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Just a few closures of meat packing plants are putting the entire meat industry on the brink of collapse. A congressman who also raises cattle sounded the alarm for years that burdensome regulations needed to go. Now will Congress act in time? Representative Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) is gaining bipartisan support for his PRIME Act, which stands for Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act. The bill has been sitting in the House and the Senate for nearly a year, meaning it could be fast tracked to President Donald Trump if the political will is there. The legislation lifts restrictions on...

@RepThomasMassie Big multinational meat processors are shutting down, animals are being wasted, and shortages are coming. Our bill, the PRIME Act, stands for: P-rocessor R-evival I-ntrastate M-eat E-xemption It would help with this problem now by empowering small US processors. Call your rep.

Reporting confrontation between PFP and students in Oaxaca The cordon of federal agents fell back about 200 meters and they returned to the starting point, the terminus of University Avenue Jorge Octavio Ochoa, Alejandro Torres & David Aponte/Correspondents El Universal (Mexico City) Oaxaca City, Oaxaca Thursday 2 November 2006 11:20 a.m.   A confrontation between students of the Benito Juarez Autonomous University of Oaxaca (UABJO) and elements of the Federal Preventive Police (PFP) is being reported. The uniformed officers are being practically bombarded by a rain of stones, sticks, molotov cocktails, and fireworks, from the interior [of the University] to...

The FREEDOM WORKS FOUNDATION, has taken a close look Obama's claims that there are about 46 million uninsured Americans. The truth is that the number is about 16 million, and when you factor out illegal aliens and those who make more than $50k per year, etc., the number is ONLY about 5% of that. For the sake of that number, Obama is going to disrupt healthcare for the rest of America's more than 300 million citizens. Plus, push us further into debt. Obama Care will cost us $1.6 TRILLION over 10 years (on top of the nearly $9 trillion Obama's...

"All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." ~Edmund Burke

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"Florida Town Meeting" Gubernatorial Debate Governor Jeb Bush & Bill McBride October 15, 2002 Tuesday - 11 AM Universal Studios Orlando, Florida To Request a Ticket to the Event: http://www.floridatownmeeting.com/ftm/form.htm At 11 AM on October 15, 2002 the Republican and Democratic candidates for Florida governor will meet at Universal Studios, Orlando and address questions from journalists and a studio audience. The event will be a "radio-only" debate in that the only "live" broadcast will be heard on radio stations throughout the state of Florida. A list of stations will be posted shortly. Why radio only? In 1960, John F. Kennedy...

For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretarySeptember 28, 2002 Radio Address of the President to the Nation      Audio THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. On Thursday, I met with Democratic and Republican members of Congress to discuss the threat posed by the Iraqi regime. The security of our country is the commitment of both political parties, and the responsibility of both the President and the Congress. We are united in our determination to confront this urgent threat to America. We're moving toward a strong resolution authorizing the use of force, if necessary, to defend our national security interests against the threat posed...