Articles > Newspapers > U.S. Newspapers, Local Markets Th-Z > The Times-News (Twin Falls, ID) articles > March 2007

Article: Ag test results bill goes to House floor for vote.

Article from:
The Times-News (Twin Falls, ID)
Article date:
March 1, 2007
Copyright

Byline: Jared S. Hopkins

Mar. 1--BOISE -- Proposed legislation by the Idaho State Department of Agriculture to seal test results from livestock companies has been resubmitted three times amid criticism that it's too secretive.

Its supporters tried Wednesday to clear things up.

"It's time for a little bit of a reality check," Bob Naerebout of the Idaho Dairymen's Association told the House Agricultural Affairs.

"You're in competition with three other states for testing and those three other states give us the protection."

Those states -- Colorado, Washington and Wyoming -- provide confidentiality to livestock producers and ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: House bill aims at making test results more ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  January 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Manitou Springs, passed unanimously. It now goes to the House floor. Before the vote, Merrifield yanked language from the bill ... CAPTION(S): Photo Michael Merrifield wants to make student test results easier to understand.

Article: REP. NADLER ADDRESSES 9/11 HEALTH CONCERNS ON HOUSE ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... to the American people, to the people of New York, to the first responders. They said the air was safe, when they had test results saying it was toxic. As a result, tests at Mt. Sinai Hospital published in a peer reviewed medical study just about a ...

Transcript: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD GEPHARDT (D-MO) U.S. ...
Washington Transcript Service;  June 21, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... at least a third of the population of the United States. And we can't get a hearing. We've got to propel this to the House floor. We're starting a discharge petition this morning to try to get enough signatures to get it to the floor. I hope -- we ...

Transcript: RULES COMMITTEE TESTIMONY THE HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ ...
Capitol Hill Press Releases;  September 17, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... TESTIMONY THE Hon. ROBERT MENENDEZ HOUSE FLOOR ACCESS AMENDMENT September 17, 1997 ... of Congress are given access to the House Floor. If this remains an honorary privilege ... rules permit a former Member to use the House Floor to lobby for his or her own personal ...

Article: ON HOUSE FLOOR, REP. KELLY URGES PASSAGE OF BILLS ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... living at West Point. Speaking on the House floor, Kelly urged other House members to ... curriculum for students," Kelly said on the House floor. "The Impact Aid funding shortfall ... from federal military families. On the House floor, Kelly urged the House to pass the ...

Article: ON HOUSE FLOOR, REP. KELLY PUSHES FOR PASSAGE OF ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 10, 2006 ;     585 words ... ... Choices for American Security Act on the House floor today, saying that Congress needs to ... while addressing her colleagues on the House floor. Kelly co-introduced the bipartisan ... renewable fuels," Kelly said on the House floor. "It would create better market incentives ...

Article: ON HOUSE FLOOR, REP. KELLY PUSHES LEGISLATION TO ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 12, 2006 ;     607 words ... ... release: Rep. Sue Kelly took to the House floor today to urge passage of legislation ... colleagues while pushing the bill during a House floor speech today. She co-introduced the ... treating Lyme disease," Kelly said on the House floor. "The epicenter of Lyme disease is ...

Article: ON HOUSE FLOOR, REP. KELLY PUSHES FOR SUPPORT OF ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 13, 2006 ;     639 words ... ... villages. During her remarks on the House floor, Kelly urged other members of Congress ... their employees," Kelly said on the House floor. "They need to keep more of their ... Kelly concluded her remarks on the House floor by asking members of both parties ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives