Letters & Testimony
Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
Senate limits debate on the CR
March 21, 2013 |
WJLA Capital Insider |
Congress will be knee deep in the Continuing Resolution this week, as lawmakers work to avert a government shutdown.
Steve Ellis, vice... 
The saddest bit of legislative text we’ve seen all week
March 20, 2013 |
The Washington Post |
"(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS—It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the existing revenue sources for inland waterways system construction and...
Deep in debt, USPS spends millions at business forum
March 18, 2013 |
FOX News |
SAN FRANCISCO -- The ailing United States Postal Service is cutting Saturday service and shutting down small town offices to stay afloat....
Bypassing Sense
February 28, 2013 |
Style Weekly |
The Charlottesville Bypass, from just about every angle, is an extraordinary waste of taxpayer funds at a time when the state has no money...
In Oklahoma, tiny airport attracts federal money, but few planes
February 26, 2013 |
The Washington Post |
ARDMORE, Okla. — Along a country road in southern Oklahoma, there is a place that doesn’t make sense. It is an airport without...
Bi-state battle brewing over Bootheel floodway levee plan
February 25, 2013 |
St. Louis Beacon |
WASHINGTON – Critics call it a “dinosaur project,” a threat to the environment and a waste of money. Proponents describe it as a key...
Decision sought on 60-year-old Missouri wetlands plan
February 19, 2013 |
The Boston Globe |
WASHINGTON — An engineering project introduced during the Eisenhower administration may be carried out in the Obama administration, but with...
End of earmarks caused area water projects to dry up
February 19, 2013 |
St. Louis Post |
WASHINGTON • For decades, members of Congress used earmarks to direct the Army Corps of Engineers on which water projects to build, and...
Fiscal reform needs accountability, less agency overlap
February 11, 2013 |
Fierce Government |
Government fiscal reform needs to come in the form of accountability, prioritizing by need and training if long term success is to be seen,...
Farmers, environmentalists await seventh analysis of 60-year-old Mississippi levee plan
February 11, 2013 |
The Washington Post |
An engineering project introduced during the Eisenhower administration may be carried out during the Obama administration, but with no more...
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