General Patraeus’s Report to Congress on Progress in Iraq
Earl Pomeroy's House Member Office (D-ND-AL) posted a MySpace Blog Post on September 10, 2007 | 4:11 pm - Permalink - Comments (View)I met General Petraeus on my first trip to Iraq four years ago and I deeply respect his leadership talent and his views. However, while the general's report details the efforts our soldiers have heroi...
House Passes Ag Appropriations Bill
Earl Pomeroy's House Member Office (D-ND-AL) posted a MySpace Blog Post on August 6, 2007 | 12:41 pm - Permalink - Comments (View)We have had a couple busy weeks lately. Last week the House passed the farm bill and last week we passed the agriculture appropriations bill. I think we fared pretty well, with nearly $8 million comin...
House passes CHAMP Act
Earl Pomeroy's House Member Office (D-ND-AL) posted a MySpace Blog Post on August 2, 2007 | 12:51 pm - Permalink - Comments (View)Good morning!
Last night the House passed the childrens' health insurance and Medicare legislation. This is great news for the 14,300 uninsured children and 104,000 seniors living in North Dako...
Farm Bill Passed the House!
Earl Pomeroy's House Member Office (D-ND-AL) posted a MySpace Blog Post on July 30, 2007 | 12:34 pm - Permalink - Comments (View)As I'm sure you all know, we passed the farm bill! It was a hard won fight, and I couldn't be happier that we came out on top. We roundly defeated the Kind-Flake proposal that would have ended U.S. ag...
We Have a Farm Bill!
Earl Pomeroy's House Member Office (D-ND-AL) posted a MySpace Blog Post on July 23, 2007 | 11:12 am - Permalink - Comments (View)Well, we have a farm bill! After three days of long hours and some spirited debate, we unanimously passed the farm bill out of the Ag Committee last Thursday. Collin did a great job crafting a bill th...
Good News for Tribal Colleges
Earl Pomeroy's House Member Office (D-ND-AL) posted a MySpace Blog Post on July 23, 2007 | 11:09 am - Permalink - Comments (View)Last week we unanimously passed the Farm Bill in the House Agriculture committee. I am pleased to let you know that this important piece of legislation included a provision that will give T...
Another Farm Bill Update
Earl Pomeroy's House Member Office (D-ND-AL) posted a MySpace Blog Post on July 16, 2007 | 2:45 pm - Permalink - Comments (View)Last Friday night Collin released his Chairman's mark of the farm bill, which the full ag committee will consider tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday. He has decided to go with a two bill approach ...
House Passes College Cost Reduction Act
Earl Pomeroy's House Member Office (D-ND-AL) posted a MySpace Blog Post on July 12, 2007 | 10:41 am - Permalink - Comments (View)Good morning,
Last night I voted to support a bill that could boost college financial aid by roughly $14 million in North Dakota (and $18 billion nationally) over the next five years. This bill...
Major Rural Healthcare Legislation Introduced in the House
Earl Pomeroy's House Member Office (D-ND-AL) posted a MySpace Blog Post on June 28, 2007 | 11:06 am - Permalink - Comments (View)Yesterday, I introduced the Health Care Access and Rural Equity Act (H-CARE) of 2007. This is a comprehensive bill that addresses the most pressing needs of Rural America.
First, H-CARE ...
Securing Renewable Energy Provisions for North Dakota
Earl Pomeroy's House Member Office (D-ND-AL) posted a MySpace Blog Post on June 21, 2007 | 5:51 am - Permalink - Comments (View)We must do everything we can to encourage the production of renewable fuels as our nation strives for energy independence. That is why I secured several renewable energy provisions important to North ...
