Word: moakley
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Joseph Moakley, who represents the South Bostondistrict in Congress, believes the Kennedy familyhas served the Boston community well...
...They are a family dedicated to public service.They live by the saying, `To those that much isgiven, much is expected,"' Moakley says...
...Moakley says he believes the new generation ofKennedys share this deep commitment to publicservice...
...donation bases--Senator Mike DeWine, who made the issue his top priority after having to make a split-second decision to donate the organs of his 22-year-old daughter killed in a car accident in 1993; Senator Bill Frist, a surgeon who actually did transplants; and Representative Joe Moakley, who walks the halls of Congress thanks to a donated liver--will launch National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week and celebrate the fact that this year, for the first time, 70 million Americans will get donor cards along with their tax refunds...
...abuse the law by forcing employees who want overtime pay to accept comp time instead. "In the real world, if your boss tells you to take time off instead of getting extra pay, you either do what you are told or you start packing your gear," warned Representative Joe Moakley, a Democrat from Massachusetts. Upon the bill's passage, Republican Representative Jennifer Dunn of Washington responded, "For too long parents have had to choose between work and spending time with their children. That's a tragedy." Although President Clinton previously endorsed extending optional time off to private workers, he made...