In 1982, the United States Congress passed the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA). It is arguably the single-most important piece of federal legislation ever enacted to limit storm damage, adapt to climate change, save federal dollars and protect the coastal environment. This incredibly forward-looking law has enjoyed bipartisan support from its initiation to the present. There have been numerous attempts to weaken CBRA, but Congress has generally held firm, and has in fact expanded the program.
The idea behind CBRA was simple. We know that low-lying coastal areas are very dynamic and particularly vulnerable to flooding, erosion and other hazards. Congress then asserted that the federal government should not be playing any role in encouraging or subsidizing the development of these barrier islands and associated ecosystems. The bill didn’t ban development anywhere. It simply tasked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with identifying those vulnerable portions of the coast that st
Georgia Recorder
Sen. Jon Ossoff speaks with Atlanta HBCU students after delivering remarks at Clark Atlanta University May 7. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder
Atlanta’s historically Black colleges and universities are set to receive just under $32 million combined in grants from the American Rescue Plan, part of the $3 billion set aside for HBCUs in the $2 trillion relief package signed by President Joe Biden in March.
“HBCUs are gems in our nation’s system of higher education,” U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff told a group of Clark Atlanta University staff and students during a campus visit Friday. “HBCUs provide a vital service not just to the Black community here in Georgia and across the country, but to the entire nation and to the entire world. Please count on me as a friend and an ally and a staunch advocate for Georgia’s HBCUs and HBCUs nationwide.”
Heritage Explains
What’s Happened So Far in Congress and What’s Coming Up
In his first 100 days President Joe Biden has signed 11 bills into law, one being a 1.9 trillion dollar COVID relief bill, and 42 executive orders. Conservatives feared what the radical left would do with this kind of power. So what’s happened so far? This week we explain what’s happened so far in Congress and what’s coming up.
Michelle Cordero: From The Heritage Foundation, I m Michelle Cordero and this is Heritage Explains.
Cordero: It s been a little over 100 days since the Biden administration stepped in.
President Joe Biden: In our first hundred days . In my first hundred days . By the end of our first 100 days .
Rev. Franklin Graham, CEO of Samartian s Purse and prominent televangelist, appears on Fox News Primetime, May 6, 2021. | Screenshot: YouTube/Fox News
Prominent evangelist Franklin Graham took to Facebook Thursday to criticize President Joe Bidenâs failure to include the word âGodâ in his presidential proclamation recognizing Thursdayâs National Day of Prayer.
âI was deeply saddened to read that President Biden is the first president to omit the word âGodâ in his proclamation,â wrote the 68-year-old son of legendary evangelist Billy Graham, who called on Congress and President Harry Truman in 1952 to issue the first National Day of Prayer proclamation.Â
âIt is hard to believe we have come this far.â
Salvation Army celebrates employees this week
Amanda Lennex Rickett and Richard Lennex with their mother, Garnet Adams, who works with the Salvation Army,
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Garnet Adams who has been with the Salvation Army since she was a little girl, following in her father’s footsteps.
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PORTSMOUTH In 1954, the week of Nov. 28-Dec. 4 (now recognized in May) was declared by the United States Congress and proclaimed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to be the first National Salvation Army Week, a reminder to Americans to give freely of themselves.
In his speech, President Eisenhower said, “Among Americans, The Salvation Army has long been a symbol of wholehearted dedication to the cause of human brotherhood. In times of war, the men and women of this organization have brought to those serving their country far from home friendliness and warm concern. In the quieter days of peace, their work has been a constant reminder to us all that each of us is neighb