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Lobbyists are the invisible lawmakers
Want to know what’s causing a lot of people in Washington to work long hours right now? Here’s a hint: it’s not immigration reform or gun control or, for that matter, any other legislation coming d...
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Speech to best graduating class ever
Students, faculty, family members and friends, it is my great honor to deliver your commencement speech today. It is my opinion that our society must take every opportunity to praise our young peop...
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Benghazi attack: The truth matters
As part of the House’s continuing efforts to determine what took place before, during, and after the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack on our diplomatic facility in Benghazi, the House Committee ...
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Spend the transport funding wisely
Regardless of how one feels about the recent transportation law, all agree it will pour over $1 billion a year into Virginia’s aging transportation infrastructure and should build necessary capacit...
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The dirt on compost bins
Eyes rolled skyward here at the house when I announced that I was activating the compost bin. It was time to put the potato peelings, paper towels, egg shells, etc. into the white trash can, which ...
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Medical research getting undercut
Alzheimer’s Disease costs the U.S. economy over $200 billion per year, about $140 billion of which is a direct federal budgetary cost to Medicare and Medicaid. On our present course, this cost wil...
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