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Maurice Hinchey, former U.S. congressman, recalled as environmental champion
Jack Howland | Poughkeepsie Journal
Updated 8 hours ago
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/2017/11/22/breaking-maurice-hinchey-former-ny-representative-dead-79/890412001/

Former Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey, who served 20 years in Congress and had been battling a terminal neurological disorder, died on Wednesday, his family confirmed.

The 79-year-old Ulster County resident announced in June he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal degeneration after battling colon cancer. Serving in the 22nd Congressional District, which includes Poughkeepsie, Hinchey was an advocate of environmental protection and championed many Hudson Valley causes.

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They left out his dazzling Sheila Jackson Lee level of intellect.

This guy was a creep, so I have no problem speaking ill  of him.
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“In the outside world, I'm a simple geologist. But in here .... I am Falcor, Defender of the Alliance” --Randy Marsh

“The most effectual means of being secure against pain is to retire within ourselves, and to suffice for our own happiness.” -- Thomas Jefferson

“He's so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent.” --Foghorn Leghorn