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Jun
22

Homeland Security may impose new regulations on agriculture

Earl Glynn on June 22nd, 2009

Last Friday Congresswoman Candice Miller (R-Michigan) attempted to make an amendment to H.R. 2868, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009, to minimize the impact of new regulations on agriculture and farmers.  The Democratically controlled committee voted “no” on her amendment along party lines.  Farmers may now suffer increased regulations on any chemical product related [...]

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Jun
16

Congress could give government bureaucrats more control of farms and industry

Earl Glynn on June 16th, 2009

In testimony today in the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, Marty Durbin of the American Chemistry Council explained that “More than 96 percent of all manufactured goods are directly touched by the business of chemistry.”
Durbin’s testimony didn’t mention agriculture, farming or ranching, all of which are of great importance to the economy of Kansas, but [...]

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