| Obama budget threatens return to Moon February 2, 2010 |
By David Elliott – WLOX-TV 13, February 1, 2010
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - Monday, President Barack Obama unveiled his $3.8 trillion budget with an emphasis on job creation. The Obama plan includes more than $1.2 trillion in deficit spending. It also calls for some cuts, including NASA's $100 billion plan to return astronauts to the Moon through the Constellation program. That could be bad news for South Mississippi. Stennis Space Center is scheduled to test the new J-X2 engines that will send the Ares rocket to the Moon. Congressman Gene Taylor plans to fight for the program and Stennis' role in the testing. "I support NASA and I support the testing being done at Stennis," Rep. Taylor said. The congressman does have an open mind on the Constellation project. "Let's look at the cost benefit ratio. If it makes sense to have unmanned missions, I can live with that." Taylor has strong feelings on the administration's $3.8 trillion budget. "I plan to vote against it. We need to tighten our belts." | |||||
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| Navy Experts: More Ships Than Planned Likely Needed For Missile Defense February 1, 2010 |
| Space & Missile Defense Report, Defense Daily - February 1, 2010 Military analysts told lawmakers recently the Navy may need to buy dozens of additional ships beyond those currently planned to satisfy President Barack Obama's vision for sea-based missile defense in Europe. The phased missile-defense setup announced last September abandons former President George W. Bush's plans for ground-based interceptors and radar in Eastern Europe. In the early stages it relies on ships stationed in European and Middle Eastern waters, outfitted with the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system and Raytheon's [RTN] Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptors, to protect U.S. allies and deployed troops from Iranian missiles. House Armed Services Seapower subcommittee Chairman Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) has said the Navy may need to buy more BMD-outfitted DDG-51 destroyers. | |
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| CNATTU Keesler Sailor Represents Navy at State of the Union Address February 1, 2010 |
| By Ed Barker, Naval Education and Training Command Public Affairs BILOXI, Miss. (NNS) -- At the invitation of a congressman from Mississippi's 4th District, an instructor from the Keesler Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit (CNATTU) attended the State of the Union address given by President Barack Obama to members of Congress the evening of Jan. 27 in Washington, D.C. Aviation Electronics Technician 1st Class (AW) Clarence Hartenstine, an instructor from Keesler's CNATTU, received the invitation Oct. 13, from Rep. Gene Taylor, as Hartenstine was receiving the 2009 Thomas V. Fredian Award for outstanding community service at a ceremony at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Miss. "It was kind of a shock when the congressman approached me and invited me to the State of the Union address," said Hartenstine. "I was still focused on winning the Fredian Award, and the invite to Capitol Hill was icing on the cake. I was extremely honored that Rep. Taylor would recognize my community service in that way." "I was honored to have Petty Officer Hartenstine as my guest for the State of the Union," said Rep. Taylor. "I truly appreciate his service as well as all of the work he has done for our community." | |
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| Petty Officer 1st Class Clarence Hartenstine Attends State of the Union Address January 28, 2010 |
Petty Officer Hartenstine said that attending the State of the Union was “A unique, once in a lifetime, eye-opener on the way Washington works.” Representative Taylor said “I was honored to have Petty Officer Hartenstine as my guest for the State of the Union. I truly appreciate his service as well as all of the work he has done for our community.” | |||||
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| Taylor Supports Current Ban on Gays in the Military January 27, 2010 |
| “I oppose any change or repeal of the current ban on homosexuality in the armed forces. The armed forces have always placed military effectiveness above individual needs. This is one of the core concepts that has made the U.S. military one of the most effective combat forces in history. To introduce openly gay men and women without serious regard for the consequences could severely damage the security and morale of our nation’s armed forces.” -- Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) | |
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| FEMA loans forgiveness sought January 25, 2010 |
| Associated Press - Hattiesurg American, January 24, 2010 BAY ST. LOUIS, MISS. — Local governments in Hancock County will be lining up to seek forgiveness on millions of dollars worth of federal loans they acquired after Hurricane Katrina. Until now, local governments were expecting they would have to repay the Special Community Disaster Loans granted by FEMA following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In Mississippi and Louisiana, city and county governments and some school districts had taken out loans worth more than $1.27 billion. In Hancock County, the prospect of repayment has been a black cloud hanging over the heads of government leaders, who in many cases did not have the money for repayment. U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor credited House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat, for a law that finally authorized forgiveness after the Bush Administration and previous House leadership refused to budge on the issue. "He really went to bat for the people of the Gulf Coast," said Taylor, D-Miss. | |
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| Local entities seek forgiveness of FEMA loans January 21, 2010 |
| By J.R. Welsh - Sea Coast Echo, January 20, 2010 (AP) — BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. - Local governments in Hancock County will be lining up to seek forgiveness on millions of dollars worth of federal loans they acquired after Hurricane Katrina. Until now, local governments were expecting they would have to repay the Special Community Disaster Loans granted by FEMA following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In Mississippi and Louisiana, city and county governments and some school districts had taken out loans worth more than $1.27 billion. In Hancock County, the prospect of repayment has been a black cloud hanging over the heads of government leaders, who in many cases did not have the money for repayment. That changed recently, when FEMA announced a new rule allowing governments to apply for loan forgiveness. U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor credited House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat, for a law that finally authorized forgiveness after the Bush Administration and previous House leadership refused to budge on the issue. "He really went to bat for the people of the Gulf Coast," said Taylor, D-Miss. | |
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| House Panel: Navy Could Seek Fleet Funding Help January 21, 2010 |
| By Philip Ewing - Navy Times, January 10, 2010 The Navy will never afford the fleet it wants, its new European ballistic missile defense mission and a new class of ballistic-missile subs, defense experts told a House panel Wednesday — but it could try to get other parts of the government to pay for them. Two congressional shipbuilding experts and a high-profile defense analyst told the seapower subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee that a good strategy for the Navy might be to arrange for some of its big-ticket items to be funded elsewhere in the labyrinthine federal budget, rather than from the same pool of money the service gets each year to build ships. The seapower subcommittee’s chairman, Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., told reporters after the hearing that he would be fine with a separate funding scheme for SSBN(X), even though it could take control and funding away from him, and possibly, the full House Armed Services Committee. Taylor said he felt the same about different funding for the Navy’s portion of ballistic missile defense, for which it now shares funding and oversight with the Missile Defense Agency. | |
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| Navy Pundits: More Ships Than Planned Likely Needed For Missile Defense January 21, 2010 |
| By Emelie Rutherford - Defense News, January 10, 2010 Military analysts told lawmakers yesterday the Navy may need to buy dozens of additional ships beyond those currently planned to satisfy President Barack Obama's vision for sea-based missile defense in Europe. The phased missile-defense setup announced last September abandons former President George W. Bush's plans for ground-based interceptors and radar in Eastern Europe. In the early stages it relies on ships stationed in European and Middle Eastern waters, outfitted with the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system and Raytheon's [RTN] Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptors, to protect U.S. allies and deployed troops from Iranian missiles. House Armed Services Seapower subcommittee Chairman Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) has said the Navy may need to buy more BMD-outfitted DDG-51 destroyers. Eric Labs, a senior analyst | |
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| 2010 Fourth Congressional District Art Competition January 20, 2010 |
2010 Fourth Congressional District Art Competition (Grades 9 – 12) The arts forum will be held on Friday, May 7, 2010 at Pearl River Community College (101 Hwy. 11 North, Poplarville, Mississippi) in the Technology Building (Multi-Purpose Room) from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. | |||
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| Taylor Supports Current Ban on Gays in the Military |
| “I oppose any change or repeal of the current ban on homosexuality in the armed forces. The armed forces have always placed military effectiveness above individual needs. This is one of the core concepts that has made the U.S. military one of the most effective combat forces in history. | |
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| Full Text of Health Care Reform Bills |
| Click here for Gene's position on Health Care Reform. House health care reform bill as passed by the House on Nov. 7, 2009: H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act Senate health care reform bill as passed by the Senate on Dec. 24, 2009: H.R. 3950, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Health care reform cannot become law unless the House and Senate pass identical | |
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| Fact Versus Fiction |
NAFTA Superhighway FICTION: The Federal Government is building a NAFTA Superhighway that connects Mexico to Canada through the United States. | |
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