Peter King
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Category: New York Republicans
Peter King is a Republican congressman from New York, where he represents the 3rd District.
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Positions
King is the chairman of the House committee on Homeland Security. He was the chairman of the Emergency Preparedness subcommittee (which includes oversight of FEMA) in 2005.
A few of his positions:
- recently endorsed the idea of extra screening of air passengers based on their religion and ethnicity. source
- voted against the McCain anti-torture amendment.
- co-sponsored the (failed) 2006 anti-immigrant bill (and antagonized local Catholics along the way)
- consistently votes against improvements in port security
- supports teaching Intelligent Design in schools
- called the AARP and NAACP "radical organizations" (Source: [http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/10/26/115832/28 DailyKos diary.)
Winston Smith, How Many Fingers Am I Holding Up?
King called for prosecution of the New York Times, and its reporters and editors, for publishing a story that the Bush administration was secretly examining thousands of financial transactions, see Warrantless Eavesdropping Timeline for June 2006. (Source: Financial Times, June 26, 2006, p.2)
King Quote: "No one elected The New York Times to do anything. And The New York Times is putting its own arrogant elitist left-wing agenda before the interests of the American people. And I'm calling on the attorney general to begin a criminal investigation and prosecution of The New York Times. Source: Fox News Sunday. June 25, 2006.
Quotes
- "There are too many mosques in this country." - Politico.com, Sept. 19, 2007.
External Links
- Official website
- Kingwatch, local lefty blog tracking King's work
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