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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Alaska Newsletter for Sunday April 07, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Cotton, Sullivan, Colleagues to Austin: NATO is Not a Charity
WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Sullivan, Colleagues to Austin: NATO is Not a Charity Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and 20 of their Senate Republican colleagues, today sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin requesting an update on how the Department of Defense evaluates U.S. activities as they relate to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members' defense expend  more

Rep. Tokuda Introduces Bill to Increase Conservation Financial Assistance for Farmers, Ranchers
WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda (D-HI) introduced the bipartisan Eliminating Access Barriers to Conservation Act to promote the use of voluntary conservation practices among agricultural producers in high-cost localities. The bill would grant the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) the authority to eliminate payment caps for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) in Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, America  more