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(WASHINGTON, DC)– Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks presented Carol J. Hunt, Chairperson of the National institute of Senior Centers, and Executive Director of Jamaica Senior Programs for Older Adults (JSPOA), with a proclamation in honor of her forty years working on behalf of the elderly in the Sixth Congressional District.

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Employment

• Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 151,000 in October, a much larger increase than markets expected. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

(JAMAICA, NY)– Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) met with Senior Center Directors and Administrators and announced a district wide three-pronged approach to inform seniors and their families about the open enrollment season for the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program which begins November 15, and ends December 31.

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(WASHINGTON, DC)–Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) released the following statement in regards to the Miner Rescue in Chile:

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(WASHINGTON, DC)– Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-6), Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Financial Services Committee and Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, issued the following statement in regards to the sentencing of the Times Square Bomber:

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Employment

• The four-week moving average of initial unemployment insurance claims (which smoothes weekly volatility) was 458,000 for the week ended September 25, down 29,000 from four weeks earlier, the third consecutive decline. (BLS)

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