Key House Dem: Public option can't pass without reconciliation Sep 30, 2009
Robert Andrews said during an interview on Tuesday ... Robert Andrews (D-N.J.), the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions (HELP), asserted that the House's health bill would include the public option, but would need the procedural maneuver to get it through the Senate. (TheHill.com)
Latest news briefs from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (2) Apr 28, 2009
Anthony Weiner of New York, Peter Deutsch of Florida, and Frank Pallone and Robert Andrews of New Jersey, all Democrats, submitted a list in November of 59 New York-area Jews of Syrian origin who applied for translation jobs with the FBI in the months after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. U.S. officials at the time blamed the failure to stop the attacks in part on the low number of Arabic translators working for security agencies. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
U.S. eases some restrictions on travel to Cuba Apr 14, 2009
Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida and Albio Sires and Robert Andrews of New Jersey. They recommended a more calibrated approach: doubling the amount of allowable money transfers to family members in Cuba rather than allowing unlimited transfers. (AZCentral -- News)
Lawmakers say 401(k) rules allow conflicts Mar 25, 2009
The regulations may make it harder to obtain independent advice, risking workers' retirement savings, said Representative Robert Andrews, chairman of the Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee. "We believe it runs the risk of spreading the conflict-of-interest disease to the world of pension holdings," said Andrews, a New Jersey Democrat. (Boston Globe)
