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A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley expressed his disappointment today that billions of dollars approved by Congress for disaster recovery has not made it into the hands of those who need it.
“I expect that real flood recovery money is going to be distributed as soon as it gets through the red tape that federal agencies have set up, which is preventing it from getting to the people in need,” Braley said during a conference call with reporters today.
He said the problem is not only something that he is battling in Washington, D.C., but something that the entire Iowa delegation has fought against.
“It’s very frustrating to [the Iowa delegation] that nearly $30 billion dollars in disaster assistance that was appropriated by September 2008 still isn’t in the hands of deserving Iowans,” he said.
“It’s very frustrating that there is still money for New Orleans that was appropriated years ago — over $5.5 billion dollars that hasn’t been distributed because of road blocks in how that funding is getting out. It’s unacceptable. That’s why we continue to have very strenuous conversations with agency heads to eliminate those obstacles.”
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