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Sessions and Shelby Support Fair Trade Rules For Catfish

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Senators Jeff Sessions (R) and Richard Shelby (R) from Alabama were part of a bipartisan effort to encourage Senate negotiators on the House-Senate Farm Bill Conference Committee urging them to preserve the USDA’s foreign catfish inspection program as they work on finalizing the Farm Bill. After sending the … Continued
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November 12, 2013

Sessions Comments on Report that Obama Administration is Bypassing the States with Controversial EPA Decisions

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R) from Alabama released a report on Thursday with Environment and Public Works Committee Republicans entitled, “Neglecting a Cornerstone Principle of the Clean Air Act: President Obama’s EPA Leaves States Behind.” The 42 page report claims that President Obama’s EPA’s has increasingly departed from the … Continued
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November 5, 2013

Sessions Replies To President’s Immigration Speech

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R) from Alabama issued a written statement on Wednesday in response to President Barack Obama’s (D) speech on immigration. Sen. Sessions said, “The President said he has not heard any good reason to oppose the Senate bill. Clearly, he has not listened to the ICE … Continued
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October 25, 2013

Sessions Has Questions for Homeland Security Nominee

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R) from Alabama issued a written statement following the President’s nomination of Jeh Johnson for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Senator Sessions said, “ICE officers report that ‘violent criminals are released every day back into communities,’ and they even sued the … Continued
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October 22, 2013

Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice to Hold Rally Saturday Urging House to Pass Immigration Reform

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Saturday, the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice (ACIJ) will hold a march in Birmingham to show their support for passage of comprehensive immigration reform. ACIJ Steering Committee Chair Rev. Angie Wright said in a written statement, “We are encouraged by the introduction of this bill in the House and … Continued
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October 4, 2013

Sessions Accuses Reid and Democrats of Ideological Inflexibility as Federal Govt Goes Into Shutdown

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act opening election period begins across the country just as the government that is promising to subsidize the healthcare insurance is shutting down many services because the government can’t pay for existing spending without borrowing hundreds of $$billions from future generations … Continued
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October 1, 2013

Roby and Sessions Comment on Likely War With Syria

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Representative Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery issued a written statement regarding the situation in Syria and the President’s request for an authorization of military force. Congresswoman Roby said, “I’m carefully weighing the decision before Congress on Syria. I want to see all the relevant information from our military and … Continued
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September 4, 2013

Sessions Testifies Before International Trade Commission That Domestic Shrimp Industry Faces Unfair Competition

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R) submitted testimony to the International Trade Commission (ITC) supporting U.S. and Alabama shrimp industries effort to have tariffs placed on most imported shrimp because of alleged subsidies that foreign governments give to their shrimpers. In 2012 the Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industries … Continued
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August 16, 2013

Sessions Urges Congress to Ignore Special Interests on Immigration

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R) from Alabama addressed the Senate to encourage lawmakers to ignore calls from business interests including Republican donors to pass the President’s immigration reform proposal. Sen. Sessions said, “This week Congress received two letters: one from GOP donors and the other from CEOs, … Continued
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August 8, 2013