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    Hello There, We should be using Industrial Hemp a part of our nations energy policy. I want to know when the Industrial Hemp Act H.R. 1009 that seems to be held up in the House Committee on the Judiciary; be voted on and what are the presidential candidates position on this issue. http://industrialhempthebilliondollarcrop.blogspot.com/ More

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    Hello There, We should be using Industrial Hemp a part of our nations energy policy. I want to know when the Industrial Hemp Act H.R. 1009 that seems to be held up in the House Committee on the Judiciary; be voted on and what are the presidential candidates position on this issue. http://industrialhempthebilliondollarcrop.blogspot.com/ More

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    by William Hill from Chesterfield, VA

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    As the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, what are your priorities going to be in making sure that 2008 is a year of progress and change for the Democrats and Congress? More

    Asked 37 weeks 4 days ago of U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
    by elvin from Boston, MA

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    American high schools have high drop-out rates. What can Congress do to curb this trend? More

    Asked 47 weeks 22 hours ago of All U.S. Congress
    by elvin from Boston, MA

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    The Florida primary was moved forward as part of a referendum to standardize on optical scan voting machines. Would you care to comment on how that referendum happened to change the date of the Florida primary... and disenfranchise the Florida voters?

    Asked by: Kurt Christensen from Westminster, MD. Received 14 Votes.
    Categories: Civil Liberties · Technology. Tags: cover-up · florida primary · Voting machines.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL)

    Well, first I don’t think it was just that referendum caused the change. I believe the state legislature on the House side or the Speaker of the House proffered a motion that came over to the Senate, and the Democrats in the Senate wanted a paper trail measure added to it with reference to the change of the date. So the change of the date took place inside the legislature with the Governor’s approval and not on a state-wide referendum.

    Answered on Jun 30th, 2008 More

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    Can you confirm that U.S. policy in Iraq prohibits Iraqi farmers from replanting their traditional seeds in lieu of patented seeds from the west? In fact making saving seeds illegal. If so, do you think this is good policy, and why?

    Asked by: Kurt Christensen from Westminster, MD. Received 29 Votes.
    Categories: Agriculture · Civil Liberties · Environment · Foreign Policy · Iraq · President Bush · Regulation · Rural · Technology. Tags: biodiversity · genetically modified organisms · intellectual property.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO)

    They produce a lot of potatoes over there, I know that. There is very little their soil is actually conducive for agriculture. They do have some irrigated ground down in the south around Basra but, you know, most of that was drained or flooded by Saddam Hussein. I don’t know if they’ve ever gotten that infrastructure back yet. Not a whole lot of agriculture takes place in Iraq. There’s a lot of desert there, so they don’t have the water infrastructure either, is the problem. I mean I couldn’t…I’m just not sure.

    Answered on Jun 19th, 2008 More

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    Do you think our patent system needs reform? What do you think of the Patent Reform Act of 2007 and why is it not moving through Congress?

    Asked by: Emily from New York, NY. Received 1 Vote.
    Categories: Regulation · Technology.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)

    Inequitable conduct is seldom proved but almost always alleged. Right now in litigation it costs a fortune to prove you didn’t do something wrong when applying for your patent or in the use of your patent. That’s an example where the cost of litigation is simply rising. The other major issue that we’re seeing is the question of apportionment. If there are a thousand patents making up a product, what part is the infringement of one patent supposed to play?

    Answered on Jun 19th, 2008 More

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    As the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, what are your priorities going to be in making sure that 2008 is a year of progress and change for the Democrats and Congress?

    Asked by: elvin from Boston, MA. Received 36 Votes.
    Categories: Campaign 2008 · Economy · Money & Politics · Regulation · Technology. Tags: 2008 · appropriations · Oversight and Government Reform.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)

    Our committee has three goals and this is what we have been trying to accomplish: protecting taxpayer’s dollars from waste, fraud and abuse and making sure government works for the people third holding the government of this country accountable for their actions that’s what we have been trying to do in 2007 and 2008 during the time I have been chairman of that committee.

    Answered on Jun 5th, 2008 More

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    Digital rights pioneer Larry Lessig recently launched the 'Change Congress' website, which encourages "a national movement to end corruption in America's congress. " The site organizes citizens to encourage their lawmakers to pledge to change the rules of Congress to favor transparency. Sen. Feingold, will you take this pledge?

    Asked by: elvin from Boston, MA. Received 9 Votes.
    Categories: Arts | Culture · Money & Politics · Regulation · Technology. Tags: appropriations · Change Congress · Larry Lessig · no more earmarks · transparency.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Rep. John Salazar (D-CO)

    Salazar: Well I think we made major reforms just this last term in the 109th. And we have certainly made clear, a clear movement towards transparency especially in the earmark reform area. And so I think while Democrats have been trying to do the good things we’ve been constantly blocked by the minority party.

    Laslo: Do you think there is more that needs to be done on transparency legislation and ethics reform?

    Answered on May 9th, 2008 More

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    With gasoline prices so high and a large part of the cost going into the hands of America's enemies, why are we not legislating incentives to build nuclear electric generating plants to reduce our dependence on oil?

    Asked by: Brian Schwartz from Weston, FL. Received 6 Votes.
    Categories: Energy · Homeland Security · Technology. Tags: National Security.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE)

    We aren’t doing enough to incent nuclear energy and there’s two major road blocks to nuclear energy. One’s just the high cost. It takes several, I think 5 billion dollars to build a new plant, whereas it’s a third of that to build a coal plant. So the government has to step up and provide some kind of grant or loan fund to be able to offset some of the costs. The second thing is a big thing, and that’s what do we do with the waste. And we can’t get Yucca Mountain through the Senate. So even if we came up with a grant or loan fund they still don’t have anyplace to store it.

    Answered on Apr 23rd, 2008 More

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    When will the federal government begin to get honest with the American people about the issue of peak oil?

    Asked by: goat from Brooklyn, NY. Received 33 Votes.
    Categories: Agriculture · Campaign 2008 · Economy · Energy · Environment · Ethics · Foreign Policy · Technology. Tags: energy crises · peak oil.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE)

    The discussion about whether we hit peak oil I think drives some of the discussion about whether or how quickly we move away from oil as the major use of our energy. It’s kind of like global warming was a few years ago. People talk about peak oil, but there’s no evidence that we’ve hit peak oil, some people think it’s right now. So it’s part of their discussions.

    Answered on Apr 23rd, 2008 More

  • Question:

    With gasoline prices so high and a large part of the cost going into the hands of America's enemies, why are we not legislating incentives to build nuclear electric generating plants to reduce our dependence on oil?

    Asked by: Brian Schwartz from Weston, FL. Received 6 Votes.
    Categories: Energy · Homeland Security · Technology. Tags: National Security.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA)

    In the last Congress nuclear energy was one of those parts of the package we had as a part as an energy package. I certainly think it is one that needs to have greater emphasis. When you look at countries like France that have 75 to 80% of their power supplied by nuclear plants, you have to ask why we don’t do that in this country. We do have some that are in the early stages of coming in the planning part of it. We have at least one in my state of George that is planned come on line.

    Answered on Apr 23rd, 2008 More

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