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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 05/04/2012 09:32 AM
Updated by: Kim_Hamilton on 05/04/2012 09:32 AM
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Job Creation is Job Number One~by Dan Lungren
Last week literally hundreds of you paid me a visit in Washington D.C. during our annual “Cap to Cap” get-together. High on the list of needs expressed by the Sacramento business and government delegations was getting help in the areas of job creation and boosting our economy. Those requests define what have been my priorities for the past several years – and what remain my main goals for the future....
This past week while I was at home in the District for a work period we reached out to area business in rural, agricultural and urban settings to help them make the best of the federal and private sector assets that could be helping them make progress rather than creating obstacles.
One of the things I have wondered about since accepting an invitation to become Co-Chair of the Congressional Wine Caucus last year, is whether there is an opportunity for the estimated 250 wineries in the Sacramento Region to place their wines in the burgeoning Asian marketplaces – especially China. To that end we decided to host a forum on the topic: “Is there a China Connection to market Sierra Foothills wine?”
We know for a fact that a few wineries in El Dorado, Amador and Calaveras Counties have successfully marketed wines abroad to China, Taiwan and other locations in the Pacific Rim. And we know there is an emerging middle class in many Asian countries and a growing desire for the award-winning wines produced in our region. But, to date, not many of the nearly 100 wineries I represent in the Third District have known exactly how to attract that business.
So, we assembled a knowledgeable panel on Monday, April 30, in Amador County at the historic Shenandoah Valley Community Center in the heart of that wine region. Representatives of federal agencies that participate in foreign trade and finance, as well as brokers, transportation experts and other representatives of the California wine industry presented detailed information about how to get in the game should any vintners so desire.
The principals of more than a dozen wineries, several exporters and other interested parties took copious notes, networked and thanked us for bringing all the stakeholders together. Only time will tell if this forum bears fruit in the form of new markets, opportunities and the aforementioned goal of creating jobs. But this is what our job is in these times – to assist in helping to create jobs, or at least remove obstacles.
Later that day we toured Amador County’s new Lincoln Project Mine, a revived gold mine, which will create 110 jobs in the area thanks to the investment and tenacity of Sutter Gold Mining, Inc. Those jobs are a huge factor for Amador County, which has struggled with unemployment rates at the 15 percent level recently.
We were happy to have assisted the mine project by facilitating communication between it and federal agencies when regulations threatened to stall progress.
My conversations with members of the Rancho Cordova Chamber of Commerce later in the week inspired me. There is a head-down, full-speed-ahead attitude I will take back to Washington and use as a focus to continue my work on your behalf.
Sincerely,
Daniel E. Lungren
Member of Congress
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Local Produce,Not Exporting Wine
Posted on: 2012-05-04 10:08:13
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What we need more in the counties Mr Lungren "serves",is growing more produce to eat,which is healthier than shipped in produce.Local produce,preferably eco,or organically grown meats,veggies,fruits,nuts,for local markets. Our economy would benefit from more jobs,and healthier food with much less use of oil to ship produce long distances.
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Re: Local Produce,Not Exporting Wine
Posted on: 2012-05-04 15:28:59
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Why don't you move to the Bay Area and live in, say, Marin? You could get all your local produce there, and feel smug about being "Green." Plus, you could start a campaign to get rid of all those unsightly vineyards in Napa and Sonoma, who also contribute to "global warming." You would also have the added pleasure of voting for Nancy Pelosi, as well as Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein. It's a win/win, so GET OUT!
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Re: Local Produce,Not Exporting Wine
Posted on: 2012-05-05 10:05:53
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Your snarly confrontational comment is very TPer of you.
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Posted on: 2012-05-04 10:10:41
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Thank you Mr Neo-Con for distracting us with your empty attempts at fixing the economy. Why don't you address the issues of our deflating currency, exploding debt and the illegal stripping of our constitutional rights?
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Re: Good Move
Posted on: 2012-05-04 10:50:56
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I have worked for almost 40 paying into SUI and in 2 years you have managed to cut off my benefits twice. You do not care about the people. Just your own profession.
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Your comment is directed at the wrong person. You should be doing everything possible to get the President defeated in November, if you're really concerned about your rights and the Constitution. ABO 2012
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Posted on: 2012-05-04 18:10:52
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The best news ever is that Dan Lungren will no longer represent Calaveras in the future. But he still manages to waste taxpayer money and hold meaningless meetings about how he might vote. We know how he will vote on every bill: for the rich and against the working man; for the GOP leaders and against anything the Dems propose, no matter how worthy.
Bye Bye Dan.
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My comments we're rightly directed. You say ABO 2012? I say anyone but Ron Paul in 2012 will be the same as Obama.
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