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Sam Farr is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, serving California's 17th congressional district from 1993 to 2015. During his tenure, Farr was known for his advocacy on environmental issues, particularly in relation to coastal protection and sustainable agriculture. He played a significant role in promoting volunteerism and community service, as evidenced by his support for the National and Community Service Amendments Act of 2000.
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 5, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $342,000)''. Page 5, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert…
Let me say in this moment, in this allocation of time, that it is about values, and I think the big debate here is not just about how you cut, squeeze, and trim spending. We have Members of Congress who have spoken today whose families…
Thank you, Mr. McGovern, for yielding and I rise with concerns with this rule. The rule in one part is good because it's an open rule, allows unlimited amendments, but the rule on the second part, which protects the work of the committee…
The number one request from the President of the country, the number one request of the Ambassador of the country and the head of USAID is, 'Bring Peace Corps.'
Peace Corps volunteers cost much less money than other personnel we send overseas.
The only thing that has been standing between those who want to serve and the countries who want us there has been the amount of money that Congress has appropriated.
The Peace Corps is an organization which Kennedy envisioned would have 100,000 volunteers overseas.
We had small business development in Colombia. There was also a whole bunch of people working on educational television, which the country was implementing and needed teachers who knew how to do that, and technicians on how to run the…
He met his wife there too. They are happily married. So some Peace Corps volunteers come home with new families.
It's one thing to be a Peace Corps volunteer. It is one thing to bring two nations at war together living in peace because you are Peace Corps volunteers. I think that's a great tribute. You mentioned Chic Dambach. He was a student of mine…
I think you did one of the most remarkable diplomatic missions ever in being asked to come back to Ethiopia with some colleagues of the Peace Corps by the president of the country to see if you could help to settle the dispute with…
You did it even more so, because you were married, you were a rock star athlete out of California, you were at the University of California Berkeley. And to be married and to take that risk, sort of walking away from what was just the…
I think that this is a problem. And I think Mr. Kind has a way of looking at trying to remove the money, but it's not going to make the problem go away. I agree that this is a thing that needs to be addressed because there's going to be…
I would even say it defines our civilization. When you think of programs like StoryCorps, collecting that information for the records and keeping that part of our oral history of America, it is absolutely essential that our culture and our…
I rise today in strong support of the DREAM Act. Bottom line: The DREAM Act is good for America. It is good for the economy and it is good for the future competitiveness of our country. According to Secretary Gates, "The expansion of the…
Congressman Farr's Truth in Trials Act would actually remedy that injustice, allowing defendants in federal court to tell the truth about state law allowing them to dispense or use marijuana.
I am a big fan of the Drug Courts. It has nothing to do with NOAA, but it is part of the Justice Department.
And, unfortunately, this President's budget calls for a huge increase in the observing systems in space at the expense of cutting programs in the ocean side, in the wet side.
But those are the communities that are really dependent on what we call a coastal economy and it can be everything from tourism to fishing to transportation and so on.
I can attest that this program works and is money well spent. I urge its adoption.
I am always interested in this hearing. It is a very interesting one to try to figure out how we can get a better bang for the buck.
The only way you can solve it in those communities is to have what you call total wrap-around.
Perhaps we made a big mistake when we created the whole new Homeland Security Administration.
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