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“The federal government has no business picking winners and losers in the wine, beer, and distilled spirits industry. Yet the Community Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness Act would do just that by banning the direct shipment of wine and other forms of alcohol in the U.S.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 1076.
Without so much as a single hearing, the legislation being debated today would dismantle a public radio system depended upon by 34 million Americans weekly, many of whom are from rural America.
In fact, in many rural areas of our country like the one I represent, public broadcasters are among the few journalists still around who actually deliver local news to residents.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the distinguished public service career of Ms. Janet M. Bedrosian. Ms. Bedrosian has honorably served the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for nearly 38 years and will retire on April 2, 2011.
Ms. Bedrosian was born in Tennessee and moved to Grass Valley, California, as an infant, where she grew up in California's Mother Lode country and graduated from Nevada Union High School as class valedictorian.
Emergency meetings were held by the City Council, Del Norte County Board of Supervisors and Harbor District to officially declare the county a disaster area.
Harbormaster Richard Young announced at the Tuesday night harbor meeting that he has decided to stay in Crescent City despite previously accepting a position as a marina manager in Vallejo.
Chunks of concrete-encased styrofoam floated in the water, covered in a thin film of oil from the wreckage of sunken boats that now reside at the bottom of the harbor.
As I'm sure you know, coastal Northern California is under a tsunami warning following a massive earthquake that struck off northeastern Japan. Varying current changes and wave conditions could pose a danger to coastal community residents and beach goers.
The California Emergency Management Agency is continuing to monitor the current tsunami situation. Please visit Calema.ca.gov for up-to-the-minute updates and resources, as well as tips on what you can do to keep yourself safe.
On Thursday Congressman Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) announced that the district will receive $724,909 in grant funding to help hire firefighters.
“We just found out about it yesterday so we're all excited,” district Assistant Chief Jim Wright said Thursday, adding, “It was really good news.”