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Now they’re going to have jobs in Marion Oaks.’
The County Commission on Tuesday accepted the state Department of Economic Opportunity’s plan to put up $5.5 million to help development of the Cross Florida Commerce Park on County Road 484 west of Interstate 75.
The money will be used to widen CR 484, build a road into the property, and extend utility lines.
Livestock haulers continue to gain support from legislators with the House of Representatives working on a bill that would amend Electronic Logging Device (ELD) and hours of service rules.
On June 13, Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) introduced a bipartisan bill with Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) called the Transporting Livestock Across America Safely (TLAAS) Act- H.R 6079.
This week, from his perch on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., introduced a bill reforming federal regulation on how haulers transport livestock across the country.
Some might consider putting Congress on record for or against raw milk as an accomplishment, especially it the vote wasn’t close. An amendment to House Resolution 2 that sought to allow raw milk shipments between any of the 28 states where sales are legal went down 79-331.
WASHINGTON — Enough of this “pasteurization without representation,” protested Rep. Thomas Massie.
The Kentucky Republican wants to make it easier for small-scale farmers to sell raw milk, and his outrage spilled onto the House floor.
President Trump’s decision to ease sanctions on a Chinese tech company was tantamount to putting a "price tag on national security,” according to a Republican lawmaker.
“I don't agree with the administration on the ZTE [decision],” Florida Rep. Ted Yoho, who chairs the foreign affairs subcommittee for the Asia-Pacific region, told the Washington Examiner in a phone interview.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) -- "Best way to fight poverty is a job," said Russell Taylor, Pastor of Vertical Church in Gainesville, Florida.
Taylor says far too many people live in dire poverty and while they might live half a world away, many Christians and fellow Americans want to offer a helping hand.
The Trump administration says that if the upcoming summit between the United States and North Korea fails or doesn’t happen at all, the United States and its allies can go right back to the “maximum pressure” campaign that brought Kim Jong Un to the table in the first place. In reality, doing that would be difficult if not impossible. The pressure is already diminishing.
US Congressman Ted Yoho, Republican representative for the state of Florida and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, has introduced the Cambodia Democracy Act of 2018, which if passed would impose financial sanctions and travel bans on certain Cambodian officials, a threat shrugged off by senior ruling party officials.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved a bipartisan bill that would incentivize ethical hackers to hunt for vulnerabilities in the State Department’s digital systems.