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We should not miss the moment to put a safety protocol in place now.

Film and television production supports good-paying jobs and small businesses across Virginia and across the country. This bill will help keep more productions — and the jobs they create — here at home, while giving Virginia’s talented…

The question is whether Washington is going to act before something goes seriously wrong — or wait until afterward to ask why we didn’t.

But leadership also means making sure these systems are safe, secure, and remain under human control.

I hope that I can encourage my colleagues to join me in passing the Data Center Tax Accountability and Disclosure Act.

Unless we put some consequences, I think we are going to completely miss the boat.

We need to make sure we’ve got accurate information about power usage, water usage, setbacks, backup power, get rid of non-disclosure agreements.

I think we need real legislation on this. We need legislation that actually has some boundaries. This should not be optional.

At the same time, I’ve authored a measure that’s in the Senate Farm Bill to tackle the issue of prairie dogs on federal lands.

This includes improving livestock disaster programs like LIP, ELAP and LFP. We’re working to expand the coverage provided by these programs and making reforms to ensure they work for our producers.

Our cattle producers have faced a range of challenges in recent years, including diminished herd sizes and natural disasters. We’re working to ensure the Farm Bill builds on the improvements we passed in the Working Families Tax Cut Act…

“The Senate passed this legislation with a big, bipartisan vote and we’re hopeful the House will do the same,” said Hoeven.

“The bill treats student athletes fairly – whether they’re one of the few who will go pro, or one of the 500,000 other student athletes competing while earning their degree.

“Our legislation is designed to improve fairness and restore stability to college athletics.

“It’s become the Wild, Wild West in college sports with unlimited transfers and more and more programs being eliminated,” said Hoeven.

We’re already testing unmanned cargo and logistics flights between Grand Forks Air Force Base and Cavalier and now we’ll be able to add flights between the base and Camp Grafton, a priority that will enhance the effectiveness and…

That’s an essential step for making this technology work in the real world, so we can effectively protect against the misuse of drones.

This $5.5 million award will enable the creation of a cUAS testbed, where private sector partners can work to integrate their technology with air traffic management systems.