It was a very good day for CD 7 Congresswoman Terri Sewell, she was elected the most popular new democrat in the freshman class. Yes, that was a snark. Seriously, Sewell was elected to serve as the President of the Democratic Freshman Class for the first session of the 112th Congress. She was also selected to serve as a Senior Whip by House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and elected by her colleagues to serve as Regional Whip for Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
That's nice, but more importantly, Sewell will serve on the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Science & Technology. I'm pleased she's on these committees for several reasons. Her service on the Agriculture Committee is important because of the Pickford Settlement for discrimination against black farmers.
Of course the GOP is calling the Pickford Settlement "reparations" but that's just what they do.
Sewell being a member of the Science and Technology Committee is good for North Alabama, having an African American democrat to counter an Obama/Pelosi hating, right-wing republican is good for an area who relies on government contracts.
Speaking of right-wing republican hypocrites from the great state of Alabama, how about this from the annals of oxyMorons....fresh from voting to repeal health care reform Congress Critters Mo Brooks and Robert Aderholt will speak at Huntsville Pastors' Pro-Life Rally. Uh, how can you be pro-life and anti health care?
RedEye Congress Critter Watch over and out....for now.
That's nice, but more importantly, Sewell will serve on the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Science & Technology. I'm pleased she's on these committees for several reasons. Her service on the Agriculture Committee is important because of the Pickford Settlement for discrimination against black farmers.
The Obama administration announced a $1.25 billion settlement Thursday to resolve charges by thousands of black farmers who say that for decades the Agriculture Department discriminated against them in loan programs.
Cabinet officials exhorted Congress to approve the deal by setting aside money for the farmers, who have fought through three administrations to secure a measure of justice. In the starkest cases, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said, farmers lost their property after local administrators slow-pedaled loan applications, leaving them unable to plant key crops.
Of course the GOP is calling the Pickford Settlement "reparations" but that's just what they do.
Sewell being a member of the Science and Technology Committee is good for North Alabama, having an African American democrat to counter an Obama/Pelosi hating, right-wing republican is good for an area who relies on government contracts.
Speaking of right-wing republican hypocrites from the great state of Alabama, how about this from the annals of oxyMorons....fresh from voting to repeal health care reform Congress Critters Mo Brooks and Robert Aderholt will speak at Huntsville Pastors' Pro-Life Rally. Uh, how can you be pro-life and anti health care?
RedEye Congress Critter Watch over and out....for now.
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