Press Releases
  • Owens Statement on Alcoa Modernization Announcement
    Apr 1, 2013 - Recently, leadership at Alcoa announced that they will invest in a significant modernization of their Massena East smelter. In addition, the company will provide $10 million in support of the North Country Economic Development Fund. Congressman Bill Owens applauded the move and made the following st... More
  • Owens Applauds Reinstatement of Troop Tuition Assistance
    Mar 27, 2013 - The Department of Defense (DoD) today announced it will reinstate tuition assistance for service members after cutting the program earlier this month due to sequestration. Congress voted last week to fund the program as part of the continuing resolution, legislation funding government operations thr... More
  • Owens Pushes Legislation to Assist New York Farmers
    Mar 22, 2013 - This week, Congressman Bill Owens introduced legislation to reduce trade barriers for apple exports to Canada, to increase access to credit for farmers, and to boost the New York maple industry. These three bills were included in the House version of the 2012 Farm Bill, which was approved by the Hou... More
  • Owens, Courtney, Hanna Introduce Farm Credit Legislation
    Mar 21, 2013 - This week, Congressmen Bill Owens (D-NY), Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Richard Hanna (R-NY) introduced legislation (H.R. 1297) to increase access to credit for farmers. Their bill, the “Agricultural Credit Expansion Act,” would expand the range of business structures that qualify for loans through the Fa... More
  • Owens Introduces Legislation to Improve Health Reform Law
    Mar 20, 2013 - Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), children may remain on their parents’ health insurance through age 26. However, this provision of the law inadvertently excluded expenditures from Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for the same group of young adults. This week, Congressman Bill Owens introduced legi... More
  • Congressman Owens Announces Congressional Art Competition
    Mar 18, 2013 - Congressman Bill Owens announced today that his office is currently accepting submissions from high school students in New York’s 21st Congressional District for the annual Congressional Art Competition. “I am proud to offer young artists an opportunity to have their work displayed at the U.S. Capit... More
  • Owens, Gibson Reintroduce Legislation to Assist Rural Schools
    Mar 15, 2013 - Congressman Bill Owens (NY-21) today re-introduced legislation with Congressman Chris Gibson (NY-19) to help rural schools address decreases in student enrollment. The “Strengthening America's Public Schools Through Promoting Foreign Investment Act (H.R. 1139)” would ease restrictions on the nonimmi... More
  • Owens Joins Effort to Raise De Minimis Threshold
    Mar 13, 2013 - Congressman Bill Owens announced this week he has joined a bipartisan effort between the House and Senate to increase the threshold at which low-value shipments can enter the United States free from tariffs, also known as a “de minimis” threshold. Owens is an original co-sponsor of the “Low Value Sh... More
  • Owens to Hold Telephone Town Hall Wednesday
    Mar 12, 2013 - Congressman Bill Owens will hold a telephone town hall on Wednesday, March 13th, in an ongoing effort to keep in touch with constituents across the more than 16,000 square miles of New York’s 21st Congressional District. Owens will give a quick update on efforts in Congress to address sequestration,... More
  • Six-Day Delivery Included in Continuing Resolution
    Mar 8, 2013 - As reported this week by the New York Times, the continuing resolution approved Wednesday in the House of Representatives (H.R. 933) requires the United States Postal Service (USPS) to maintain Saturday delivery throughout the term of the legislation. Congressman Owens supported the legislation as p... More
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