Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is introducing a major new national service bill aimed at recruiting 175,000 Americans of all ages to tackle national problems such as health care, education, energy and the environment.
It is Kennedy’s first major piece of legislation since being diagnosed with a malignant brain turmor in May. The 76-year-old senator has been working from his Hyannisport home on the “Serve America Act” with Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, a longtime friend.
Details of the legislation will be presented today at an event in New York City. Kennedy’s niece, Caroline Kennedy, and Hatch are expected to attend.
Aides said the Massachusetts senator did not plan to be at the event.
“Time and again we’ve learned that large numbers of Americans are ready, willing, able and even eager to be involved in service, and that all we have to do is ask them to do so,” Kennedy said in a statement. “The Serve America Act will ask. It will connect every generation through service, and enable them to help tackle a wide range of national challenges, from the dropout crisis that plagues our schools to the lack of health care in our neediest communities to the energy and environmental crises that threatens our planet.”
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It is Kennedy’s first major piece of legislation since being diagnosed with a malignant brain turmor in May. The 76-year-old senator has been working from his Hyannisport home on the “Serve America Act” with Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, a longtime friend.
Details of the legislation will be presented today at an event in New York City. Kennedy’s niece, Caroline Kennedy, and Hatch are expected to attend.
Aides said the Massachusetts senator did not plan to be at the event.
“Time and again we’ve learned that large numbers of Americans are ready, willing, able and even eager to be involved in service, and that all we have to do is ask them to do so,” Kennedy said in a statement. “The Serve America Act will ask. It will connect every generation through service, and enable them to help tackle a wide range of national challenges, from the dropout crisis that plagues our schools to the lack of health care in our neediest communities to the energy and environmental crises that threatens our planet.”
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