Matt Lohr: Saluting our safe, affordable and ample food supply
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Of all the American success stories throughout our nation’s great history, few narratives match the significance and impact of our agricultural industry
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Earth Talk: The 2012 Farm Bill
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Like so much of the legislation coming out of Washington, D.C., green groups are mixed on the new Farm Bill now making its way toward a floor vote
BC senior receives FCCLA scholarship
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Bridgewater College senior Jessica A. McClean received the first annual college scholarship of $1,000 from the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
Webb: ‘Humanitarian interventions’ must have congressional approval
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Sen. Jim Webb today announced he will introduce legislation to require Congressional approval before the president could take military action for so-called “humanitarian interventions”
Webb to postmaster general: Keep post offices open until reform is enacted
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Sen. Jim Webb has asked Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to extend the moratorium on the closing of post office facilities
Webb: Lift all economic sanctions against Burma
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Sen. Jim Webb, whose historic trip to Burma in 2009 set the stage for a new direction in U.S. policy toward that country, today called for the Administration “to facilitate reforms in Burma (Myanmar) through the lifting of economic sanctions.” Sen. Webb, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee, was…
Warner joins in introducing bipartisan Alzheimer’s legislation
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), the Senate co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease, today introduced a bipartisan Senate resolution affirming the national goal of preventing and treating Alzheimer’s by 2025. Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Michael Burgess (R-Texas) introduced companion legislation in…
Webb joins senators in letter on Asia-Pacific basing
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U.S. Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jim Webb (D-Va.) today sent the following letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta regarding a new agreement with the Government of Japan on U.S. force posture in the Asia-Pacific region.
Robert Hurt: Gas prices
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This past week, I spent time touring the district in order to talk with Fifth District Virginians about the most pressing issues facing our country. We made nearly 20 stops across the district and visited with local businesses, families, and individuals to listen to their concerns. We stopped in Chatham, Java, Hurt, Bedford, Forest, Buckingham,…
A day in D.C. with Mark Warner
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First in a four-part series It was a seasonal early-spring Tuesday on Capitol Hill. Cherry blossoms were already in bloom after a warmer-than-normal late winter. There was a certain energy in the air with thousands of people gathering in locations surrounding the Capitol related to the then-ongoing arguments before the Supreme Court on the constitutionality…
