Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Austin Scott [R, GA-8]

Letters in the editor’s mailbag from Saturday’s print edition

2013-05-25T01:00:00Z

...than Pfaff realizes. In the May 18 Associated Press article headlined “Organic farmers gaining influence,” Republican Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia blasted the organic sector for “a lack of respect for traditional agriculture,” primarily due to t

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9 Things You Should Know About the New Farm Bill

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...been out to kill country of origin labeling ever since it was included in the 2002 Farm Bill. Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE) and Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA) each introduced amendments to repeal mandatory country of origin labeling, using the flimsy excuse that t

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Consumer demand giving organic food industry more clout

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...of the things that has caught me and raises my concerns, is that industrys lack of respect for traditional agriculture, said Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga. He was referring to some organic companies efforts to reduce the number of genetically modified crops i

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Organic food companies gain Washington clout

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...things that has caught me and raises my concerns, is that industry's lack of respect for traditional agriculture," said Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga. Growing consumer interest in organics has proved tough for some Republicans on the committee to ignore. Eigh

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Organic industry clout grows with consumer demand

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...that has caught me and raises my concerns, is that industry's lack of respect for traditional agriculture," said Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., referring to some organic companies' efforts to reduce the number of genetically modified crops in the marketplace

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Organic industry clout grows with consumer demand

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

Organic industry clout grows with consumer demand

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...things that has caught me and raises my concerns, is that industry's lack of respect for traditional agriculture," said Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., referring to some organic companies' efforts to reduce the number of genetically modified crops in the mark

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Ore. Rep Schrader prompts GOP debate to embrace organic farming

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

Farm Bill Fight Over SNAP Cuts Previewed in Markup

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...cuts until the error rate of the federally subsidized crop insurance program matches the error rate for SNAP. But Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., said the crop insurance program is smaller than SNAP, which constitutes more than 70 percent of farm bill spendin

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Marshall Appointed To National Defense Panel

2013-05-06T01:00:00Z

...Committee. Both men are Democrats. Marshall served in Congress for eight years, losing the 8th District seat to U.S. Rep. Austin Scott in 2010. He now serves as president of the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. He also served as Maco

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Latest Taxpayer's Tab: Bag Tax

2013-04-26T01:00:00Z

...Expensive: H.R. 1202/S. 547, the One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2013, was introduced in the House and Senate by Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA) and Senator Michael Enzi (R-WY), respectively. The bill would cap discretionary and mandatory spending at the

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Halt to fishing funds eyed

2013-04-18T01:00:00Z

...Posey, Gus M. Bilirakis, Jeff Miller, Vern Buchanan, Ted Yoho, Ron DeSantis and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida; Tom Graves and Austin Scott of Georgia; Jon Runyan, Frank LoBiondo, Chris Smith and Frank Pallone of New Jersey; Steve Scalise and Chartles W

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U.S. Rep. Scott skeptical BRAC will be approved

2013-04-12T01:00:00Z

...Made Easy Get today’s news delivered to you. Eighth District U.S. Rep. Austin Scott says a new request for a Base Realignment and Closure Commission is not likely to gain traction in Congress, the Macon Telegraph reports. Scott, a Republican from Ashb

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Legislative Representative Visits Howard Middle to Experience AVID Program

2013-04-07T01:00:00Z

...Tuesday, April 2, U.S. Rep. Austin Scott’s Legislative Director, Jessica Robertson, visited an AVID classroom at Howard Middle School. AVID, which stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination, is a selective college-readiness program implemente

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Tuition aid cut; timely TRICARE pay at risk

2013-03-20T01:00:00Z

...We must find common ground and be willing to compromise for the long-term stability of our nation,” Davis said. Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.) stuck to a more familiar partisan pitch. “The reason why we’re in this situation fiscally is because for the

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Tuition aid cut; recruiting, timely Tricare pay at risk

2013-03-16T01:00:00Z

...We must find common ground and be willing to compromise for the long-term stability of our nation,” Davis said. Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., stuck to a more familiar partisan pitch. “The reason why we’re in this situation fiscally is because for the

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House lawmakers still opposed to military base closings

2013-03-15T01:00:00Z

...of nearly $4 billion by closing 24 major bases, realigning two dozen more and eliminating about 12,000 civilian positions. Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., said the state of the U.S. economy is fragile and pushing ahead with more base closings is going to incr

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Lawmakers say they oppose more base closings

2013-03-14T01:00:00Z

...$4 billion by closing 24 major bases, realigning two dozen more and eliminating about 12,000 civilian positions. Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., said the state of the U.S. economy is fragile and pushing ahead with more base closings is going to increase gover

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House orders Pentagon to disclose domestic drone use

2013-03-08T01:00:00Z

...The Federal Aviation Administration recently said that it will "address privacy-related data collection" by drones, and Rep. Austin Scott, a Georgia Republican, on Tuesday introduced a bill, H.R. 972, that would require police to obtain warrants before

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Warner Robins turns 70; pioneers share stories of the past

2013-03-07T01:00:00Z

...Chuck Shaheen, Gov. Nathan Deal through a video played at the breakfast, and a spokesperson for 8th District U.S. Rep. Austin Scott. Those attending also watched excerpts from some of the oral histories already captured for the project and listened to t

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