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Congressman Kanjorski speaks with seniors at the Lehighton Senior Center on August 14, 2008.

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Congressman Kanjorski visits with two local veterans as they visited the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. on April 29, 2008.

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Congressman Kanjorski speaks about student loan problems and solutions during a roundtable discussion at King's College in Wilkes-Barre on May 2, 2008.

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Congressman Kanjorski attended the President’s bill signing of the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act on May 20, 2009.  The bill includes two of Congressman Kanjorski’s provisions to help people remain in their homes and protect the viability of their credit unions

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Congressman Kanjorski delivers a check for more than $280,000 to officers of the Diligence Fire Company in Summit Hill, Carbon County, in the summer of 2007.

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Congressman Kanjorski speaks with U.S. Navy Captain John Feerick at the Italian American Veterans observance at West Wyoming Cemetery on May 25, 2008.

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Congressman Kanjorski participates in the ribbon cutting on August 22, 2008 for the Black Diamond Trail, part of the Delaware & Lehigh Trail, a 17 mile route from White Haven to Wilkes-Barre. Congressman Kanjorski helped provide federal funds for the trail.
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5/21/09: CNBC, Squawk Box – Discussing the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act and the Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights
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5/14/09: CNBC, Squawk Box – Previewing his Capital Markets Subcommittee hearing on Insurance Regulatory Reform
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4/30/09: CNBC, Squawk Box – Discussing the Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights
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4/6/09: CNBC, Squawk Box – Announcing with Sallie Mae’s CEO that the company will create more jobs in the U.S., including in Northeastern Pennsylvania
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4/2/09: CNBC, Squawk Box – Discussing mark-to-market accounting and the economy
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3/19/09: CNBC, Squawk Box – Discussing his Capital Market Subcommittee hearing on AIG
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3/18/09: MSNBC, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue – Discussing his Capital Market Subcommittee hearing on AIG
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3/18/09: Opening statement at his Capital Market Subcommittee hearing on AIG
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3/18/09: Discussing AIG’s CEO testifying at his Capital Market Subcommittee hearing on AIG
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3/18/09: Questioning AIG’s CEO during his Capital Market Subcommittee hearing on AIG
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3/12/09: CNBC, Squawk Box – Previewing his Capital Markets Subcommittee hearing on Mark-to-Market Accounting
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3/5/09: Bloomberg TV – Previewing his systemic risk hearing in the House Capital Markets Subcommittee
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2/25/09: CNBC, Squawk Box – Discussing the President's address and previewing the House Financial Services Committee hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke
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2/4/09: Opening statement at his Capital Markets Subcommittee hearing on Madoff and the need for regulatory reform
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1/27/09: CSPAN, Washington Journal – Addressing the Economic Crisis
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Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke on the economic crisis

1/5/09: CNBC, Squawk Box – Previewing the Madoff hearing in the House Financial Services Committee
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1/5/09: Opening statement at the House Financial Services Committee hearing on Madoff and the need for regulatory reform
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1/5/09: Bloomberg TV – After the Madoff hearing in the House Financial Services Committee
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12/23/08: WYOU-TV – On Cherry Valley Designated as a National Wildlife Refuge
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12/5/08: Questioning the American auto CEOs during a House Financial Services Committee hearing
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12/5/08: Opening statement at the House Financial Services Committee hearing to review the auto industry proposals
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12/5/08: Opening statement at the House Financial Services Committee hearing to review the auto industry proposals
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11/19/08: Opening statement at the House Financial Services Committee hearing on the auto industry
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11/19/08: Questioning General Motors’ CEO during a House Financial Services Committee hearing
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11/18/08: Questioning Treasury Secretary Paulson during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the implementation of the rescue plan
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10/21/08: Opening Statement at a House Financial Services Committee Hearing on the future of financial services regulation
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10/3/08: Second statement on House floor on economic rescue bill
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9/30/08: PBS, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer – Discussing the economic crisis
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9/29/08: Statement on House floor on economic rescue bill
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9/24/08: Questioning Treasury Secretary Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the economic crisis
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9/24/08: Opening Statement at a House Financial Services Committee Hearing on the economic crisis
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1.5.09: NPR, Morning Edition – Previewing the Madoff hearing in the House Financial Services Committee
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Click below to listen to my 1st ever telephone town hall!

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Philadelphia Inquirer – PhillyDeals: Key legislator weighs in on Obama’s financial agenda
Kanjorski, whose district includes Wilkes-Barre, is famous for understanding this stuff better than the average member of Congress, and for staying on the fence until he's heard from all sides.
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Pocono Record Editorial: House correct to pass clean energy bill
The U.S. House and Congressman Paul Kanjorski deserve congratulations and praise for last week's narrow passage of the most important energy legislation in a generation.
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Pocono Record: Kanjorski amendment addresses home appraisals in Poconos
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Times Leader: Sallie Mae to add 600 jobs
U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski called it the best kind of economic stimulus: new jobs.
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New York Times: A.I.G. Chief Asks Bonus Recipients to Give Back Half
"A million dollars is a sizable sum to the typical American family," Mr. Kanjorski said, "and a million dollars is a lottery prize for anyone who has just lost a job." He called on A.I.G.'s employees to join with the legions of Americans who "have made personal sacrifices to survive these difficult times."
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Washington Post: AIG Chief Asks That Awards Be Returned
Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski (D-Pa.), chairman of the House Financial Services subcommittee, scolded the chief executive, saying the decision to go ahead with the bonuses promised in employee contracts could bring down the company — and ultimately others as well.
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Pocono Record Editorial: Congressman Kanjorski should ask the tough questions
Kanjorski has been raising questions about AIG for months. Last fall he challenged AIG junkets. He telephoned Liddy in January to object to the bonuses.
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3/6/09: Kanjorski’s economic stimulus guide praised as user-friendly
Consider U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski the guide to economic stimulus.
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Citizens Voice: Guidebook on U.S. economic recovery package available from Kanjorski’s office
U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski , D-Nanticoke, has released a guidebook geared to help everyone from veterans, retirees and families to small businesses and local governments navigate through the new economic recovery package.
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New York Times: Lawmakers Question Bankers on Bailout
James D'Agostino craned his neck to get a view of the Morgan Stanley chief executive John J. Mack in the hope that the Wall Street titan would be subjected to a firestorm of criticism in a reckoning before Congress.
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Pocono Record Editorial: Try foreclosure moratorium for home buyers

Everybody needs a roof overhead. What better way, then, to save people who are losing their homes than to let those willing to keep paying down their mortgages stay in the house?

Cong. Paul E. Kanjorski, D-11, and chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, has introduced a bill that would do just that.

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Pocono Record: Pocono Power Broker U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski
Madoff happened as we were trying to rebuild. Our economic system doesn't prosper without people having confidence in the market place.
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Pocono Record Editorial: Cherry Valley refuge receives fed designation
Local residents, conservation activists and political leaders such as Congressmen Paul Kanjorski, D-11, and Charlie Dent, R-15, are to be congratulated for last week's federal designation of Cherry Valley as a National Wildlife Refuge.
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Pocono Record: Cherry Valley becomes national wildlife refuge
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the National Wildlife Refuge designation to Cherry Valley on Tuesday, an historic achievement for conservation in the Poconos.
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Pa. lawmaker will lead Madoff inquiry
U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski says the Madoff scandal is a case study in why the U.S. financial system – from equities to bonds to insurance – needs to be reregulated.
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Scranton Times-Tribune Editorial: Fraud probe vital
The global credit crisis has been characterized by experts as largely a crisis of confidence. That's why Rep. Paul Kanjorski is on the mark in planning hearings on an alleged $50 billion global Ponzi scheme that occurred under the noses of federal regulators.
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Dow Jones: US Rep Kanjorski To Investigate Madoff Case, SEC’s Role
A House lawmaker said Wednesday he will start an investigation into New York financier Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion fraud of investors through his fund and the oversight by regulators of the group.
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MarketWatch: House panel to examine Madoff, oversight
A key lawmaker announced plans Wednesday to investigate investment manager Bernard Madoff, arrested on allegations that he ran a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, as well as the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to identify the problem sooner.
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Bond Buyer: Fed, Treasury Point Fingers At Each Other
Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke is suggesting that state and local governments facing fiscal difficulties seek grants, loans, or guarantees from the Treasury, while a Treasury official contends they should ask the Fed about participating in its commercial paper purchasing program.
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CNN Money: More trouble for auto bailout
Auto industry executives were back on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning to ask for a federal bailout but they once again faced an uphill battle in winning the necessary support from Congress.
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Washington Post: Lawmakers Blast Handling of Bailout
Lawmakers accused Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. yesterday of haphazardly managing the $700 billion financial rescue, as fault lines widened over what the government should try next to contain the fallout of the financial crisis.
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Pocono Record: Pocono gem nearly reaches status as a National Wildlife Refuge

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday recommended the creation of a 20,000-acre National Wildlife Refuge in Cherry Valley.

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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Lack of loans for tuition puts students in bind
Problems this year in financial markets made it difficult for lenders to access money, and many stopped offering student loans. To free up money for college, Pennsylvania's congressional delegation, led by Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Luzerne County, helped to craft a bill that became law in May.
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Fed Reserve can’t always control financial policy
Anyone who's still under the Greenspan-era Wall Street illusion that the Federal Reserve runs this country should look at what happened when Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke tried to brush off a Pennsylvania congressman earlier this year.
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Times Leader: Kanjorski bill would tax high oil profits
U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski said it's time for to stand up to the big oil companies and "shout out, dammit, we've had enough."
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Citizens Voice – Editorial: Tax big oil’s windfall profits
Congressman Paul Kanjorski has a good idea on how to lower gas prices.
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Citizens Voice: Kanjorski heads roundtable to avert student loan crisis
WILKES-BARRE – It used to be that college graduates worried about paying off their student loans, but in recent months even just obtaining those loans has come into jeopardy.
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Citizens Voice: Kanjorski attends unveiling of new Pittston City fire truck
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CQ Today Print Edition – Administration Sees No Need to Act as Lenders Leave Student Aid Program
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Pocono Record: Kanjorski pushes for Cherry Valley refuge
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Times Leader: Funds aid treatment court
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