Government DayBook 5/15/2003
Sen. Orrin Hatch delivers remarks at today's PRISM Awards, an event by a group promoting accurate depiction of drug, alcohol,, and tobacco use and addiction in film, television and music in Washington.
As mentioned previously, Gov. Mike Leavitt participates in a panel discussion on Homeland Security at the McGraw hill Homeland Security Summit and Exposition in Arlington.
The House Judiciary Committee narrowly approved a bill outlawing internet gambling. Rep. Chris Cannon voted against the bill yet sponsored an approved amendment that eliminated an exemption for states with in-state gambling. Cannon said he sponsored the amendment because of his concern that the bill could make gambling legal in Utah and because he did not want to regulate the credit-card industry.
Funds will be made available from the Department of Agriculture in a program to promote preservation of grasslands to drought affected states, including Utah.
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