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Much needed reform to sugar program reintroduced
2015-02-16 09:03:07| Sugar Industry News
Due in large part to the high price of sugar, U.S. sugar-using companies continue to move offshore or go out of business altogether. It has long been known by the sugar-using industries that 130,000 jobs have been lost in due to the U. S. Sugar Program passed in the 2008 Farm Bill. In 2012 the Senate Agriculture Committee approved in its farm bill to reauthorized the current sugar program without any change through crop year 2017 and therefore forced U. S. sugar-using industries to continue to pay 50 percent above the world price for sugar. Over and over throughout the following years many sugar-using industries have pleaded for reform; over and over amendments have been offered only to be tabled or voted down. Even though our U. S. Sugar Program has led to a nearly $300 million bailout of the sugar industry in 2013 when our government was forced to buy hundreds of thousands of tons of sugar to protect sugar processors from default who borrowed taxpayer dollars under the current price-support program.
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Bill to Monitor Marcellus Shale Health Effects Reintroduced in Pennsylvania Senate
2015-02-03 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A bill aimed at creating an advisory panel to monitor potential public health effects of Marcellus Shale drilling has been reintroduced in the state Senate. Senate President Pro Tem Joe Scarnati (R- Jefferson) first proposed the measure in 2013. He reintroduced it on Friday. SB 375 would create a nine-member advisory panel that would meet at least twice a year to consult with experts to analyze the health effects of natural gas extraction. There has been much discussion regarding the potential...
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US: Bill to crack down on textile fraud reintroduced
2013-11-21 13:33:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The reintroduction of legislation aimed at cracking down on fraudulent textile and apparel goods coming into the US has been welcomed by textile makers.
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Safe Cosmetics Act Bill Reintroduced
2013-05-03 07:00:00| Happi Breaking News
US: Affordable Footwear Act reintroduced
2013-04-29 14:29:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) has welcomed the re-introduction of the Affordable Footwear Act, a piece of legislation that will eliminate certain taxes on most low-cost and children's shoes.
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