Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]

Farr's contributions top $500k; challenger at $41k

2008-07-22T00:00:00Z

The array of contributors to Rep. Sam Farr's re-election campaign demonstrates the big financial edge incumbents typically have over challengers. ...

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Fire department receives grant from Homeland Security

2008-07-20T00:00:00Z

"We've seen all too well over the past few weeks just how important our firefighters are," said Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, whose office announced the King ...

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County voter drive blocked

2008-07-19T00:00:00Z

Lawsuit or no lawsuit, US Rep. Sam Farr, D-Salinas, said he's mystified. "It's ironic that the agency tasked with promoting citizenship in our country would ...

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Coast Lines: July 18, 2008

2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, joined Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday to announce the program. Farr has pushed for legislation that would codify ...

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Farmworkers call for action against heat deaths

2008-07-15T00:00:00Z

... Monterey County Sheriff Mike Kanalakis, Supervisor Lou Calcagno, various Greenfield City Council members and representatives of Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, ...

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Tribal groups honor leaders

2008-07-14T00:00:00Z

US Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, was among the honorees but could not attend. He sent this message: "I appreciate your recognition of the work that I am doing to ...

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SOAPBOX: Sheriff let Big Sur folks down

2008-07-12T00:00:00Z

Despite the efforts of many of our elected representatives, notably US Rep. Sam Farr, Assemblymember John Laird, D-Santa Cruz; and county Supervisor Dave ...

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A reader writes in with another observation on the Associated ...

2008-07-08T00:00:00Z

... said in an interview that he was moving back to Northern California to campaign for Obama and Rep. Sam Farr (D-Carmel). That doesn't make him a liar, ...

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Local doctors urge Congress to abandon Medicare cuts

2008-07-08T00:00:00Z

County supervisors have gone to court to recoup more of the medical costs while Rep.. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, has taken up the issue in Congress, though neither ...

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Web site builds community of those displaced by Big Sur fire

2008-07-06T00:00:00Z

he blogged - is credited with catching the attention of Rep. Sam Farr, D-Salinas, and state Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-San Luis Obispo, whose district includes ...

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Annual Watsonville July 4 parade draws 30000

2008-07-05T00:00:00Z

US Rep. Sam Farr celebrated his birthday with a ride in the parade. The energetic crowd seemed reluctant to leave as the last participant paraded by. ...

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Proud to be Americans

2008-07-03T00:00:00Z

... Central Coast attended a naturalization ceremony at Salinas's National Steinbeck Center June 30, hosted by Congressman US Rep. Sam Farr (D-Salinas). ...

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Basin Complex Fire: Blaze jumps fire lines, CHP turns back travelers

2008-07-03T00:00:00Z

Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, said he was told it does not appear California's wildfires qualify as a federal disaster because the level of destruction has not ...

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2008 NTA Grassroots Symposium Brings Travel Industry Together for ...

2008-07-02T00:00:00Z

Representatives Jon Porter, R-Nev., and Sam Farr, D-Calif., co-chairs of the House Travel and Tourism Caucus, also spoke to NTA delegates about the ...

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Woman paddles for good cause

2008-07-02T00:00:00Z

It was sponsored by Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif., and had 69 co-sponsors including Saxton, and Reps. Rob Andrews, Rush Holt, Donald M. Payne and Albio Sires, ...

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FIRES: FEMA chief, governor to visit county this morning

2008-07-02T00:00:00Z

He will be joined by US Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Farr will meet Paulison at the airport and accompany him to the command ...

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New Americans sign on

2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

On Monday, US Citizenship and Immigration Services, along with US Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, hosted a naturalization ceremony at the National Steinbeck Center ...

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State expects farm bill aid

2008-06-30T00:00:00Z

"What's exciting about this bill is for the first time ... it really reaches out to what California is doing," Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, said, ...

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State Abandons Widespread Aerial Spraying to Eliminate Apple Moth ...

2008-06-30T00:00:00Z

This conflict caused Representative Sam Farr to ask the CDFA and the US Department of Agriculture to look for other means of fighting the moth. ...

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Former EPA official to campaign for Obama

2008-06-28T00:00:00Z

... Burnett, 31, said in an interview that he was moving back to Northern California to campaign for Obama and Rep. Sam Farr (D-Carmel). ...

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