concerned citizens united by their belief in the need for immigration reform.
www.issues2000.org /PA/Jim_Greenwood_Immigration.htm   (525 words)

  
 Government Relations Update
Congressman Jim Greenwood visits UPHS to discuss medical malpractice.
On November 25th Congressman Jim Greenwood spoke to a packed Austrian Auditorium about the medical malpractice crisis.
Greenwood urged physicians to target members of Congress who currently do not support his bill.
www.upenn.edu /ldi/govt1206.html   (957 words)

  
 Death by Dyeing.org - Shades of death   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Please contact Dr Jim Greenwood if you would like to discuss any details with regards to the slides.
Note: This documentation of Dr. Jim Greenwood's study as well as the accompanying photographs belong to Dr. Jim Greenwood and not Death by Dyeing.org.
All photographs and text are Copyright Dr. Jim Greenwood.
www.deathbydyeing.org /moreau.htm   (2084 words)

  
 Capitol Hill Watch | House Approves Bill That Would Cap Medical Malpractice Suit Punitive Awards at $250,000 - ...
The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Jim Greenwood (R-Pa.), would allow punitive damages of $250,000 or twice the amount of economic damages, whichever is higher.
Greenwood said, "The difference between now and the past in regard to the Senate is we have Dr. Frist as majority leader, and the crisis is more severe than it has ever been, and it's more widespread" (
Greenwood said he would be "thrilled" with any Senate version of the bill because that would allow the bill to go to conference (
www.kaisernetwork.org /daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=16588   (581 words)

  
 Spreading Green along Route 13 [local columnist takes on RINO Jim Greenwood!]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
As part of a spending spree totaling in the millions, Congressman Jim Greenwood has secured $90,000 in federal funds for a study on how to clean up Route 13.
Yet Greenwood, like too many other members of the so-called "smaller government" party, somehow manages to convince Congress to use this revenue not for any pressing national concern but for a tiny local interest in his home district.
And we're supposed to be grateful about the money that Rep. Greenwood works hard to bring to our district, and conveniently forget that he has 434 colleagues working just as hard to take money away.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/613472/posts   (1031 words)

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