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LIEBERMAN APPLAUDS OBAMA SIGNING OF JOBS BILL

03.18.10

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) today issued the below statement following President Obama’s signing of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act:

“The jobs bill that President Obama signed into law today will spur job creation and economic growth by giving businesses incentives to hire new workers. We still have much more work to do, but I am pleased that the Congress and the President have worked together to produce this much-needed boost to our economy.”

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NEW LONDON, Conn. (WTNH) -- Senator Joseph Lieberman came to the US Coast Guard Academy to honor someone he considers a hero, Admiral Sandra Stosz, first female superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy.

"That's what it means to me today is having a chance to highlight and showcase this academy, to thank Sen. Lieberman for his years and years of dedicated support, and to recognize the fact that our cadets are those leaders of character for the future," she said.

It also gave the pair a chance to catch up. The two joked about the fact the Admiral, who is the first female superintendent of the Academy, ordered the senator to focus more on the cadets than her.

"Which is a measure of the kind of person she is," Lieberman said.

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On April 25, the U.S. Senate Wednesday passed a strong, bipartisan postal reform bill to preserve the United States Postal Service (USPS) and put it on more solid financial ground for the future. The 21st Century Postal Service Act (S.1789) was passed by a 62-37 vote.

“This legislation will change the USPS so it can stay alive throughout the 21st century to serve the people and businesses of this country," Lieberman said.

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