Mad Cow,’ Iraq and Small Business Concerns Addressed

Op Ed Colby Free Press Wednesday, July 14, 2004 Page 3 ‘Mad cow,’ Iraq and small business concerns addressed

Hearing Planned Congressman tance of these programs to Kansas, port efforts to amend the PATRIOT Member of Congress and the im- to Review BSE I supported an amendment that Act to restore privacy of library us- portant role that God has played in Testing Process Jerry Moran would restore additional funding to ers. A provision in the PATRIOT my life. This week it was announced that the COPS program for hiring and Act left our libraries and bookstores Contact Me the House Agriculture and Govern- Capitol Hill training more officers and help subject to law enforcement authori- It is an honor to serve you in ment Reform Committees will hold ¥ them acquire new crime-fighting ties’ efforts to gather information Washington, D.C. Please let me a joint hearing this coming week, to Update technologies. Although this amend- about a specific patron’s reading ac- know how I can be of service. You review the U.S. Department of ment was not adopted, I will work tivity. While I remain committed to can email me through my web page Agriculture’s process of testing for no nuclear weapons program, no ing fees on those who use the pro- to see that adequate resources are securing and protecting our coun- at: www.house.gov/ amounts of chemical weapons. thy (BSE). Agriculture Secretary businesses starting up or expand- forcement. With the national focus islation put into place for the pur- moranks01/. You can also contact Ann Veneman will be among those Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts chairs the ing, and could force small commu- on homeland security, we must en- pose of homeland security also pro- me through myoffices at: committee that compiled the report. testifying before the committees. nity banks out of the program. I was sure that fighting crime and protect- tects the personal freedoms we en- Hays District Office In a press conference on Friday, Since the first case of BSE was pleased that a large majority in Con- ing our local communities remain joy. 1200 Main Street, Suite 402 discovered last December, USDA Roberts indicated that many factors gress rejected the cuts in funding. a priority, as well. Speaking to House P.O. Box 249 contributed to the failures and that has been attempting to get a testing The legislation also includes new I also supported an amendment Prayer Breakfast Hays, Kansas 67601-0249 there are ongoing problems within process in place that works well for funding for state and local law en- that would protect our privacy and On Wednesday, I was honored to P: (785) 628-6401 the industry, for producers and for the U.S. intelligence community forcement assistance and the COPS civil rights by making it harder for speak at the monthly prayer break- F: (785) 628-3791 that cannot be fixed with additional the consumer. While we’re not there program, which makes grants avail- the government to review records of fast for Members of Congress. The Washington D.C. Office funding alone. Apparently, analysts yet, I think progress has been made, able to state and local law enforce- library and bookstore patrons under bipartisan group of members meets 1519 Longworth H.O.B. and the nation’s cattle industry re- ignored the conflicting information ment to help in the fight against the PATRIOT Act. Earlier this year, each month for fellowship and fea- Washington, DC 20515 because of their assumptions that mains strong. My hope is that this methamphetamine production and individuals representing libraries tures a guest speaker. I talked to the P: (202) 225-2715 Iraq had weapons of mass destruc- hearing will be a good opportunity distribution. Knowing of the impor- throughout Kansas asked me to sup- group about how I came to be a F: (202) 225-5124 to question the secretary directly tion. With this latest information, I about USDA’s procedures and poli- believe that the way our intelligence cies and help her to better under- community is structured needs sig- stand what I’m learning from Kan- nificant changes. A number of ways sas cattlemen. to overhaul and improve the system On Dec. 23, 2003, the first U.S. have been proposed, including case of BSE, commonly referred to grouping all of our country’s intel- as “mad cow disease,” was con- ligence gathering into one cabinet- firmed in a Canadian dairy cow on level department with a single intel- a farm in Washington state. This ligence secretary. hearing will review the effective- While we see now that the basis ness, appropriateness and adequacy for war may not have been com- of the surveillance program that has pletely accurate, we must finish the been implemented by USDA since job we started to assist in establish- that time. I’ve encouraged the gov- ing stability in Iraq and get our ernment and the industry to respond troops back home safely. with sound science and common House Passes Legislation sense. These are difficult times in to Help Support Small agriculture, and we cannot afford to Businesses, Fight Meth lose even a penny a pound due to On Thursday, the House passed faulty governmental policies. funding legislation for the Depart- Senate Intelligence ment of Commerce, Department of Committee Releases Justice and Department of State for Report on Iraq 2005. This comprehensive legisla- On Friday, the Senate Intelli- tion included provisions supporting gence Committee released its report small business loans and state and on the information that led to the local law enforcement initiatives. U.S. invasion of Iraq. When the For small business, I supported Administration was making the an amendment to preserve federal case for the war in Iraq, one of the funding for a Small Business Ad- justifications for the war was that ministration program that provides Iraq had chemical and biological loans to small businesses. The Ad- weapons and was seeking to make ministration and some in Congress more, as well as working on a proposed ending all federal funding nuclear weapons program. How- for the SBA’s Section 7(a) loans — ever, the study showed that this was a primary, multi-purpose small not the case. The report alleges that business loan program. To pay for Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had the program, some suggested rais- Check each issue of the Free Press for additional TV Listings

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