Congresswoman Renee Ellmers Newsletter

May 21, 2012 Opinion

Help NC advance to the Final Four!

Last week, my office advanced to the “Elite Eight” round of the 2012 House GOP New Media Challenge! We have participated in the competition, which promotes the use of new media among members and their constituents, over the past five weeks. Please help North Carolina advance to the Final Four round of the competition by engaging on my Facebook, Twitter and YouTube sites today.
 
Here are three ways to receive up-to-date information and provide feedback on my social media sites, and at the same time, help my office in the New Media Challenge:

Working for You in Washington

 
 
I was honored to meet with members of the Army’s Global Response Force, 82nd Division this week in Washington. In attendance were Col. Fenzel, Lt. Col. Buzzard, Lt. Col. Gardner, Lt. Col. Rafferty, and Maj. Weirich.
 
You will find this photo and others from Washington and the Second District on my Facebook page.

Protecting Victims of Domestic Abuse

 
This week I made a speech on the floor of the House in support of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012,
 
Click here to watch to watch the video.

Responsible Treatment for Our Tobacco Farmers

This week I participated in a Small Business Committee hearing on U.S. Trade Strategy where I questioned the Obama Administration’s handling of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.

Tobacco farmers deserve the same recognition and consideration as any other legal agricultural commodity. In any discussion of trade partnerships going forward, this administration must not subject an entire industry to bias and prejudicial treatment when their economic well being depends on the progress of these discussions.

President Obama is once again showing his ideological intolerance and penchant for centralized control by alienating a vital source of livelihood in my state, and I will not stand idly by and allow this to happen.
 

Click here to read my press release on this issue and click on this link to see my exchange with USTR Ambassador Sapiro.

Thank you for staying informed and engaged in our community and our government.  Visit ellmers.house.gov for more information on my office.

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