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  Bob Goodlatte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert William "Bob" Goodlatte (born September 22, 1952) is a Republican U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Goodlatte was an attorney in private practice in his early professional career before becoming a staff aide for U.S. Representative M. Caldwell Butler of Virginia, from 1977-1979.
Bob Goodlatte is a "moral" crusader who fritters away important legislative time on attempting to make his mark via such legislation while children starve in American towns every day, while billions continue to pour down the drain in Iraq, etc. Rep.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bob_Goodlatte   (577 words)

  
 AgricultureLaw.com News - January 9, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) was elected Wednesday by the House Republican Conference to serve as Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.
Bob has been a leader on a variety of issues and today he ascends to a leadership post that will allow him to bring his vision and energy to a committee that deals with issues of importance to all Americans," said House Majority Whip Roy Blunt.
Goodlatte, age 50, was elected to serve as the Sixth District's Congressman in November of 1992.
www.agriculturelaw.com /headlines/jan03/jan09f.htm   (601 words)

  
 Bio: Rep. Bob Goodlatte.
Goodlatte is a graduate of Washington and Lee University School of Law.
Goodlatte serves on the Judiciary Committee, the Agriculture Committee, the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and the Republican Policy Committee.
In the 105th Congress, Rep. Goodlatte was the lead sponsor of the Safety and Freedom through Encryption Act (SAFE), HR 695, which would guarantee all Americans the right to use any encryption product, without key escrow, and loosen export restraints.
www.techlawjournal.com /people/goodlatte.htm   (441 words)

  
 Bob Goodlatte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Robert William "Bob" Goodlatte (born September 22 1952), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the Sixth Congressional District of Virginia.
His career in government began in 1977, when began serving as District Director for Congressman Caldwell Butler of Virginia.
Goodlatte was elected to the House in 1992.
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Goodlatte, 52, is the first congressman from Roanoke to hold a congressional committee chairmanship, the first Virginian to hold the agriculture post in almost 60 years, and the first congressman east of the Mississippi to hold it in 40 years.
Goodlatte recently used his pull as the agriculture committee chairman to get additional disaster relief funding for some localities in his district that told him they were still seeking financial aid from flooding several years ago.
Goodlatte's agriculture chairmanship has also made him the target of a tenacious group of horse enthusiasts - including some in his district - who say the congressman is purposely holding up a proposed horse slaughter prevention act.
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 WHSV | Farmers Share Concerns With Congressman Goodlatte   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Congressman Bob Goodlatte was all ears as he visited farms across the valley, including a farm in Weyers Cave.
Goodlatte says by listening to these farmers, it gives him a better prospective on what they go through on a day-to-day basis.
Goodlatte serves as the chairman of the agriculture committee in the House of Representatives.
www.whsv.com /home/headlines/680477.html   (194 words)

  
 Steven Winslow, re: Rep. Bob Goodlatte (Jul. 7, 2004) - The Fund for Horses
Goodlatte stood before a crowd in Roanoke, Virginia and stated that slaughtering horses "was good for the horses." Shortly after that he stated he hadn't reviewed the statistics on the issue.
Two, Goodlatte is abusing his chair position with the Agricultural committee by refusing to allow HR857 to come to the floor of the people's house, the House of Representatives.
His name is Congressman Bob Goodlatte and he is the Pied Piper, and he's doing his best to serenade us to sleep while he gets set to stab us in the back and cut our horses throats.
www.fund4horses.org /info.php?id=415   (832 words)

  
 LaughingWolf.com - Animal Rights, Rescue and Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
If Bob Goodlatte was an man of honor he would admit that HR 857 could become law tomorrow with no ill effect on horse welfare.
Goodlatte’s statement referencing his support of a ban on dog fighting and cockfighting was a transparent attempt to make himself seem "animal friendly." The fact is, he opposed the bans, and to pass the effort, the bill had to be moved to another committee.
Goodlatte told the TV audience that transport of horses to slaughter was closely regulated.
www.laughingwolf.com /editorial/goodlatte.html   (1089 words)

  
 Potomac News Online | Goodlatte says there's limit to Katrina relief
Goodlatte said while $62 billion in spending has been authorized for Katrina relief; about $40 billion of those funds have yet to be spent.
Goodlatte would like to see as much as $68 billion cut from the mandatory and discretionary areas of the federal budget.
Goodlatte said if the disease comes to this country, there could be quarantines, and use of vaccines and anti-viral drugs to combat it.
www.potomacnews.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=WPN/MGArticle/WPN_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1128767495667   (561 words)

  
 :: Bob McDonnell For Virginia Attorney General
Congressman Bob Goodlatte, Delegate Ben Cline and Delegate Steve Landes with Bob at the 2004 Virginia Republican Convention.
Bob McDonnell with Congressman Bob Goodlatte at the Buena Vista parade in September of 2003.
Bob and his twin sons, Bobby and Sean, walk in the Buena Vista Labor Day parade in 2003.
www.bobmcdonnell.com /photo/photoview.asp?p=132   (113 words)

  
 Welcome to News Virginian: Serving the Waynesboro, VA region | Goodlatte to Japanese: Where's the American beef?
Goodlatte, R-Va., spoke during a daylong tour of Shenandoah Valley farms, including an Amherst County vineyard and poultry and dairy farms, both in Rockingham County.
Goodlatte said the Japanese need to reopen their market to American beef, or face congressional sanctions and backlash against their electronics and other exports to the United States.
Goodlatte is optimistic about current federal energy legislation that would help farms like the Maloneys’ to dispose of poultry litter.
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 Rep. Goodlatte launches PAC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Goodlatte, who is regarded as a low-key, hardworking lawmaker, raked in nearly $800,000 for his 2004 race and nearly $350,000 came from agribusiness, according to data at opensecrets.org, a website that compiles campaign-finance data.
Second, Goodlatte is the sixth ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee and has a chance to become chairman if he remains in the House.
Goodlatte’s PAC “was formed to help maintain the Republican majority in Congress and support Republican candidates in Virginia,”; a spokesman for Goodlatte said.
www.hillnews.com /thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/071405/goodlatte.html   (658 words)

  
 Release HR 857 from Representative Bob Goodlatte Petition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Rep. Bob Goodlatte is willfully impeding the legislative process by refusing to release HR 857 to the House for a vote.
Goodlatte receives campaign contributions from the foreign companies, hence his unwillingness to release this bill for a vote.
Goodlatte is 'thumbing his nose' at the legislative process.
www.thepetitionsite.com /takeaction/728676265   (317 words)

  
 NACD Annual Meeting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Chairman Goodlatte has been a strong supporter of state and private forestry programs for many years and was the key Member of Congress who worked to ensure that they were included in the Forestry Title of the 2002 Farm Bill.
Congressman Bob Goodlatte (left in picture), chair of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, was presented NACD’s Distinguished Service Award, NACD's highest award by President Gary Mast (right in picture) during the opening session of this years annual meeting.
Goodlatte noted that both conservation and commodity programs will be under close scrutiny as the 2007 Farm Bill is shaped, and he encouraged districts and NACD to prioritize their needs and communicate them to legislators as the bill is shaped.
2005.nacdnet.org /awards/distinguished.htm   (249 words)

  
 Bob Goodlatte personal agenfda
From reading on the internet about Bob Goodlatte, I wouldbn't believe the man even if he was on his deathbed.
Goodlatte was voted into office by people who trusted him, and twelve years ago he may have been worthy of such praise.
Twelve years ago, Goodlatte stated that if you elected his opponent that you would be electing a career politician.
www.topix.net /forum/us-house/bob-goodlatte/TI18PAVVU6AUJI9PJ   (276 words)

  
 News : IWT Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Hansen told Goodlatte that as the company expands, it will outgrow its current Forest offices, and he's already discussing options with Lynchburg as well as Bedford and Campbell counties for places to locate a new office.
Goodlatte praised the company for its work and especially for its effort at creating a lasting relationship with local colleges and universities.
If one of the local colleges were to develop a school of engineering, Goodlatte said it could be a way to keep manufacturing companies and employees in the area, and to strengthen the economy.
www.iwtwireless.com /News_Article.asp?goodlatte   (345 words)

  
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First, Bob had just claimed that the bill did not have sufficient support in the House Agricultural Committee, as if he as the Chairman of this committee was not responsible for the bill being trapped there.
Bob's record shows that he has never supported any legislation that would have protected any group of animals except for the bill aimed at stopping the transport of fighting animals such as cocks and Pit Bulls.
To this Bob said "This isn't a democracy, it is a republic." In actual fact, on this issue the country is functioning as neither a democracy nor a republic, but rather as a dictatorship.
www.kaufmanzoning.net /horsemeat/Holland07022004.htm   (1057 words)

  
 Western Va. lawmakers express range of reactions
U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte was watching the destruction of a symbol of America's economic power Tuesday morning when terrorists attacked a symbol of the nation's military strength just a few miles away from him.
Goodlatte said there was a voluntary evacuation of federal government buildings and people filed out calmly.
Goodlatte said he expects Congress to hold meetings this week to discuss a response and the need to improve national security.
www.roanoke.com /roatimes/news/story117887.html   (574 words)

  
 Bob Goodlatte News
Bob Goodlatte News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Bob Goodlatte The Augusta Free Press As the summer travel season begins, families must factor in a higher cost: the price of gasoline.
Bob Goodlatte is in the process of pushing through Congress a bill that would "ban" Internet gambling.
www.topix.net /us-house/bob-goodlatte   (661 words)

  
 GOODLATTE ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
GOODLATTE ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF WASHINGTON, DC-Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA-06) today was elected by the House Republican Conference to serve as Chairman of the full House Agriculture Committee.
Goodlatte to assume the gavel as the next Chairman of the Agriculture Committee.
Bob has been a leader on a variety of issues and today he ascends to a leadership post that will allow him to bring his vision and energy to a committee that deals with issues of importance to all Americans," stated House Majority Whip Roy Blunt.
www.cropinsurance.org /new/news/010903.htm   (634 words)

  
 Congressman Bob Goodlatte - Representing Virginia's 6th Congressional District
This legislation was introduced by Congressman Bob Goodlatte to crack down on the growing problem of illegal off-shore gambling as well as illegal gambling that crosses state lines over phone lines and Internet technologies.
These activities suck billions of dollars per year out of the U.S. economy, serve as a vehicle for money laundering, undermine families, and threaten the ability of states to enact and enforce their own laws.
Congressman Goodlatte meets with Ed Clark and Skyler, the Bald Eagle, from the Wildlife Center of Virginia.
www.house.gov /goodlatte   (247 words)

  
 Virginia Tech News -- Story
Goodlatte, of Roanoke, Va., is in his sixth term representing the sixth congressional district of Virginia.
Goodlatte's service to the people of the sixth district began in 1977 when he became District Director for former Congressman Caldwell Butler.
Goodlatte is a graduate of Washington and Lee University School of Law, and holds his undergraduate degree in government from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
www.vtnews.vt.edu /story.php?relyear=2004&itemno=60   (522 words)

  
 Majikthise : Goodlatte's war on style   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican may sponsor legislation to ban style as we know it.
Goodlatte is trying to prevent designers from The Gap from spotting argyle socks on the runway and coming out with argyles of their own.
For the record, Bob Goodlatte is my congressman (no, I'm not happy about that), and I want to correct some misunderstanding about how his name is pronounced.
majikthise.typepad.com /majikthise_/2006/03/goodlattes_war_.html   (2558 words)

  
 Goodlatte Names New Chief of Staff and Legislative Director
US Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) is promoting Ben Cline and Shelley Hanger to the posts of chief of staff and legislative director and counsel, respectively.
Congressman Bob Goodlatte is co-chairman of the bipartisan Congressional Internet Caucus and chairman of the House Republican High Technology Working Group and was selected by House Speaker Dennis Hastert to serve on the House Republican Cyber-Security Team.
Goodlatte serves on the Judiciary Committee and the Agriculture Committee.
dc.internet.com /news/print.php/585801   (346 words)

  
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U.S. House Ag Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-VA, Rep. Stephanie Herseth, D-S.D., and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., met with representatives from 12 agricultural organizations on Aug. 3 during a meeting hosted by the South Dakota Corn Growers Association.
John Thune joined Goodlatte and Herseth when the SDCGA brought together representatives from 12 agricultural groups to impress upon Goodlatte the importance of agriculture and the impact of farm bill negotiations on the state of South Dakota.
Goodlatte also toured the Dakota Ethanol Plant near Wentworth, just one week after the 7.5 billion gallon renewable fuels standard was passed by Congress in an overall energy bill.
www.ncga.com /news/statenews/2005/SD/08_05_05.htm   (423 words)

  
 Bates College | Bob Goodlatte '75
Representing a conservative district in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia, Goodlatte co-chairs the bipartisan Congressional Internet Caucus and chairs a House Republican technology group.
A native of Holyoke, Mass., and a graduate of Washington and Lee University School of Law, Goodlatte arrived at Bates on the heels of the Vietnam-era campus demonstrations to become the first full-term president of the Bates Representative Assembly and chair of the Bates Republicans.He remembers Bates as a place where ideas competed freely.
Goodlatte's experience with the Brooks Quimby Debate Society reinforced his lifelong interest, he says, in "listening to ideas contrary to my own."
www.bates.edu /faces-alum-goodlatte.xml   (263 words)

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