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 Special Committee on Aging
(Washington, DC) The Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging announced today that he...
As Chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, I look forward to continuing to work for you during the second session of the 108th Congress during 2004.
The Policy Committee for the 2005 White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA) will hold its third meetin...
aging.senate.gov

  
 Senate Special Committee on Aging, Hearings 107th Congress
Senate Special Committee on Aging, Hearings 107th Congress
This document is sponsored by the U.S. Senate on the United States Government Printing Office web site.
107-582 -- Settling for Silver in the Golden Years: The Special Challenges of Women in Retirement Planning and Security, May 23, 2002 TEXT 87K PDF 2.6M
www.access.gpo.gov /congress/senate/senate22sh107.html

  
 Special Committee on Aging
As Chairman of the Senate's Special Committee on Aging, I am looking forward to a busy year as we address the many important issues facing older Americans.
CHAIRMAN SMITH CALLS ATTENTION TO HIV THREAT AMONG AMERICA’S SENIORS Aging Committee addresses alar...
The 108th Congress saw the passage of a much-needed prescription drug benefit along with the most significant improvements to Medicare since its creation.
aging.senate.gov

  
 Special Committee on Aging
This Home Page is maintained by the office of The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging.
Thank you for visiting the Senate Special Committee on Aging’s website.
02/02/06 - CHAIRMAN SMITH - MEDICARE DRUG PLAN MUST BECOME MORE EFFICIENT - Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR), chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging...
aging.senate.gov   (235 words)

  
 Dangerous gaps in Michigan, deaths reflect national trend
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, chairman, Senate Special Committee on Aging, G31 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20501 or e-mail to mailbox@aging.senate.gov.
A 79-year-old man in Grandville suffocated when his body became wedged between the mattress and side rail.
Emma Boeling, 93, suffocated in "a death akin to hanging," said Macomb County Medical Examiner Werner Spitz, whose office performed her autopsy.
www.freep.com /news/health/bed8_20000208.htm   (235 words)

  
 Special Committee on Aging
As Chairman of the Senate's Special Committee on Aging, I am looking forward to a busy year as we address the many important issues facing older Americans.
The 108th Congress saw the passage of a much-needed prescription drug benefit along with the most significant improvements to Medicare since its creation.
aging.senate.gov   (235 words)

  
 U.S. Senate, Bush Cabinet Will Welcome New Hispanic Members - US Department of State
He will also serve on the Senate Special Committee on Aging -- an important post for a legislator from Florida, a state with a large number of retirees among its residents.
Ken Salazar (Democrat of Colorado) and Mel Martinez (Republican of Florida) were elected to the Senate in November.  Meanwhile, President Bush recently named White House legal counsel Alberto Gonzales to succeed outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft, and nominated Carlos Gutierrez, chief executive officer of the Kellogg Corporation, to become the next secretary of commerce. 
Martinez graduated from Florida State University's College of Law in 1973.  During his 25 years of law practice in Orlando, he was involved in various civic organizations, and was vice president of the Board of Catholic Charities of the Orlando Diocese.
usinfo.state.gov /wh/Archive/2005/Jan/04-193572.html?chanlid=wha   (235 words)

  
 401khelpcenter.com - American Benefits Council to Senate Aging Panel: Employer-sponsored Retirement Plans Important for National Savings
WASHINGTON, DC, April 12, 2005 -- "Retirement savings through employer-sponsored plans is the one bright light in an overall dismal picture of how Americans save and current U.S. savings levels," said American Benefits Council President James A. Klein during testimony today before the Senate Special Committee on Aging.
American Benefits Council to Senate Aging Panel: Employer-sponsored Retirement Plans Important for National Savings
The American Benefits Council is the national trade association for companies concerned about federal legislation and regulations affecting all aspects of the employee benefits system.
www.401khelpcenter.com /press_2005/pr_abc_041205.html   (235 words)

  
 CNN.com In-Depth Specials - Senate power shift
There is also a select committee on ethics, a special committee on aging, an Indian Affairs Committee and four joint committees on Congress, economics, taxation and the Senate library.
The committee also deals with the rules and regulations governing the Senate and the administration of the Senate Office Buildings.
The Judiciary Committee has one of the broadest legislative jurisdictions of Senate panels.
www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2001/senate/stories/explainer.html   (235 words)

  
 New Books at MTSU Library, July
Nutrition and the elderly : savings for Medicare : forum before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, Washington, DC, June 20, 1996.
Social security reform options : preparing for the 21st century : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, Washington, DC, September 24, 1996.
Suicide and the elderly : a population at risk : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, Washington, DC, July 30, 1996.
www.mtsu.edu /~vvesper/nbjuly.html   (235 words)

  
 New Books at MTSU Library for April 1997
Stranded on disability : federal disability programs failing disabled workers : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, Washington, DC, June 5, 1996.
The national shortage of geriatricians : meeting the needs of our aging population : forum before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, Washington, DC, May 14, 1996.
The narcotics threat to the United States through Mexico--S. 1547 : hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, on S. 1547, to limit the provision of assistance to the government of Mexico using the Exchange Stabilization Fund...
frank.mtsu.edu /~library/newbooks/apr97.html   (235 words)

  
 Health Insurance Books 1977-1979
Medi-gap, private health insurance supplements to medicare : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session, Washington, D.C. Washington, U.S. Govt.
Black lung supplemental and oversight on HEW positions : hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session : special hearing held at Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Department of Labor.
Oversight of the administration of the black lung program, 1977 : hearings before the Subcommittee on Labor of the Committee on Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session...
www.medlina.com /health_insurance_books_1977-1979.htm   (235 words)

  
 Rick Santorum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In addition, Santorum currently serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee; Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Senate Special Committee on Aging; and the Senate Finance Committee, of which he is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy.
Santorum is a Republican who currently is chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, the number three job in the party leadership of the Senate.
The Senate passed a weaker, non-binding version of the amendment, which two Ohio Congressmen have invoked to suggest that the state should include "intelligent design" in its science standards.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rick_Santorum   (3359 words)

  
 Rick Santorum
Currently, in the 109th Congress, Senator Santorum serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee; the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration; the Senate Special Committee on Aging; and the Senate Finance Committee, of which he is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy.
During the 107th Congress, Senator Santorum successfully ushered the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act through the Senate and House, and his bill to recognize the basic rights of all children born alive was signed into law.
In 1990, at the age of 32, Senator Santorum was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and made his mark in Congress as a champion of government accountability and welfare reform.
www.ittakesafamily.com /rick_santorum.html   (3359 words)

  
 Rick Santorum
Currently, in the 109th Congress, Senator Santorum serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee; the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration; the Senate Special Committee on Aging; and the Senate Finance Committee, of which he is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy.
During the 107th Congress, Senator Santorum successfully ushered the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act through the Senate and House, and his bill to recognize the basic rights of all children born alive was signed into law.
In 1990, at the age of 32, Senator Santorum was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and made his mark in Congress as a champion of government accountability and welfare reform.
www.ittakesafamily.com /rick_santorum.html   (754 words)

  
 Selected New Books for February 1997
Alzheimer's disease in a changing health care system : falling through the cracks : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, Washington, DC, April 23, 1996.
Current and projected national security threats to the United States and its interests abroad : hearing before the Select Committee on Intelligence of the United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session...
Economic espionage : joint hearing before the Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate, and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Government Information of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, February 28, 1996.
frank.mtsu.edu /~library/newbooks/feb97.html   (754 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Blanche Lincoln
Lincoln serves on the Senate Finance Committee; Special Committee on Aging; Select Committee on Ethics; Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee; Senate Social Security Task Force; Rural Health Caucus; Senate New Democrat Coalition.
Lincoln won reelection to a second term and served in the House of Representatives until 1997.
Lincoln co-authored the book Nine and Counting with 8 other female Senators relating their experiences in public service.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Blanche-Lincoln   (754 words)

  
 U.S. Senator Gordon H. Smith - About Senator Smith
Smith is the Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and also serves on four major Senate committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Energy and Natural Resources, Indian Affairs, and the powerful Finance Committee.
Senate leaders have recognized Senator Smith's abilities and have continually asked him to serve in key leadership and committee positions.
Smith is also co-chairman of the Senate Task Force on Medicare and Prescription Drugs and has been selected by leadership four times to be a Deputy Whip, a position that he currently holds.
gsmith.senate.gov /bio.htm   (754 words)

  
 NIC Popcorn Forum
Senator Craig serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Senate Special Committee on Aging, Judiciary Committee, and is the Chairman of the Veterans’ Affair Committee.
In 1974, Payette and Washington counties elected Craig to the Idaho Senate, where he served three terms before winning the 1980 race for the U.S. House from Idaho’s First Congressional District.
Senator Craig was born on the family ranch in southern Idaho, which was homesteaded in 1899 by his grandfather.
www.nic.edu /events/popcornforum/friday.htm   (414 words)

  
 John Glenn's Final Frontier
Benson said that Glenn, who hired him as a staff member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging in the early 1980s, "provided key support on issues from nursing home reform to Indian elders.
When Glenn cochaired the Special Committee's June hearing titled "The Graying of Nations III: Productive Aging Around the World" (sessions Iand II were held in 1977 and 1985 respectively), he became one of the few people to have participated in all three sessions examining international developments in aging research.
Other experiments involving Glenn include an astroculture study of plants grown in a microgravity environment and a biotechnology dynamics study related to organ transplantation and to diabetes and other diseases associated with aging.
www.asaging.org /at/at-195/glenn.html   (982 words)

  
 Elder Justice Act of 2003 - National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA)
Elder Justice Act of 2003 (S. On February 10, 2003, Sen. John Breaux (D-La.), Ranking Member, Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced the Elder Justice Act of 2003 - S. 333 in the Senate.
H.R. 2490 is a companion measure to the bill introduced in the Senate on February 10.
LIFESPAN, Rochester, NY The Long Term Ombudsman Council of Broward County, FL Louisiana Association of Councils on Aging
www.elderabusecenter.org /default.cfm?p=elderjustice.cfm   (814 words)

  
 Congressional Testimony: PREDATORY LENDING PRACTICES:WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, JR@ HighBeam Research
Thank you for this opportunity to address the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging on the subject of predatory mortgage lending practices directed against the elderly.
Statement of William J. Brennan, Jr., Director, Home Defense Program of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc., Before the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging on March 16, 1998
PREDATORY LENDING PRACTICES:WILLIAM J. «Read the Full Article, get a FREE TRIAL for instant access»
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:28675174&refid=ip_almanac_hf   (177 words)

  
 U.S. Senator Gordon H. Smith - About Senator Smith
Smith is the Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and also serves on four major Senate committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Energy and Natural Resources, Indian Affairs, and the powerful Finance Committee.
Senate leaders have recognized Senator Smith's abilities and have continually asked him to serve in key leadership and committee positions.
Senator Smith is also actively engaged in the many natural resource issues affecting the state and is recognized as an advocate for protecting Oregon's natural resources and the working families who depend on them for their livelihoods.
www.senate.gov /~gsmith/bio.htm   (578 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Senator Jim DeMint to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell
Senator DeMint is a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the Joint Economic Committee, and the Special Committee on Aging.
For more information on Senator DeMint, please visit http://demint.senate.gov.
U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) will preside over the opening bell.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=97972&tsource=3   (194 words)

  
 Third United States Congress
Health care fraud as it affects the aging: Hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, Racine, Wisconsin, August 13, 1993 (S. hrg)
Nomination of Leon E. Panetta: Hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session,...
Technology and economic policy: Hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, June 21, 1993 (S. hrg)
www.freeglossary.com /3rd_Congress   (194 words)

  
 Prescott Sheldon Bush - SourceWatch
During his career, Bush was on the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, the Senate Committee on Public Works, the Committee on Armed Services, a congressional Joint Economic Committee, and the Special Committee on Aging.
Prescott S. Bush was the first in a line of Bush men who were tapped at Yale University to become members of the Skull and Bones Society.
Prescott was followed by his son George Herbert Walker Bush and grandson George Walker Bush.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Prescott_Bush   (781 words)

  
 Lecture Platform BioBox > Alan K. Simpson
He was an active force on the Judiciary Committee, Finance Committee, Environment and Public Works Committee, a Special Committee on Aging and served as chair of the Veterans Affairs Committee.
Alan Simpson served in the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997.
After ten years as Senate Republican Whip, this Wyoming legislator continues to play a central role in national leadership.
www.chautauqua-inst.org /Lectures/simpson.html   (155 words)

  
 Evan Bayh to visit South Carolina on August 31
Elected to his second term in November 2004, Senator Bayh currently serves on five Senate committees: Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, on which he is the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance; Armed Services; the Select Committee on Intelligence; the Special Committee on Aging; and the Small Business Committee.
The South Carolina Democratic Party is pleased to announce that United States Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana will be the special guest speaker at the Party's annual reception honoring present and past Democratic members of South Carolina's Federal Delegation.
"Evan Bayh is a true leader in the United States Senate.
www.scheadlines.com /release.asp?relID=335   (375 words)

  
 H. John Heinz III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
National Republican Senatorial Committee ( Ninety-sixth and Ninety-ninth Congresses) and a member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging (
Heinz's Senate work was focused on retirement and the elderly, health care, international trade, finance and banking, environmental issues, human development and education.
In 1971, he was elected by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert J. Corbett during the Ninety-second Congress.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/H._John_Heinz_III   (375 words)

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