Chet Edwards to Receive VFW Congressional Award
January 24, 2008
Chet Edwards to Receive VFW Congressional Award
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2008--America's oldest major veterans' organization has selected Texas Rep. Chet Edwards (D-17th) to receive its 2008 Congressional Award for his outstanding service to veterans, servicemembers and their families. The congressman, who chairs the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, will be presented the award March 3 at the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. Community Service and Legislative Conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in northwest Washington.
"This award is extremely important to the VFW," said VFW National Commander George Lisicki, a Vietnam veteran from Carteret, N.J., "because it recognizes a champion who is in our corner in Congress."
Edwards honored at luncheon
July 10, 2006
Edwards honored at luncheon
The Battalion
By Katy Hicks | Battalion staff writer
Lee Peddicord, vice chancellor for research and federal relations, welcomed professors, researchers and elected officials to a luncheon Friday honoring U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, Class of 1974, for his dedication in securing funds for research at Texas A&M.
"This is an opportunity for all of us at the A&M system to say thank you to Congressman Edwards for the wonderful things he does for us in Washington D.C.," Peddicord said.
Edwards has secured more than $115 million in federal funding for projects in various fields including but not limited to energy, defense, health care and nutrition and agriculture, said John White, chairman of The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents and keynote speaker at the luncheon.
Keene chamber hears of gas, SIFE ...
March 24, 2006
Keene chamber hears of gas, SIFE, Edwards' business votes
Cleburne Times Review
By Matt Smith | Staff writer
KEENE - Thursday's Keene Chamber luncheon attracted the monthly event's largest crowd in recent memory, said chamber president Janet Goodman.
The program included three speaking segments and ran longer than usual. Audience members didn't appear to mind, given the chance to hear from Southwestern Adventist University's Students In Free Enterprise team, First State Bank Texas Keene Branch President Peter Bennis and U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco.
Champions of liberty
January 26, 2006
Champions of liberty
Chet Edwards, seven-term U.S. representative out of Waco, was in tall cotton on Jan. 19.
Fort Worth Star Telegram
By Editorial Staff | Star-Telegram
He was one of three people honored by the Council for America's First Freedom, which annually celebrates Jan. 16 as National Religious Freedom Day and, for 12 years, has honored distinguished advocates of religious freedom around the world at a banquet in Richmond, Va..
Edwards received the National First Freedom Award.
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