112th Congress
Will Social Security checks be paid out next month?
By Eric Sollman | WAFF | July 23, 2011
DECATUR, AL (WAFF) -
When it comes to talking about America's debt rising through a metaphorical roof, you've mostly heard from Republicans and Democrats in Washington D.C.
We spoke with several men and women who do not hold elected office, but they do have plenty of political clout.
"Social security and Medicare are essential to people who live in this district, and people who live in this nation," said Bob Clark.
Foreign companies shouldn't reap benefits from U.S. trade rules
By Rep. Robert Aderholt | The Gadsden Times | July 22, 2011
Prior to the surge in Bangladeshi sleeping bags into the U.S., Exxel was supplying nearly 30 percent of all non-down sleeping bags sold in America. Since the surge, it has lost as much as 20 percent in sales/production orders per year.
Boaz school starts petition for flight 93 families
By Stephen McLamb | WAFF | September 16, 2011
BOAZ, AL (WAFF) - Students at a Boaz Middle School have started a petition to congress that would give awards to surviving family members of flight 93, whose members banned together to fight a terrorist attack on 9-11.
Passengers worked together to attack the terrorists that day and kept them from hitting their target, students feel they acted in the form of a militia and should be honored as such.
Every party got it right in resolving issue over FEMA storm shelters in Alabama
The Birmingham News | October 11, 2011
The assurance the Federal Emergency Management Agency gave that emergency storm shelters built at schools in Alabama will remain intact and on-site is a victory for common sense and a case study in how to address the unintended consequences of a regulation.
Emergency management agency is changing the rule that forced schools to buy storm shelters or tear them down
Birmingham News editorial board | The Birmingham News | October 7, 2011
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been pretty efficient of late. That's why so many people were flabbergasted by a silly rule that called on FEMA to destroy storm shelters it used tax dollars to build unless the shelters were bought from FEMA with other tax dollars.
Good news on shelters
The Gadsden Times | October 7, 2011
Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville, and Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills, delivered the good news this week that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will not force the demolition or sale of emergency storm shelters at schools in Alabama.
House Republicans lay out cybersecurity plan
By Austin B. Smith | AirForce Times | October 6, 2011
The House Republican Cybersecurity Task Force issued recommendations Wednesday to guide cybersecurity legislation that avoids government mandates in favor of incentives to push the private sector to protect customers’ data.
The recommendations echo Republican themes of limiting the size of government and avoiding new business regulations, with a focus on offsetting costs and offering incentives for companies to protect their data.
Sanity prevails on safe rooms
Times Journal | October 5, 2011
The Federal Emergency Management Agency reversed field and is going to ease the burden facing some Alabama school systems - including DeKalb County's - on safe rooms that will be installed on tornado-ravaged campuses.
U.S. Reps. Robert Aderholt and Spencer Bachus had been outspoken in their opposition to what had appeared to be the forced destruction of safe rooms at schools including Plainview.