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  ATI - Biography of Nick J. Rahall, II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Rahall is well known for his expertise in national policies relating to transportation, and infrastructure, energy and the environment.
In the House of Representatives, Rahall serves on the Committee on Resources where he is the Ranking Democratic Member and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure where he is the second senior Democrat.
Rahall, a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, currently serves on four panels of the Committee: Highways and Transit, Railroads, Aviation and Water Resources and Environment.
www.marshall.edu /ati/rahallbio.htmlx   (781 words)

  
  Nick Rahall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rahall defeated Hechler with 57 percent of the vote.
Rahall is the author of the 1978 legislation which established the New River Gorge National River as a unit of the National Park System.
Rahall has faced several primary challenges from Hechler, and in the 1980s several challenges in general elections funded in part by some Jewish-American groups that expressed concern on Rahall's somewhat pro-Palestinian leanings on Middle Eastern issues.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nick_Rahall   (686 words)

  
 All Immigration Votes of Representative Nick Rahall
Rahall’s vote was important; the reformers were only 28 votes short of approving the end of chain migration.
Rahall’s vote was on the side of America’s farm workers and on the side of limiting illegal immigration.
Rahall voted FOR H RES 365, which was brought up and passed in a new form in March of 2002.
profiles.numbersusa.com /improfile.php3?DistSend=WV&VIPID=886   (6278 words)

  
 USATODAY.com
Rahall, a Christian, traces his ancestry to Lebanon and is one of five lawmakers of Arab descent.
Rahall, 26, was charged with selling drugs to a confidential informant at a time he was free on a $5,000 bond on a fugitive charge in Virginia.
The elder Rahall is the ranking Democrat on the Committee on Resources and is the second senior Democrat on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, where he serves on three subcommittees: Highways and Transit, Railroads, and Aviation.
www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/CandidateProfile.aspx?ci=442&oi=H   (708 words)

  
 Irregular Times Rating and Contact Information for Representative Nick Rahall of WV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Rahall has not yet cosponsored H.R., which would put an end to the practice of "extraordinary rendition," in which Bush Administration officials send people into the custody of certain nations, knowing full well (some would say intending) that they will be tortured there.
Nick Rahall has not yet signed on as a cosponsor to H.R., which would keep government agents from riffling through your bookstore receipts and library records without your permission or knowledge.
Nick Rahall has not yet cosponsored H.R., which would keep members of the Federal Communication Commission from using their appointed positions to censor cable, satellite or internet programs they consider to be indecent.
irregularbin.com /house/RahallWV3.html   (2049 words)

  
 July 2000
Nick Rahall (D-WV), sponsor of the Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act of 2000, was quick to shoot holes in the opposition's arguments.
Rahall pointed out that TIA was being hypocritical in its criticism of trucking re-regulation, as TIA is part of a coalition seeking to strengthen federal regulation of the railroad industry.
Rahall, former broadcast executive from Beckley, WV, has been knocking around the halls of Congress since 1976, when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives at age 27.
www.landlinemag.com /Archives/2000/july2000/News_Surcharge.html   (1059 words)

  
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Rahall serves as the Chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources is the second-senior Democrat on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Rahall was also leader in the effort to end royalty holidays and giveaways to big oil and gas companies who reaped record profits, while American taxpayers continued to experience skyrocketing gas prices and has worked to promote America's energy independence and the use of clean coal technologies to achieve this feat.
Congressman Rahall is married to the former Melinda Ross of Ashland, Kentucky.
www.rahall.house.gov /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=190&Itemid=37   (1105 words)

  
 US Rep. Rahall Speaks in Iraq
Rahall's trip to Baghdad, which followed President Bush's saber-rattling address to the United Nations General Assembly, drew international attention to a congressman who has spent most of his quarter century on Capitol Hill securing funding for road projects and mine safety initiatives.
Rahall has won high marks even from those who disagree with him for his expertise and for his attention to humanitarian issues that are often lost in Middle East policy debates.
Rahall said he also was making the trip because of his doubts about whether the Bush administration has made a case for waging war against Iraq at this time.
www.thenation.com /blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=103   (924 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - U.S. lawmaker says his trip to Iraq 'played a part'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Nick Rahall, the head of an unofficial U.S delegation to Iraq, sits beside an Iraqi boy suffering from leukemia and his mother in the al-Masure Hospital in Baghdad on September 14.
Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., said Tuesday that he "had a positive feeling" after wrapping up a weekend "humanitarian mission" that had the sanction, if not the blessing, of the State Department.
Rahall, a 13-term lawmaker virtually unknown outside his state, is a Lebanese-American and longtime critic of U.S. policy in the Middle East.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002-09-17-iraq-rahall_x.htm   (478 words)

  
 Son of Rep. Nick Rahall (D-Bagdhad, er, W.Va.) faces drunken driving, robbery charges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Rahall was treated at an area hospital, then released into the custody of state troopers on a burglary and robbery warrant out of Fairfax County, Virginia.
Rahall was then brought before a Mercer County Circuit Court judge on a warrant of being a fugitive from justice on the Virginia burglary and robbery charges.
Rahall is the son of Rep. Nick J. Rahall II (D), a 14-term congressman representing West Virginia's 3rd District.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/953004/posts   (2613 words)

  
 Nick Rahall - Congresspedia
Nick Joe Rahall II has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District, since 1977 (map).
Nick Rahall's official website was rated by citizen researchers in February 2007 as part of a survey by the Sunlight Foundation.
Nick Rahall was born May 20, 1949 in Beckley, West Virginia.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Nick_Rahall   (816 words)

  
 u.s. congressman nick joe rahall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A veteran of every highway bill since coming to Congress, Rahall was a key architect in the formulation of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (known as TEA 21).
In the area of aviation policy, Rahall devised programs to assist airports in small communities and rural areas, as well as to promote intermodal transportation developments at these airports, in the Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (known as AIR 21).
Rahall also took up the cause of greater protections for coalfield citizens by twice spearheading legislation to extend the Abandoned Mine Reclaimation program, which provides funds to combat health, safety and environmental threats from old mine sites.
www.wvexecutive.com /whoswho/officials_representative.asp   (647 words)

  
 PCRM Gala: The Art of Compassion > The Honorable Nick Rahall
Congressman Nick Rahall is currently serving his 15th term representing West Virginia in the House of Representatives.
Rahall has reformed many of the nation’s antiquated federal mining laws to bring them more in line with the public interest.
Numerous organizations have recognized Congressman Rahall for his work, including the Citizen’s Coal Council, the Department of Interior, the Sierra Club, American Rivers, and the Wilderness Society.
www.pcrm.org /gala/speakers/rahall.html   (131 words)

  
 VOA News Report
Tetiana Anderson reports from Cairo, Congressman Nick Rahall says the mission of his delegation is not only to urge Iraq to allow weapons inspectors but to convince the Iraqi people that Americans want peace there.
TEXT: Nick Rahall, a Democratic representative from West Virginia, says he is on a humanitarian mission today (Saturday), but that he also intends to urge Baghdad to allow unrestricted access to United Nations weapons inspectors, to avoid war.
Rahall is part of a four-person delegation that includes former U-S Senator James Abourezk.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iraq/2002/iraq-020914-285dd03a.htm   (299 words)

  
 Dialogue Makes War Unnecessary, by Nick Rahall
This is the text of Rep. Nick Rahall's address to the Iraqi National Assembly on September 15, 2002.
Speaking personally, I will encourage my colleagues in the Congress to enter into dialogue with the Iraq National Assembly for the future benefit of both our nations.
Democratic Congressman Nick Rahall represents the Third Congressional District of West Virginia.
www.antiwar.com /orig/rahall1.html   (943 words)

  
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Nick Joe Rahall II was born in Beckley, W.Va., and resides there.
Nick Rahall was elected to the U.S. House in 1976 with 46 percent of the vote.
In 1994, Rahall was re-elected to a tenth term with 64 percent of the vote, defeating Republican Ben Waldman.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/elections/2004/candidates/22603   (259 words)

  
 Cong. Nick Rahall's (D-W.Va.) Son Receives Cocaine Sentence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
BECKLEY, W.Va. - Rep. Nick Rahall's son was sentenced on Thursday to 14 months in a federal prison for distributing cocaine.
Rahall, 26, of Beckley, was charged in October in a federal information with selling drugs to a confidential informant on Aug. 19, 2003.
Nick Joe the Third has a long and storied history of lawbreaking, apparently, from drug dealing to burglary.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1081909/posts   (862 words)

  
 HNN - HuntingtonNews.Net
Well known for his expertise in national policies relating to transportation, infrastructure, energy and the environment, Rahall has been a tireless fighter for the people of southern West Virginia.
First elected in 1976, he currently is serving his 14th term and is the dean of the West Virginia Delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Recently, Rahall helped RTI win designation as a National Maritime Enhancement Institute to enable the school to compete for federal grants related to a great number of maritime activities.
www.huntingtonnews.net /local/rahall4.29.04.html   (388 words)

  
 Breakfast for Congressman Rahall
I also want to thank Nick for his work for peace in the Middle East and for sensitive and fair treatment for Arab Americans and in American foreign policy, for the legitimate interests of all the people of the Middle East.
And I think it's a real tribute to Nick Rahall that he has spent a lot of time, and that his constituents have supported him in spending time, trying to make us sensitive to people who come from different racial and ethnic and religious backgrounds.
Because the United States, of all the nations in the world, is perhaps the most blessed, going in to the 21st century, because we live in a global economy and a global society, and because we are so diverse.
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 DEDICATION OF THE NICK J. RAHALL, II APPALACHIAN TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
It is truly a pleasure and an honor to be here for the dedication of the Nick J. Rahall II Appalachian Transportation Institute.
Nick Rahall and I worked together for a number of years on the House Public Works and Transportation Committee in Congress, and I can tell you that he is
Nick has also worked on behalf of airports in small communities and rural areas, promoting intermodal transportation developments at these airports through his efforts in passing the Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21
www.dot.gov /affairs/072301sp.htm   (508 words)

  
 Horse Rescue of America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Rahall is the Ranking Democrat on the House Resources Committee which has jurisdiction over wild horse policy on federal lands.
Rahall's legislation addresses a provision inserted in a must-pass appropriations bill last year (Burns, R-MT) that allows the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to sell wild horses without limitation — meaning that they can be sold at auction for slaughter to the highest bidder.
Let Representative Rahall know that he is your “hero” by taking action to save the wild horses and burros.
www.horserescueofamerica.org /horserescue/articles/item.php?id=1   (477 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Highway Pork?-- June 9, 1998
KWAME HOLMAN: Nick Rahall is the top Democrat on the Surface Transportation Subcommittee, which had to give initial approval to the long list of projects members selected.
Rahall, himself, returned home to West Virginia with one of the biggest highway projects of them all, $50 million to begin work on 12 miles of road between the towns of Logan and Man in his Southern West Virginia district.
NICK RAHALL: They have been able to at the grassroots level transfer their desire for a highway and have their voices heard in our nation's capital, and I am their spokesperson.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/transportation/jan-june98/transbill_6-9.html   (1638 words)

  
 Nick Rahall on Principles & Values   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Nick Joe Rahall II, West Virginia Democrat, Rahall has been a tireless champion of Arab American issues since arriving in D.C. in ‘76.
On domestic issues, Rahall has been a watchdog for the civil liberties of Arab Americans and others, bringing public attention to threats on those rights in cases from the Gulf War behavior of the FBI to current anti-terrorism legislation.
[Rahall is] the dean of the Arab American caucus in Congress.
www.issues2000.org /House/Nick_Rahall_Principles_+_Values.htm   (385 words)

  
 ATI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Transportation Institute at Marshall University.
From May to August 2000, Errin served as the marketing/advertising coordinator and a workshop instructor for the Nick J. Rahall Appalachian Transportation Institute's Design a Future Vehicle Summer Workshop.
The center is one of 33 national University Transportation Centers and was established at Marshall University through a $12 million grant thanks to the efforts of WV Congressman Nick J. Rahall, II.
webpages.marshall.edu /~jewell4/port-ATI.htm   (157 words)

  
 No Agenda :: It Pays To Be Nick Rahall's Sister
Rahall makes $15,000 a month lobbying Congress for the tiny Arab country of Qatar.
And the person she frequently lobbies is Rep. Nick J. Rahall II (D-W.Va.), her older brother and one of Qatar's biggest champions in Washington.
Tanya Rahall, a self-employed government and public relations consultant, said her brother played no role in helping her get the Qatar contract or other clients.
www.noagenda.org /2005/08/nick_rahall_and_sister.php   (328 words)

  
 HNN WV STATE NEWS - HuntingtonNews.Net
Stressing the importance of educating our youth, Rahall stated, "To protect the country down the line we need educated leaders.
Rahall is a cosponsor of H.R. 114, which would reverse the $300 million Pell Grant cut.
U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) represents West Virginia's 3rd District.
www.huntingtonnews.net /state/050114-rahall-report.html   (369 words)

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