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Roby Advocates for Women’s Rights in Afghanistan

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congresswoman Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery has just returned from a four day Congressional Delegation (CODEL) trip to Afghanistan focused on the current status of Afghan women. Rep. Roby also met with U.S. service men and women. This was Congresswoman Roby’s third trip to Afghanistan. Rep. Roby said, “We … Continued
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May 14, 2013

Roby’s Working Families Flexibility Act Passes House

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congresswoman Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery has passed legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would change decades old private sector workplace rules regarding over time and how we work. Roby’s Working Families Flexibility Act , H.R. 1406, would allow workers to voluntarily negotiate flexible work place schedules … Continued
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May 9, 2013

Roby’s Working Families Flexibility Act Likely to Be Voted On Wednesday

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congresswoman Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery has written legislation that would change decades old private sector workplace rules regarding over time and how we work. Roby’s Working Families Flexibility Act would allow workers to voluntarily negotiate flexible work place schedules with their employers that currently are forbidden under the … Continued
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May 8, 2013

Aderholt Working Families Flexibility Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Congresswoman Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery has sponsored legislation, H.R. 1406, the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013, that would allow individual employees the ability to negotiate flexible scheduling with their private employers.  Many governments offer such plans, but private employers are barred from such plans because of … Continued
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April 29, 2013

Alabama Leaders Respond to Boston Bombings

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday a terrorist or terrorists reminded all of us that the global war on terrorism continues and that they can still hit us at home.  Two bombs ripped into the City of Boston along the Boston Marathon route.  As of press time three people are dead, including an … Continued
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April 16, 2013

Alabama Leaders Comment on Passing of Margaret Thatcher

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Early on Monday Morning, famed British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher passed away due to a stroke.  Thatcher came to power at a time when the British Empire had unraveled, socialist experiments meant that the British government owned dozens of failing heavy industries, the USSR and its Warsaw Pact allies … Continued
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April 9, 2013

Commercial Jet Brings 500 Jobs to Dothan

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, it was announced that Commercial Jet is invest $12 million to open a new 400,000 square-foot facility at Dothan Regional Airport in Dale County.  The facility will employ hundreds of people and  will triple the company’s capacity to provide freighter conversion and MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) … Continued
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April 8, 2013

Roby Says Obama is Not Serious About Border Security

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery suggested on Thursday that President Obama is sabotaging the immigration reform bill negotiation so as to keep the immigration issue as a campaign issue. Congresswoman Roby said in a written statement, “I have long made clear the need to reform our country’s … Continued
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April 2, 2013

Obamacare Celebrates Third Birthday: Few Are Celebrating

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter President Barack H. Obama was elected in 2008 promising to increase American’s access to healthcare.  He promised that Americans would not be forced to purchase health insurance if they did not want it.  He promised that if you like your current plan you would get to keep it.  And … Continued
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March 25, 2013