Marsha Blackburn Calls Tree-Planting Plan ‘Arrogance’
Marsha Blackburn Calls Tree-Planting Plan ‘Arrogance’
May 20, 2009: BLACKBURN: I do have a couple of questions I would like to ask Miss Matsui, if I may do so, on her amendment. I find the amendment such an interesting take on — um — and I do — do look at this and see it as being very duplicative and redundant in its efforts. You know, I come from a family that has always participated enormously in conservation efforts, whether it was Farm Bureau 4-H Club or my mother with Garden Clubs of America. My mother received the Keep America Beautiful lifetime achievement award in 1997 for the work that she has done, starting programs like the gentlelady from California is mentioning in her bill. Now, we have wonderful not-for-profits that go about this work and she does reference them in her bill. But these organizations, for decades have been planting trees. So, in addition to the US Forest Service carrying out some of this good work, we have garden clubs all around the country. We have Boy Scout and Girl Scout clubs that work on Arbor Days, planting trees. So is it the gentlelady’s intent that all of these organizations will be able to draw down this one-dollar-for-dollar match. Would they use that to grow their programs or would this have the unintended consequence of doing away with the corporate contributions that they receive, the charitable contributions they receive in order to help carry out those programs? Have we thought through what that would do to these not-for-profits who have for decades been engaged in this type …
Seeking a cure for prescription drug abuse
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School programming has played a part in raising the awareness of prescription drug abuse. Liberty Public Schools offers drug abuse prevention resources at multiple grade levels. These programs include the annual Parent University event at Liberty North …
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Assembly Panel Approves Benson, Lampitt, Giblin & Wagner Legislation to Help …
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The CDC also noted that 19 (76%) of the 25 states with 2008 drug overdose death rates higher than the median and nine (69.2%) of the 13 states in the highest quartile did not have a community-based opioid overdose prevention program that distributed …
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