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Congressman Kennedy meets on Capitol Hill with Wally Hallas, director of the International Sports Institute at the University of Rhode Island. Kennedy supports the efforts of the institute, which promotes sportsmanship and scholastic achievement |
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Congressman Kennedy visited the Meeting Street Center in
East Providence, where he participated in activities with developmentally
disabled children and their teachers, and discussed issues of importance
to the center with teachers and parents |
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Then-First Lady (and now Senator) Hillary Rodham Clinton was a guest of Congressman Kennedy to discuss school violence issues during a forum at Cumberland High School. Kennedy invited high school students from throughout his district to participate |
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Congressman Kennedy joins his Rhode Island constituents
to commemorate World AIDS Day. Kennedy is a supporter of increased federal
funding for AIDS awareness research |
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Joined by Woonsocket police officers, Congressman Kennedy announces federal funding for a gun buyback program. Kennedy has worked with police departments throughout his district to offer programs in which unwanted guns are turned in and melted down for scrap metal, and has introduced federal legislation to make grants available for departments to offer such programs |
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Cumberland High School Principle John Scullin welcomes
Congressman Kennedy and Olympic star Jackie Joyner Kersee for a discussion
about asthma. Kennedy, who has suffered chronic asthma since childhood,
has been successful in advocating for federal funding for outreach
programs on the prevention and treatment of asthma |
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Congressman Kennedy with Nobel Laureate Bishop Belo in East Timor |
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Congressman Kennedy alongside Former Mayor Richard G. Fossa, Greets Italy's Presidnet Oscar Luigi Scalfro in Providence, RI |
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Congressman Kennedy playing with a student at the Austin T. Levy Elementary School in Burrillville, Rhode Island |
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Congressman Kennedy speaking to students at the Austin T. Levy Elementary School in Burrillville, Rhode Island |
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Congressman Kennedy presenting President Clinton with his honorary membership in the Portuguese Social Club of Pawtucket, Rhode Island |
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President Clinton with Congressman Kennedy, his brother Teddy and members of his family at the rededication of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library |
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Congressman Kennedy participates in a press conference on Capitol Hill to discuss the importance of gun safety laws. Kennedy was instrumental in arranging for the Rhode Island display of public service billboards on gun safety |
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Congressman Kennedy and United States House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt speaking to United Food Commercial Workers, Local 328 |
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Congressman Kennedy speaking to senior citizens at the Pawtucket Senior Center about Medicare cuts |
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Congressman Kennedy presenting a U.S. Flag flown over the Capitol to the Lonsdale Fire Department |
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Congressman Kennedy presenting the Pawtucket Police Department with a U. S. Flag flown over the Capitol |
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Congressman Kennedy speaking to Mayor Metivier and the Pawtucket Police Department about the Crime Bill |
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Congressman Kennedy eating with Rhode Island Navy sailors on the aircraft carrier, U.S.S. George Washington |
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Congressman Kennedy discussing flight deck control with sailors aboard the U.S.S. George Washington |
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Congressman Kennedy, Senator Pell and President Mario Soares of Portugal at the Rhode Island State House during the President's visit to Rhode Island |
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Congressman Kennedy presenting a sculpture of President John F. Kennedy to Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro during his visit to Rhode Island this spring |
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