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North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman is making moves on the environmental front, candidly speaking out against the White House's initiatives regarding public lands and energy, as well as recent actions by U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Huffman has wholeheartedly taken up climate change as a platform issue, introducing two pieces of legislation on energy policy and joining three other members of Congress on climate legislation that seeks to get the U.S. on 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050, named the 100 by '50 Act.
On Monday the New York Time s published an article on the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the Senate Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. "[T]he report said, premiums for older people would be much higher under the Senate bill than under current law.
An executive order by President Donald Trump designed to radically cut back on federal regulations has spurred disagreement among fishermen about how it will affect them - and lawmakers and regulators aren't sure what the answer is. Groups that represent both commercial and recreational fishermen are divided over whether Trump's "one in, two out" approach to federal regulations will benefit their industry, harm it or not affect it at all.
I support Rep. Jared Huffman not attending the inauguration of our next president but instead spending the day helping local citizens to become more actively involved. In his Jan. 7 open letter, Congressman Huffman wrote: “As much as we all hope for the best, we should be clear-eyed about the warning signs of exactly who Donald Trump is and what he will attempt to do as our President.
These are the Dems not going to Trump's inauguration The list of Congress members skipping out on the presidential inauguration keeps growing. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2jSL44Y Many performers have already turned down the opportunity to perform at the inauguration due to not supporting Trump and now Democratic leaders are following suit.
In Tuesday's IJ there was a quote from an individual suggesting that the number of school districts in Marin is “absurd” and that there are “massive redundancies” that “divert monies from the classroom.” While I might agree with the author regarding the number of districts, I believe that had he done a bit of research, he would have found that previous studies suggested that in Southern Marin there would be educational benefits to primary districts unifying around the three Tamalpais Union district's comprehensive high schools, while there would be little cost savings.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell penned a letter this week to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission urging it to approve a plan to remove four dams from the Klamath River to protect the interests of fish and farmers. “In short, dam removal can re-write a painful chapter in our history, and it can be done in a manner that protects the many interests in the basin,” she wrote in her Monday letter.
For the first time in a year, North Coast state Sen. Mike McGuire said he had good news for the Dungeness and rock crab fishing fleet in California. “We are not expecting a repeat of the massive coastwide closures the fleet experienced in 2015-2016,” McGuire said during a state committee hearing in Bodega Bay on Tuesday.
I received my sample ballot in the mail yesterday so will assume most of you got yours as well. I also think it's safe to assume you're confused by the ballot and are asking ' Fred, how do I vote on all these issues? ".
Congressman Jared Huffman today announced that the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded $292,415 in federal funds to educational centers across Huffman's congressional district to study, provide education, outreach and improved response time to assist stranded marine mammals. “From California sea lions to harbor seals, the North Coast is fortunate to have a diversity of marine mammals as part of our coastal ecosystems and communities, and we must do all we can to protect these intelligent creatures,” said Rep. Huffman.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has restated a policy that bans the raising of Confederate flags on permanent poles in federal cemeteries, affecting dozens of burial grounds across the nation - especially in the Deep South - and further contributing to the slow death of the 19th century symbols in modern American life.
Flowers and a Confederate flag lay at the base of a marker at Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania in 2013. The Civil War has been over for 151 years, and Department of Veterans Affairs cemeteries, which began three years prior, have finally decided to restrict flags representing the killers of U.S. government soldiers.
The Department of Veterans' Affairs announced yesterday that it will ban the flying of Confederate flags in national cemeteries. The announcement comes exactly two months after House Republicans voted to remove legislation sponsored by Representative Jared Huffman that would accomplish similar a similar end from a VA appropriations bill.
California Republicans are spreading out their bets in their annual effort to steer more water to the state's farmers. Framed by a hearing Tuesday, the GOP-controlled House of Representatives will vote this week on whether to retain farmer-friendly California water provisions in an Interior Department funding bill for the fiscal year that begins in October.
A year after South Carolina removed the Confederate flag from its capitol grounds, official Washington is struggling with further restrictions on the flag's display on federal property, including in the U.S. Capitol complex. The National Park Service, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Army have longstanding guidelines for its cemeteries that permit display of the Confederate flag one or two days a year.
A year after South Carolina removed the Confederate flag from its capitol grounds, official Washington is struggling with further restrictions on the flag's display on federal property, including in the U.S. Capitol complex.
If you think the nation's internal debate over the Confederate battle flag's place in the United States was over, you're wrong. This morning , the U.S. House of Representatives voted for a bill that would bar the Confederate flag from being displayed at cemeteries run by the Department of Veterans Affairs.