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IL-09 Jan Schakowsky (945 words) |
 | Jan remains a member of the House Democratic Leadership, serving as Chief Deputy Whip, as she did in the 2002 election cycle, and on the House Steering Committee, the committee that helps determine MembersÂ’ committee assignments. |
 | Jan consistently strives to ensure that both seniors and people with disabilities receive quality home, hospice, and nursing home care, and her bill to ensure that newly-built homes that are federally-funded meet national guidelines for accessibility is supported by major national disability rights organization. |
 | Jan provides a powerful voice for the protection of children and women and has introduced major bills to increase federal assistance for abused women and children and to protect the rights of battered immigrant women, provisions that were signed into law by President Clinton. |
| †Gerrit Jan Heijn 09-09-1987 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (262 words) |
 | Tot aan zijn dood was hij samen met zijn broer Albert topman van Ahold. |
 | Hij was een kleinzoon van Albert Heijn en de vader van Ronald Jan Heijn. |
 | Op 9 april 1987 werd Gerrit Jan Heijn gecremeerd in het Crematorium Velsen in Driehuis in aanwezigheid van slechts de naaste familie en enkele vrienden. |