Maurice Hinchey News

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been likened to the Vietnam War. Despite the concerns about the cost of the two current conflicts today, returning soldiers are not treated with the disdain that many Vietnam vets met when they came home.

A letter signed by Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadephia, chairman of the bishops' committee on pro-life activities, and Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., had "strongly urged" the congressmen to vote for the Stupak-Pitts amendment, which they said was "an essential improvement in health-care reform legislation" that would "keep in ...

Eighty-nine House members are asking Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to protect 9.4 million acres of red rocks lands in Utah while Congress works on legislation.

Now Congress has ordered the agency to take another look. As part of the $32 billion Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill recently signed by President Obama, lawmakers asked the EPA to re-visit hydraulic fracturing, the process where copious amounts of water and sand mixed with toxic chemical additives are furiously pumped underground to ...

Another set of eyes. That is what the federal Environmental Protection Agency has been told it should provide in reviewing the hotly debated natural gas drilling technique called hydro-fracturing. It's a good move.

BINGHAMTON Republican George Phillips, who lost to Congressman Maurice Hinchey a year ago, says he plans on taking on the popular Democrat in next year's election.

The safety of fracking -- a controversial process to stimulate natural gas production from the Marcellus Shale -- will be re-evaluated by the Obama administration.

WASHINGTON -- When it comes to hiring and paying staffers, congressional representatives from New York's upstate and Hudson Valley communities take different approaches.

A new video of Jeremiah Wright has surfaced, showing Barack Obama's pastor of 20 years praising Marxism and discussing his ties to communists in El Salvador and Nicaragua and the Libyan government.

Due to environmental concerns over safe drinking water, Chesapeake Energy Corp. has agreed not to drill for natural gas within the New York City watershed, a small area within the Marcellus Shale natural gas reserve, which includes some of the Appalachian regions of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and West Virginia, reports EARTHWORKS .

Rep. Maurice Hinchey wants the Hudson River Valley to become part of the National Park system.

Lawmakers in Congress are still working on the 12 spending bills that will finance federal government agencies next year, but they've already finished work on the measure needed to fund their own offices.

WASHINGTON -- When it comes to hiring and paying staffers, congressional representatives from New York's Hudson Valley and upstate communities take different approaches.

OWEGO -- When it comes to funding the canceled presidential helicopter program, it's not over until it's over.

Washington, DC - Congressman Maurice Hinchey today secured final congressional approval of $150,000 for the renovation of Owego's historic municipal building located at 90 Temple Street.

The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered its lawyers not to prosecute people who use medical marijuana in states where the practice is legal.

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WEST POINT, N.Y. - Sen. Charles Schumer says the Army is backing off plans to privatize more than 300 public works jobs at West Point.

WASHINGTON - At least a dozen members of New York's congressional delegation support the administration's review of military options in Afghanistan, despite former Vice President Dick Cheney's recent complaints that President Barack Obama is 'dithering.' The lawmakers were surveyed by the Journal Washington bureau over the last several days.

LOOKING AHEAD The House seat of Scott Murphy, center at left, with President Obama and Maurice Hinchey, a fellow Democratic congressman from New York, is one that Republicans believe may be winnable.