Notable Quotes From Public Figures Span DOE, Courts and Politics
A compilation of remarks covers Savannah River Site officials debating the cost of immunity for security personnel, a retiring Energy Department official, and a contest for state Teacher of the Year. Other quotes touch on legal rights, legislative reviews, a jury escape, caucus rules for voters, and international diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah River
Department of Energy
SRS
DOE
Greg Rudy
Frank R. McCoy
Energy Department
Orangeburg
Brad Hutto
Congress Should Cut Federal Fuel Tax to Ease Prices
Pete Sepp of the National Taxpayers Union argues for a 10 cent cut in federal fuel taxes to lower post tax gas prices, noting surpluses and a spending shift toward Highway Trust Fund. He cites the 1993 surtax and argues tax reform and user fees could replace lost revenue while aiding low and middle income households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
OPEC
Congressional Budget Office
Highway Trust Fund
The
Tax Foundation
Bill Clinton
Congress
Connecticut
John Rowland
Safety and road funding proposals threaten highway safety
Unsafe highways and a trucker protest spur bills to suspend the 24 cent per gallon federal diesel excise and potentially cut all federal highway fees. ARTBA warns such cuts would cost jobs, reduce road safety, and erode air quality gains from better highways, with California and other states facing large losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Capitol Hills
D.C
Ben ‘Campbell
R-Corp
National Taxpayers Union
William Buechner
American Road & ‘Transportation Builders Association
Highway Trust Fund
Congress
ARTBA
California
Sen
Campbell
Texas
Pennsylvania
New York
Florida
Ohio
Michigan
New Jersey
Sacagawea Dollar Spark For Native Pride And Coin Tease
The Sacagawea gold dollar honors the Shoshone guide who joined Lewis and Clark. At Phoenix Heard Museum a model Randy L Hedon Teton drew crowds, as Native and non Native buyers rush to own the coin. Teton, 23, a UNM senior, blends art history with indigenous advocacy. Debra Atacia Krol, Salinan Nation writer, notes broader cultural impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Heard Museum
Randy'l Hedon
Teton
United States
Sacagawea
Toussaint
Bonneau
Lewis and Clark
Jokin Echohawk
The
Native American Rights Fund
Ron Lee
Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs
Desplain Bosque Redondo
University of New Mexico
Randy
Hedon Teton
Letters to the Editor Submission Guidelines at Aiken Standard
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Aiken Standard
Aiken, S.C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dale Smith
Frank Roberson
Aiken County
Wackenhut Services
Jim Giusti
Hutto
Beth Jackson
South Carolina
Danielle Clermont
Ehud Barak
Lebanon
David Dibble
North Carolina
Andrew Causey Jr
Billy Ray Jackson
Darva Conger
Linda
Weigand
John Malone
Green Beretto Gritz
Stanford University
Paul Ehrlich
John McCain
Republican House
Lindsey Graham
George W. Bush
Roberson
Graham
Sisnars
Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Ellen
Priest
Aval Boye
Pete Sepp
Pete Ruane
American Road & Transportation Builders Association
Debra Atacia Krol
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