Bob Goodlatte: Unborn children feel pain
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Congress has the power, and the responsibility, to acknowledge these developments in our understanding of the ability of unborn children to feel pain.
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Congress rewards corporations while punishing the American people
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Congress keeps feeding big corporations huge tax cuts they don’t deserve, even as it starves average Americans of the services and investments they need.
Obama administration issues rule to protect 57 percent of Virginia’s streams
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Over 28,0000 miles of Virginia’s streams, including those feeding the James and Potomac Rivers, will gain federal protections under a final rule signed today by top Obama administration officials.
Governor McAuliffe announces new Virginia chief information officer
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Monday that Nelson Moe has been appointed as the new Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Atlantic Coast Pipeline response to FERC scoping period comments
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The Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC on Tuesday filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission its responses to nearly 28,000 written and oral comments regarding the project.
American Farm Bureau supports demise of federal estate tax
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The nation’s largest agricultural organization is hoping the federal estate tax will draw its last breath this year.
Virginia leaders support AG’s actions on immigration reform
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Virginia business leaders, public safety officials, elected officials, and immigration advocates expressed support today for Attorney General Herring’s decision to support targeted, compassionate immigration reform that “will increase State tax revenue, enhance public safety, and help avoid tragic situations in which parents are deported away from their U.S. citizen children.”
Farm Bureau says waters rule would disregard exemptions for normal farming activities
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Without dramatic alterations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Waters of the U.S. rule will result in potential Clean Water Act liability and federal permit requirements for a tremendous number of commonplace and essential farming and forestry practices nationwide, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Comments show opposition to EPA’s proposed Waters rule
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By the time the comment period for the proposed Waters of the U.S. rule ended in November 2014, Americans had shared more than 1 million comments with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Still in denial about climate
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It’s hard to believe there are still any climate change deniers. But a recent survey by the non-profit Center for American Progress found that some 58 percent of Republicans in the U.S. Congress still “refuse to accept climate change.”
