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Congressional Testimony

July 16, 2009

Nomination of Sonia M. Sotomayor to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Testimony of Chuck Canterbury, National President, before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary View Testimony

January 15, 2009

Nomination of Eric H. Holder, Jr. to be the 82nd Attorney General of the United States

Testimony of Chuck Canterbury, National President, before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary View Testimony

January 8, 2009

Helping State and Local Law Enforcement During an Economic Downturn

Testimony of Chuck Canterbury, National President, before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary View Testimony

January 16, 2008

Social Security Benefits for Economically Vulnerable Beneficiaries

Testimony of Chuck Canterbury, National President, before the House Subcommittee on Social Security and Committee on Ways and Means View Testimony

November 13, 2007

Retroactive Application of Recent Changes to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines

Testimony of Chuck Canterbury, National President, before the U.S. Sentencing Commission View Testimony

November 6, 2007

GPO and WEP: Policies Affecting Pensions from Work Not Covered by Social Security

Testimony of Chuck Canterbury, National President, before the Senate Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy Committee on Finance View Testimony

October 17, 2007

Nomination of Michael B. Mukasey to be the next Attorney General of the United States

Testimony of Chuck Canterbury, National President, before the Committee on the Judiciary View Testimony

September 6, 2007

The Implementation of the “Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004” (Pub. L. No. 108 277) and Additional Legislative Efforts Aimed at Expanding the Authority to Carry Concealed Firearms

Testimony of Tom Penoza, National Treasurer, before the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee on the Judiciary View Testimony

April 18, 2007

Downsizing the Federal Protective Service and its effect on the Protection of Federal Buildings

Testimony of Chuck Canterbury, National President, before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure View Testimony

January 30, 2006

Communications Infrastructure Challenges Faced by First Responders During Hurricane Katrina

Testimony of Patrick Yoes, National Secretary, before the FCC View Testimony

September 29, 2005

Incident Command, Control, and Communications during Catastrophic Events

Testimony of Chuck Canterbury, National President, before the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology View Testimony

June 9, 2005

Protecting and Strengthening Social Security

Testimony of Chuck Canterbury, National President, before the Subcommittee on Social Security and Committee on Ways and Means View Testimony

April 14, 2005

Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act

Testimony of Louis P. Cannon, President, District of Columbia Fraternal Order of Police, before the Committee on Homeland Security View Testimony

July 20, 2004

Time to Bite the Bullet: Fixing Federal Law Enforcement Pay and Benefits

Testimony of Louis P. Cannon, President, District of Columbia Fraternal Order of Police and Chairman, F.O.P.'s Federal Officers Committee, before the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization and Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives View Testimony

July 20, 2004

Social Security: Repeal of the WEP

Testimony of Chuck Canterbury, National President, on H.R. 4391, the "Public Servant Retirement Protection Act," before the Subcommittee on Social Security and Committee on Ways and Means View Testimony

June 15, 2004

Concealed Carry Legislation for Law Enforcement Officers

Testimony of Chuck Canterbury, National President, on H.R. 218, the "Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act of 2003," before the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee on the Judiciary View Testimony

September 24, 2003

Social Security: Repeal of the WEP and GPO

Testimony of Kenneth Rocks, Then National Vice President, on S. 349, the "Social Security Fairness Act," before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs View Testimony

July 23, 2003

Personnel Issues Affecting Law Enforcement Employees of the Federal Government

Testimony of Inspector Louis P. Cannon, President, District of Columbia Fraternal Order of Police and Chairman, F.O.P.'s Federal Officers Committee, before the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization; Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources; and Committee on Government Reform, United States House of Representatives View Testimony

May 1, 2003

Social Security: Repeal of the WEP and GPO

Testimony of Chuck Canterbury, National President, on H.R. 594, the "Social Security Fairness Act," before the House Subcommittee on Social Security View Testimony

July 23, 2002

Concealed Carry Legislation for Law Enforcement Officers

Testimony of Steve Young, Then National President, on S. 2480, the "Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act of 2002," before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary View Testimony

December 5, 2001

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

Testimony of Steve Young, Then National President, on the Office for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) before the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs View Testimony

August 1, 2001

Racial Profiling

Testimony of Steve Young, Then National Vice President, on S. 989, the "End Racial Profiling Act of 2001," before the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights View Testimony

July 25, 2000

Collective Bargaining

Testimony of Gilbert G. Gallegos, Then National President, on S. 1016, the "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act," before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions View Testimony

June 27, 2000

Social Security

Testimony of Gilbert G. Gallegos, Then National President, in support of H.R. 1217, the "Government Pension Offset Reform Act" before the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security View Testimony

May 9, 2000

Collective Bargaining for Public Safety Officers

Testimony of Gilbert G. Gallegos, Then National President, on H.R. 1093, "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act" before the House Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations View Testimony

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