Food Safety
Incoming Oversight Committee Chairman Issa launches site to combat fraud and abu
Examiner.com - 3 days agoIncoming House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R 49th) announced the launch of a whistle-blower website dedicated to combating government Fraud and abuse. The site titled: “Oversight Republicans”. The website provides …
Read more >>GOP primes for fight with Obama
Boston Herald - 9 days agoWASHINGTON — Taking control of the House at last, Republicans are rushing straight into a political fight with President Barack Obama over Health Care and changes in Washington they say voters demanded in the Midterm Elections. "It’s n…
Read more >>Obama signs several bills into law
UPI - 9 days agoWASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama, back at work in Washington after his Hawaiian Vacation, Tuesday signed several bills into law, including Food Safety reform. The goal of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, the first overhaul …
Read more >>Rep. Peter King has nothing but contempt for the New York Times (Daily Caller)
Yahoo! News - 9 days agoIn an interview with The Hill, New York Republican Rep. Peter King didn’t mince words about his feelings towards The New York Times. “I have nothing but contempt for them,” King said. “They should be indicted under the Es…
Read more >>Rep, Darrell Issa asks lobbyists which laws they want repealed
Examiner.com - 4th Jan 2011National association of manufacturers has spoken and Republican Darrell Issa is listening. Safety regulations from OSHA, the EPA, Clean Water and Food Safety are all being considered expendable in the new republican Congress, according to MSNBC…
Read more >>And...they're back: The Obamas return from Hawaii, looking vaguely unhappy
Washington Examiner - 4th Jan 2011Can you blame them? Two weeks in Hawaii sounds pretty great right now. On the AF1 flight back to DC, President Obama had a rare little chat with the travel pool. Reporters on presidential Vacation duty saw very little of the POTUS out on Oahu. Q: …
Read more >>Obama to sign food safety bill, could trigger budget battle
The Oval - 4th Jan 2011President Obama plans to sign the biggest overhaul of Food Safety regulations in more than seven decades today, but the estimated $1.4 billion Price Tag could trigger a Budget battle with the new Republican House. Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., incom…
Read more >>Obama To Sign Food Safety Bill Today
The Huffington Post - 4th Jan 2011WASHINGTON — When Salmonella-laced peanut products sickened hundreds during a recent scare, President Barack Obama said consumers should be able to have confidence that their government will keep Peanut Butter-eating Children safe – …
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