We started our last day in DC with Paul Shapiro, Senior Director, End factory farming campaign, Humane Society of the United States. This presentation energized the room as you might well imagine. Paul explained that the HSUS has a goal to reduce animal suffering. He feels there is common ground in ...
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Day 5 of the Class of 2012 National Travel Seminar
Our final full day in DC started out with a burst- of rain that is.
Despite the damp weather, the coffee and dough nuts were hot at a
constituent breakfast with Senators Durbin and Kirk. They discussed
housing foreclosure rates, the federal budget situation, business
regulation and locks and ...
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Day 4 of our National Travel Seminar
We started our day today at the Pentagon. We were given a walking briefing/tour by an intelligence officer from the Department of Defense. It was very exciting to walk down the hallway passed the Secretary of Defense's office. We also went to the site of the attack on the Pentagon from 9-11-01 and ...
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National Travel Seminar Day 3
We were up early again today. Off to the Federal Trade Commission
Building. One of the many perks to being in the IALP is that a "daily
exercise program" is incorporated into our schedule. We are using the
metro train, which is a very efficient system of transportation
through-out the city and ...
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National Travel Seminar Day 2
It was a full day at two federal agencies and an evening reception.
Dr. Nancy Garland Ph.D. with the Department of Energy’s fuel technology
program kicked off day two of our National Travel Seminar with a
discussion of fuel cell potential and challenges. Currently, the largest
market for fuel ...
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