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  • Owens Announces Results of 2012 Priorities Survey
    Jan 26, 2012 - Congressman Bill Owens announced today the results of his 2012 Priorities Survey, in which thousands of New Yorkers participated: What do you believe should be the top priority of Congress in 2012? Job Creation and Economic Growth (20.1%) Reducing the Debt and Deficit (15.2%) Passing a Farm Bill (2%... More
  • Owens Talks Economy, Jobs with 11,000 in Telphone Town Hall Meeting
    Nov 30, 2011 - Oswego County’s member of the U.S. Congress met with about 11,000 of his constituents Tuesday night on one of his frequent telephone conference call townhall meetings. Democrat Bill Owens’ district stretches from Hannibal to his hometown of Plattsburgh — a distance of more than 230 miles that would ... More
  • Owens’ Staff to Hold “Mobile Office Hours” Next Week
    Oct 21, 2011 - Members of Congressman Bill Owens’ staff will hold meetings with Upstate New Yorkers in Clinton, Jefferson, Madison, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties in an ongoing effort to increase constituent outreach. Multiple more events planned throughout New York’s 23rd Congressional district in the coming mo... More
  • Owens Announces Expanded Medicare Open Enrollment
    Oct 20, 2011 - Congressman Bill Owens today announced Medicare’s Open Enrollment period that began this week and has been expanded to last seven weeks through Wednesday, December 7th. The expanded enrollment period will give seniors and those with disabilities more time to compare and find the best plan that meets... More
  • Owens Statement on Social Security COLA Increase
    Oct 19, 2011 - WATERTOWN – Congressman Bill Owens released the following statement today after the Social Security Administration announced that, starting in January 2012, Social Security beneficiaries will see their first cost-of-living-adjustment in three years. “Social Security is a pledge to hard working Ameri... More
  • Statement of Representative Owens on Deficit Reduction Compromise
    Aug 1, 2011 - WASHINGTON – Congressman Bill Owens released the following statement tonight after voting in favor of The Budget Control Act of 2011. The legislation passed the U.S. House of Representatives tonight by a vote of 268-161. “Over the course of this debate, I have heard from concerned constituents acros... More
  • Owens to Hold District-Wide Telephone Town Hall Tuesday
    Jul 9, 2011 - WASHINGTON – In an ongoing effort to conduct an open discussion about the issues that affect Upstate New York, Congressman Bill Owens will hold a telephone town hall next Tuesday, July 12th. Beginning at 6:45 p.m., Owens will update callers about his work to create jobs in Upstate New York, and then... More
  • Congressman Fields Questions From Constituents
    Jul 5, 2011 - http://oswegocountytoday.com/?p=65159 By Nicholas Cafalone, Contributing Writer OSWEGO, NY – Congressman Bill Owens held a town hall style meeting at the Auditorium in the Campus Center on the SUNY Oswego Campus Tuesday night. The meeting was open to anyone and more than 50 people were in attendance... More
  • Owens Takes Local Idea to National Level
    Apr 14, 2011 - WASHINGTON – This week, Congressman Bill Owens asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to consider the removal of Social Security Numbers from Medicare identification cards. The concern was brought to Owens’ attention at a March 23rd “Mobile Office Hours” event held in Croghan. Ow... More
  • Owens to Hold District-Wide Telephone Town Hall Thursday
    Apr 13, 2011 - In an ongoing effort to conduct an open discussion about the issues that affect Upstate New York, Congressman Bill Owens will hold a “telephone town hall” this week. Owens will update callers on the state of Medicare as it relates to recent budget proposals, and take questions from callers from 11:0... More
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