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PA Bill Number: SB1198

Title: In plants and plant products, providing for plant and pollinator protection; conferring powers and duties on the Department of Agriculture and ...

Description: In plants and plant products, providing for plant and pollinator protection; conferring powers and duties on the Department of Agriculture and .. ...

Last Action: Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Last Action Date: May 17, 2024

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Sharpton Critical of Decision to Send More Agents to Chicago :: 07/14/2017

CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton has voiced concerns about the federal government's announcement that more federal agents were sent to Chicago to deal with the city's violence problems.

Sharpton, who heads the National Action Network, held a news conference Thursday at a church on the city's West Side. He says everyone wants to stop the shooting in Chicago, "but you've got to have the will and the determination to do it on all sides and be fair and just."

 The Associated Press

Rev. Al Sharpton, stands with area clergy and responds to a question during a news conference Thursday, July 13, 2017, in Chicago, where they voiced concerns over the announcement that more federal agents will be sent to Chicago without serious meetings with community leaders. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) The Associated Press

Chicago police, federal agents and prosecutors said last month that 20 more Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents were sent to Chicago as part of a special team tasked with curbing violence in the city. President Donald Trump has said gun violence in Chicago is at "epidemic proportions."

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-07-13/sharpton-critical-of-decision-to-send-more-agents-to-chicago