New Hampshire received disaster assistance help from the Agriculture Department.
That means farm operators in all ten counties are eligible to apply for
low-interest federal emergency loans.
Republican New
Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg has introduced a bipartisan measure with Democrat
Dianne Feinstein of California to reduce the tariff on imported ethanol.
A group of New Hampshire businesses is urging Senators Judd Gregg and John
Sununu to support legislation that would create a national greenhouse gas
cap-and-trade system.
New Hampshire
Senators John Sununu and Judd Gregg were among just 15 senators who voted
against the $290 billion farm bill that’s on its way to President Bush.
New Hampshire
Senators Judd Gregg and John Sununu have joined their colleagues in writing to
President Bush to request that the Energy Department temporarily stop deposits
of domestic crude oil into the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserves to ease
record-high gas prices.
New Hampshire Senator
Judd Gregg has introduced a bill calling for Iraq to start matching U.S. funding
assistance for reconstruction on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
Gregg says he
remains deeply concerned with reports of waste, fraud and abuse of U.S. taxpayer
dollars in Iraq. He says the bill initiates a transition process
where Iraqi funds are used to develop Iraq.
Governor John
Lynch is drafting a letter to ask federal authorities to delay enforcing the
Real ID law on New
Hampshire
residents so they don’t encounter problems boarding airplanes and entering
federal buildings starting in May.