Thursday, February 11, 2016

NATIONAL DIGEST

NEWS FROM OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON DC

Cantwell Praises Administration’s Investment for Pacific Salmon Recovery


Cantwell “Puts the Administration on Notice” for Proposed Cuts to Hanford Cleanup


On the Heels of Cantwell’s Landmark Freight Provisions, Senator Applauds Additional Investments in President’s Budget Proposal


Cantwell Applauds Icebreaker Funding in President’s Budget


FAIRCHILD AFB: Senator Murray Questions Top Air Force Officials on Aging Tanker Fleet


HANFORD: Murray Calls Proposed Funding Levels for Cleanup ‘Inadequate’ and ‘Shortsighted’


SALMON: Murray on President’s Budget Proposal: Critical to “Washington State’s Culture, Economy, Tribes, and Recreation”


Kilmer, Russell Introduce Bill to Open Defense Jobs to Military Retirees


Murray, Kilmer Praise Inclusion of Early Earthquake Warning System Investments in President’s Budget Proposal


IN OTHER NATIONAL HEADLINES...

THE WHITE HOUSE: Remarks by the President in Address to the Illinois General Assembly


THE WHITE HOUSE: Remarks by the President on New Cybersecurity Initiatives


THE WHITE HOUSE: Message to the Senate -- The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled


FDA seeks $5.1 billion total for FY 2017, including funds to implement food safety law, improve medical product safety and quality


Rubio eyes brokered convention after NH setback (AP)


Trump and Sanders big winners, riding voter frustration (AP)


AP FACT CHECK: Dems in New Hampshire (AP)


Donors urge Clinton to sharpen message ahead of debate with Sanders (REU)


Ex-Virginia Senator Webb may revive White House bid: CBS affiliate (REU)


Trump defends his potty mouth as ‘a little fun’ (REU)


House passes bill requiring EPA actions on lead-laced water (REU)


DAILY DEVOTIONAL
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
1 Corinthians 13:4-5 NKJV