House Bill introduced to
study how U.S. policies affect Americans overseas 
FAWCO is happy to announce
that Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Mike Honda (D-CA), have introduced
H.R.597, legislation to create a Federal commission to study the impact of government
policies upon the millions of Americans living overseas.
‘Americans living and working
abroad are our country’s informal ambassadors and help strengthen the U.S.
economy and promote American influence. Yet they too often suffer from an
‘out-of-sight, out-of-mind’ mentality within government, Maloney said. ‘Overseas
Americans pay their taxes and vote like the rest of us. Their concerns about
how their government interacts with them deserve to be heard-- and paid
attention to-- here in Washington, and that’s what this bill would do.
With its large proportion of
members who are long-term residents overseas, FAWCO has endeavored for years,
if not decades, to ensure that Washington legislators understand the
unfortunate situation of patriotic, law-abiding citizens living and working
abroad who suffer under the impact of laws actually designed to identify and
punish tax evasion within the United States or which unintentionally
disenfranchise overseas voters. We
have high hopes for the potential of this Commission’, said Lucy Stensland
Laederich, U.S. Liaison, FAWCO.
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Depression and the
Mediterranean Diet
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‘Many studies have found that
a diet rich in fruit vegetables legumes, olive and fish are good for the
heart. However, recent
studies of some 10.000 Spaniards over a period of four years show that those
who constantly ate a healthy Mediterranean diet at the beginning of the study
were half as likely to develop depression than those who followed alternative
ways of eating.’
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To read the remainder of the
article, go to FAWCO.org Click and drag down the menu on Global Issues, to
‘Health Issues’
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