Table of Contents AGRICULTURE POLICY .......................................................................................................................................................... 1 SUPPORT THESE BROAD AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................................ 1 OPPOSE THESE BROAD AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY PROGRAMS......................................................................................................... 1 FAMILY FARMS ............................................................................................................................................................................. 2 WATERSHED POLICY ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3 ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY ...................................................................................................... 4 AGRICULTURE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 FARM LAND AND FOREST LAND ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 IRRIGATION ................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 CHEMICALS, VEGETATION CONTROL, AND PESTS................................................................................................................................. 5 FOREIGN AID AND THE IMPORTATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ...................................................................................................... 7 DOMESTIC AGRICULTURAL AID ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 INSPECTIONS AND LABELING ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 FARMS, FARMING PRACTICES, AND FARM LABOR ................................................................................................................................ 8 EDUCATION ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11 SCHOOL EXPENSES AND FUNDING PROBLEMS ................................................................................................................................... 11 ADMINISTRATION, TEACHERS, EMPLOYEES ...................................................................................................................................... 12 SUBJECTS TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 SCHOOLS................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE, 4-H ......................................................................................................................................... 14 ENERGY AND UTILITIES ...................................................................................................................................................... 15 ENERGY SOURCES AND ENERGY CONSERVATION ............................................................................................................................... 15 BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (BPA) AND PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICTS (PUD) ............................................................................. 16 ARTICLE XI-D ............................................................................................................................................................................. 17 TELEPHONES AND TELEVISION ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 WELLS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY .......................................................................................................................................... 19 DEQ REGULATIONS (I.E., WOOD STOVES, BRUSH) ............................................................................................................................. 19 CHEMICALS, TOXINS, AND WASTE DISPOSAL .................................................................................................................................... 19 RECYCLING ................................................................................................................................................................................ 20 PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF OUR ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................... 20 ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT ........................................................................................................................................................... 21 FEDERAL AFFAIRS............................................................................................................................................................... 23 FEDERAL SERVICES - SOCIAL SECURITY ............................................................................................................................................ 23 POSTAL SERVICE ......................................................................................................................................................................... 24 FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SERVICES ................................................................................................................................................ 24 FEDERAL MONETARY AFFAIRS ....................................................................................................................................................... 25 US FLAG, ANTHEM, AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ............................................................................................................................. 26 ENGLISH AS OUR OFFICIAL LANGUAGE ........................................................................................................................................... 26 CONGRESS, JUDGES, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ........................................................................................................ 27 NATIONAL ELECTIONS AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE ............................................................................................................................... 27 FEDERAL LANDS.......................................................................................................................................................................... 28 STATEHOOD ............................................................................................................................................................................... 28 THE METRIC SYSTEM ................................................................................................................................................................... 29 GAY RIGHTS AND DISCRIMINATION ................................................................................................................................................ 29 NATIONAL DRIVERS LICENSE ......................................................................................................................................................... 29 PERSONAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................................. 29 CONTROL OF THE INTERNET .......................................................................................................................................................... 29 Page i IMMIGRATION ............................................................................................................................................................................ 29 U.S. CONSTITUTION .................................................................................................................................................................... 29 REINSTATEMENT OF U.S. BORDER PATROL AGENTS ........................................................................................................................... 30 Local Farms, Food and Jobs ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…. 30 Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…. 30 FINANCIAL AFFAIRS ........................................................................................................................................................... 31 TAXES - ESTABLISHMENT, COLLECTION, AND DISTRIBUTION ................................................................................................................. 31