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  1. Representative Martha Roby talks to 6th graders in Dothan, AL about the legislative branch of the federal government.
    Photo: Representative Martha Roby talks to 6th graders in Dothan, AL about the legislative branch of the federal government.
    Photo: Representative Martha Roby answers questions from students in Andalusia, AL about the role of government.
    Photo: Congressman Scott DesJarlais talks to K-8 students in Grundy Country, TN.
    Photo: Rep. Judy Biggert helps launch local after-school science program in Bolingbrook, IL.
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    • If you think Obama is doing a good job read this from the house committee. He is taking our rights away illegally and getting away with it! Do we want to live in a free country or a communist country?
      October 24 at 2:29pm
    • You will be steaming after reading this story. Remember the person is a Obama recipient of this current administration. This is why we need to get rid of this president and the current administration. Please read it. Michael Nicholson Subject: Fwd: 2 cents for a grape? for a grape? YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS ........ At approximately 2:30 pm, September 6, 2012, I entered the Publix store on Main St. in Gainesville, FL to pick up a few items. I gathered my items and went to the 14 and under register to check-out. The person in front of me (a white female, approximate age 35-43, fake nails, big braided hair do, clean clothes, carrying a purse and a plastic drinking cup) put her purchase on the check out surface ONE GRAPE. Yes, that is correct ONE GRAPE. The cashier asked if that was all, she replied yes. The cashier then weighted the GRAPE and told the women the cost was $.02 (TWO CENTS), the women then pulled out her Food Stamp EBT card and swiped it through the credit card machine, requesting $24.00 in cash back. The cashier asked if she wanted the GRAPE, the woman replied no and the GRAPE was put in the garbage can. The register recorded the sale as .02, cash back $24.00. The cashier gave the woman $24.00 and she folded it up, put it in her pocket, and left the store. As the next person in line I asked the cashier as a tax payer what in the hell just happened here she said she was on the clock and could not comment. I then asked if I had actually seen this person purchase and discard a GRAPE, then get cash back on her Food Stamp EBT card. The cashier responded that it happens all day every day in their store. She also said that if the person buying the GRAPE has it ring up over .02 they get mad and make her reweigh it. My next comment was to ask the cashier if she planned to vote in November and she said she could hardly wait for 11/6/12 to get here as one tax payer to another. How many more of these insane programs can we taxpayers take. Personally, I've had it with ANY politician who doesn't have the intelligence to solve social problems EXCEPT by throwing our tax $$$ at losers and leeches who have zero interest in trying to help themselves. AAARRRGGG!!!! If we don't start fixing things with our votes in November, we can kiss our country goodbye!!
      October 21 at 2:16pm
    • their is work to be done there is progress , So never give up hope you are making steps forward
      October 6 at 5:14pm
  3. Chairman John Kline (R-MN) responds to the October jobs report, says " The American people have not been given the results President Obama promised…. With the right leaders in Washington, we can advance bold and responsible reforms to address the challenges we face – solutions that place less hope in government and more faith in the American people." Read the full statement here:
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  5. The Obama administration once again failed to publish a list of economically significant regulations under development as required by federal law. Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today released the following statement, calling the actions a "gam...
    e of regulatory hide-and-seek." Read more here and click "LIKE" or "SHARE" if you think it's time for the administration to stop hiding their regulatory agenda from the American people: http://1.usa.gov/Q9riC5
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  6. Reports continue to reveal new school lunch requirements are leaving students hungry, increasing food waste, and running up costs for schools nationwide. According to a school food services director from Massachusetts, "Participation is dow...
    n and the feedback we are getting is that [students are] not getting enough to eat. I like the regulations, but the one-size-fits-all doesn't really work." Learn more from this article in today's Boston Herald: http://1.usa.gov/QUZTAV
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  7. A new report released this week highlights the administration’s disturbing pattern of executive overreach. House Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans are fighting to protect congressional authority and stop the administration’s efforts to govern education and workforce issues by executive fiat. Learn more: http://1.usa.gov/Vpgi0a
    Photo: A new report released this week highlights the administration’s disturbing pattern of executive overreach. House Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans are fighting to protect congressional authority and stop the administration’s  efforts to govern education and workforce issues by executive fiat. Learn more: http://1.usa.gov/Vpgi0a
  8. House and Senate Republicans today sent a letter to the Obama administration requesting overdue reports, and an explanation for the delay, on the multiemployer pension plan system. As the members note in their letter, “Timely receipt of pertinent reports… is critical as Congress investigates the state of the multiemployer pension plan system.” Learn more and read the letter here:
  9. According to recent reports, the USDA’s new school lunch regulations have led to hungrier students, wasted food, and increased costs for schools. Chairman John Kline, Rep. Kristi Noem, and Dr. Phil Roe sent a letter to Secretary Vilsack asking him to reexamine the controversial requirements and provide much-needed flexibility to states and schools. Learn more here: http://1.usa.gov/QuLlb8
  10. Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) today sent a letter to HHS requesting answers on a significantly delayed Head Start report. As Chairman Kline said, “The administration has a responsibility to adhere to the letter of...
    the law and provide lawmakers and the general public with the data necessary to determine whether the program is effectively serving families and taxpayers.” Though the data was collected more than four years ago, the report still has not been released. To read the letter, click here: http://1.usa.gov/REQYCk .
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