Author Archives: Kate Ito

• The Legislative Process: HRV Special Resource Study Act

By Kate Ito | Published: February 18, 2010


How is a congressional bill passed? In this article, the legislative process is broken down to track the progress of H.R. 4003, the Hudson River Valley (HRV) Special Resource Study Act. Step 1: Introduction Any member of Congress can introduce a legislative bill, and it may be introduced in either the House of Representatives or the Senate. [...]
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• 1/21 House Subcommittee Hearing on NPS Designation

By Kate Ito | Published: February 10, 2010


New York Congressman Maurice Hinchey’s Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act went before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, a subcommittee of the House Committee on Natural Resources, Thursday, January 21, 2010. The Subcommittee hearing was an initial step for this legislation, which would authorize the National [...]
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• Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act

By Kate Ito | Published: January 21, 2010


Congressman Maurice Hinchey, the US representative for New York’s 22nd district, introduced the Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act to the House of Representatives on November 3, 2009. This bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the resources in the Hudson River Valley to determine the [...]
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GE’s Hudson River Dredging Project — GE’s Side.

By Kate Ito | Published: January 21, 2010


On October 7, 2009 the Environmental Studies department at Skidmore College provided a trip and tour of GE’s Hudson River Dredging Project in Fort Edwards, NY, which is concluding phase one of the dredging project this Fall. We were met by Mark Beehan, a GE spokesman, who knowledgably explained the project and answered our questions. [...]
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