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		<title>Senator Webb Re-introduces Legislation To Stop “Giving Away” Taxpayer-Funded Technologies To China</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) re-introduced legislation yesterday to stop technologies that are developed with the support of U.S. taxpayers from being given away to China or other countries.]]></description>
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		<title>Webb, Warner Repeat Call For Interior Secretary to Include Virginia in Offshore Energy Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senators Jim Webb (D-VA) and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today again urged the Obama Administration, in a letter to the Secretary of the Interior, to include areas off the coast of Virginia in the Department's upcoming leasing plan. The letter also called on the Department to revise the map of the mid-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to more accurately reflect Virginia’s energy resources.]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Lawmakers Announce Nearly $116 Million For Dulles Rail</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Congressmen Jim Moran and Gerry Connolly and Senators Jim Webb and Mark R. Warner announced nearly $116 million in Department of Transportation funding for construction of Phase I of the Dulles Metrorail project.]]></description>
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		<title>Moran, Webb, Warner, Connolly Applaud Passage Of Mark Center Parking Cap</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Congressmen Jim Moran, Gerry Connolly and Senators Jim Webb and Mark R. Warner applauded House passage of language both to cap the number of parking spaces at the Mark Center and require that the Army implement the IG’s most recent recommendations.]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Webb Joins Bipartisan Effort To Restore LIHEAP Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) yesterday joined a bipartisan group of Senators to introduce the LIHEAP Protection Act, which would restore funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Approves Webb-Backed Bill To Honor Federal Workers Killed In Line Of Duty</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday, the Senate unanimously passed the Civilian Service Recognition Act of 2011 (H.R. 2061), cosponsored by Senator Jim Webb, which honors federal civilian employees who are killed while performing official duties.]]></description>
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		<title>Moran Applauds Appointment Of Alexandria Resident Sherri Brown To VA Committee On Women Veterans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressman Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat, today applauded the appointment of Alexandria resident Sherri Brown to the Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Women Veterans.]]></description>
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		<title>Moran, Warner, Webb, Connolly Renew Call For Parking Cap, New Transportation Plan For BRAC #133</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following yesterday’s release of a Department of Defense Inspector General report revealing serious flaws in the Army’s Transportation Management Plan, Representative Jim Moran, Senator Mark R. Warner, Senator Jim Webb and Representative Gerry Connolly renewed their call to limit the number of parking spaces used at the building until sufficient transportation infrastructure is put in place and pressed for enactment of the IG’s recommendations -- including requiring the Army to redo their TMP.]]></description>
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		<title>Moran Pushes For Passage Of Exotic Animal Protection Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressman Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat, today renewed his call for passage of the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act following the announcement that Feld Entertainment agreed to pay $270,000 in fines for alleged violations of the Animal Welfare Act.]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia, Maryland Senators Announce $150 Million In Metro Safety Funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senators Jim Webb (D-Va.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today announced approval of $150 million for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.]]></description>
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