MEDIA ADVISORY

For Immediate Release

August 8, 2006

Contact: Gail Gitcho

202-225-3026/202-225-2210

Rep. Shaw to Hold Ways and Means Committee Forum in South Florida on Impacts of Immigration Reform

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On August 17, 2006 Congressman Clay Shaw (R-FL) will lead a forum in Lake Worth hosted by the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee.  This forum will feature local public officials who will discuss with Congressman Shaw how immigration and border security proposals would affect programs for which the Committee is responsible-including Social Security, Medicare, and welfare programs-as well the impact on South Florida families, municipalities, businesses, and government agencies.

On July 26, 2006, the full Ways and Means Committee held a hearing in Washington, D.C. to review the impact of immigration on programs in the Committee's jurisdiction.  Members heard testimony from agency officials from the Department of Homeland Security, the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services. 

Rep. Shaw, the Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, organized this forum to follow up on the full Committee hearing and highlight the effects of immigration in South Florida.

WHO:            Congressman Clay Shaw

WHAT:          Forum:  "Immigration, Border Security, and Its Impact on Social Service Within the Ways and Means Committee's Jurisdiction"

WHEN:          Thursday, August 17, 2006; 2:00pm - 4:00pm.

WHERE:       Lake Worth Commission Chambers at City Hall

7 N Dixie Highway
Lake Worth,  FL  33460

PANELISTS: 
Lake Worth Mayor Mark Drautz
Jupiter Town Manager Andy Lukasik
Palm Beach County School Superintendent Art Johnson
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw
Social Security Commissioner for the Atlanta Region Paul Barnes