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      <excerpt>...Sam Farr (D-Carmel) today introduced legislation to create a separate funding source for the Big Sur portion of the Los Padres National Forest and add portions of five local rivers to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. &quot;Some of our most importa</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...dams on some local rivers are all part of legislation submitted to Congress Friday. Under the bill submitted by Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, Congress would take a closer look at management of the federal portions of the Big Sur coast. Funding Big Sur indepe</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the last week of jobs that have already been created and saved through investments provided by the Recovery Act,&quot; said Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel. &quot;This is yet another injection of funds into our local economy that will provide jobs as well as lasting impr</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...This legislation is about treating defendants in cases involving medical marijuana fairly, plain and simple.&quot; US Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) and more than 20 congressional cosponsors Tuesday introduced a bill that would allow defendants in federal medical mari</excerpt>
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      <title>Medical Marijuana: &quot;Truth in Trials&quot; Bill Reintroduced, Would Allow Medical Testimony in Federal Prosecutions</title>
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      <excerpt>...which would reign in the hazardous practices. Indeed, one proposed by Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Rep. Sam Farr (D-Calif.) was introduced just days ago. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the cruise industry has grown at</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...of California or one of the 13 other states that recognize the medical use of cannabis. A bill introduced Tuesday by Rep. Sam Farr, D-Monterey, would change that. Farr's H.R. 3939 wouldn't legalize medical marijuana under federal law. But it would requi</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...proven and effective cost-containing mechanisms to ensure that benefits are sustainable over the long run. I urge U.S. Rep. Sam Farr's support for the Weiner Single-Payer Amendment to HR 3200, which will get a floor vote this month. The Weiner amendment</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...containing a public option will eventually win some Republican support. &#8220;Politics is an art of compromise,&#8221; said Rep. Sam Farr, D-Santa Cruz. &#8220;They know it&#8217;s the right thing to do.&#8221; The California News Service is a journalism project of the Un</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Well, according to the MPP, a California congressman, Sam Farr, will introduce legislation next week to codify the Obama directive into the federal statute ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>&amp;quot;Politics is an art of compromise,&amp;quot; said Rep. Sam Farr, D-Santa Cruz. &amp;quot;They know it&amp;#39;s the right thing to do.&amp;quot; The California News Service is a journalism ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...provisions in initial bill Henry Cuellar (Texas) Got tort provisions added, though still wary of costs Kathy Dahlkemper (Pa.) Sam Farr (Calif.) Gabrielle Giffords (Ariz.) Leaning yes, would like to see more on tort reform Debbie Halvorson (Ill.) Alcee H</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>&amp;quot;We&amp;#39;ve heard reports in the last week of jobs that have already been created and saved through investments provided by the Recovery Act,&amp;quot; said Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel. &amp;quot;This is yet another injection of funds into our local economy that .</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Sam Farr wants to make sure President Barack Obama&amp;#39;s decision to keep federal drug agents from harassing medical marijuana users is a lasting one. Legislation the Carmel Democrat plans to introduce this week, the Truth in Trials ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>It will just be a bill designed, inexplicably, to cater solely to the sensibility of one senator -- whose views aren&amp;#39;t representative of her party, a majority of her constituents, OR, MOST IMPORTANT, THE VIEWS, NEEDS AND PREFERENCES OF THE  VAST .... G</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Gerry Connolly (Va.) Had expressed concern about tax provisions in initial bill. Henry Cuellar (Texas) Got tort provisions added, though still wary of costs. Kathy Dahlkemper (Pa.) Sam Farr (Calif.) Debbie Halvorson (Ill.) ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Ernie Bizzozero, also a candidate, bemoans what he describes as bandwagon liberal support for G, including from U.S. Rep. Sam Farr, Assemblyman Bill Monning, Supervisor Jane Parker, LandWatch and the Sierra Club. ...</excerpt>
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