Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Farm to School Is An Important Ingredient in the Recipe For Success in Purvis, Mississippi

“Our farm to school program helps our district offer more fruits and vegetables on a daily basis,” said Julie Hamilton, school food service director of operations/training for Lamar County Schools in Purvis, Miss.  “Being exposed to more choices, the young students will learn to like them and make healthier food choices over their lifetimes.” 
Farm to School Is An Important Ingredient in the Recipe For Success in Purvis, Mississippi

Friday, July 26, 2013

Obama Offers Jobs, Boehner Offers Sabotage


House Speaker John Boehner is leading what is arguably the most anti-jobs Congress in modern history, and he and his co-conspirators in the Senate have been systematically sabotaging the economy and the opportunity for millions of Americans to go back to work.
Obama Offers Jobs, Boehner Offers Sabotage 

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Obama: GOP offers 'endless parade of distractions'


GALESBURG, Ill. — President Obama blasted Republicans on Wednesday for an "endless parade of distractions" and called on Congress to work with him to buck up the country's lackluster economy.
Obama: GOP offers 'endless parade of distractions'

Monday, July 22, 2013

Obama to Begin New Series of Economic Addresses


(WASHINGTON) — Drawing renewed attention to the economy, President Barack Obama will return this week to an Illinois college where he once spelled out a vision for an expanded and strengthened middle class as a freshman U.S. senator, long before the Great Recession would test his presidency.

Obama to Begin New Series of Economic Addresses