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April 11, 2013

Aderholt among those sponsoring moon bill
Times-Journal | April 11, 2013

WASHINGTON — U.S. Reps. Bill Posey (R-Fla.), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Frank Wolf (R-Va.), Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), John Culberson (R-Texas), Steve Stockman (R-Texas), Pete Olson (R-Texas), Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Ted Poe (R-Texas) have reintroduced bipartisan legislation directing NASA to develop a plan for returning to the moon and establishing a human presence there.

April 11, 2013

5 questions about NASA's new asteroid capture mission
By Lee Roop | AL.com | April 11, 2013

April 10, 2013

Alabama Rep. Robert Aderholt joins congressional group pushing NASA to return to moon
By Lee Roop | AL.com | April 10, 2013

April 10, 2013

How God Is Moving On Capitol Hill
By Troy Anderson | Charisma News | April 10, 2013

The prayer to save America began in Room 219 on Capitol Hill.

In 2005, two years before the global economic crisis erupted, U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., went into Room 219—an ornate room with a fireplace adjacent to the floor of the House of Representatives—to pray for the nation.

April 10, 2013

Lawmakers Push NASA to Return to the Moon
By Damon Poeter | PC Mag | April 10, 2013

A battle brewing inside NASA over long-term mission goals has spilled over to Capitol Hill with a bipartisan group of legislators on Wednesday introducing a bill that would re-set the space agency's focus on returning astronauts to the Moon before attempting manned missions to Mars or a near-Earth asteroid.

April 10, 2013

Congress pushes back against NASA abandonment of the moon
By Mark Whittington | Examiner.com | April 10, 2013

In an April 10, 2013 post on his congressional website, Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fl , has announced a push back against NASA Administrator Charles Bolden’s declaration that the moon is off limits to Americans with the Re-Asserting American Leadership in Space Act or REAL Space Act.

April 10, 2013

Bill Posey Shoots for the Moon
By Eric Giunta | Sunshine State News | April 10, 2013

U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., is leading a bipartisan congressional coalition in re-introducing a bill directing NASA to return to the moon by 2022 and to establish an American colony there.

It would be a massive project in which the Florida Space Coast likely would play a role.

April 8, 2013

Rep. Mo Brooks remembers Margaret Thatcher as 'great friend to the United States'
By Paul Gattis | AL.com | April 8, 2013

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, today remembered former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as a "great friend to the United States."

Thatcher, 87, passed away today after a stroke.

The full text of Brooks' statement:

April 4, 2013

Sheffield receiving $2.6 million for tornado recovery
ABC WAAY 31 | April 4, 2013

SHEFFIELD - The U.S. Economic Development Administration is giving the city $2.6 million for recovery related to the April 2011 tornadoes.

Congressman Robert Aderholt announced in a news release Thursday that the money would be used for flooding infrastructure to protect Helen Keller Hospital and for creating areas for future economic development.

April 2, 2013

Paging All Young Artists — Congress Wants You
By Anjuli Sastry | ABC News | April 2, 2013

Freddie Lambright III didn’t expect the self-portrait he drew for his high school art class last year to be a prize winner, but the Congressional Art Competition thought differently and declared him a winner in its annual nationwide high school visual art competition.