[CTC] Rep. Farr announces plans to retire

[McKinnon Matthew]

This is really nice!! For the record, Sam Farr's legacy ALSO includes:

1. Betrayal of long time personal friends in the Labor movement just hours after promising a NO vote on NAFTA.  He turned his back and voted YES.

2. After asking for a repair in Labor relationships he repeatedly forced the Labor movement to argue with him on bad trade after bad trade deal.

3. On the Columbian Trade deal, he claimed intimate knowledge of change in that country based up relationships formed during his Peace Corps days. He even claimed he would intervene if the killings of Labor and Civil Rights leaders continued.  The threats and killings intensified.

4. As fast track came along he refused to return calls to many and at least my case one who many times took care to carefully discuss every aspect of trade policy with him. Fast track will haunt us for some time to come, well into the next administration and maybe the one after that.

He has the blood of Columbians on his hands, he has the immense suffering caused by NAFTA on his hands and untold yet to be seen damage to our families from this round of Fast Track.

Good riddance.

Matt McKinnon

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On Nov 12, 2015, at 7:10 PM, Courtenay Lewis <courtenay.lewis at sierraclub.org<mailto:courtenay.lewis at sierraclub.org>> wrote:

Rep. Farr announces plans to retire

Jennifer Yachnin<http://www.eenews.net/staff/Jennifer_Yachnin>, E&E reporter

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2015

California Rep. Sam Farr announced today that he will retire at the end of the 114th Congress, putting his solidly Democratic seat up for grabs next year.

Farr, a senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, said he decided to give up the Monterey-based 20th District seat to "serve as a full-time baby sitter for my grandkids."

"My mission in Congress has been to represent this region ... but what really struck me in the last year is that next July I'll be 75 years old, and I was just thinking, 'What do you do with the rest of your life?'" Farr said in a news conference televised by Monterey, Calif., NBC affiliate KSBW. "And what you want to do with the rest of your life is spend some time with your children and grandchildren. ... It's time to come home."

Farr has represented the district since 1993, when he won a special election to succeed fellow Democrat Leon Panetta, who stepped down to become director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Farr went on to become the top Democrat on the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee. He also founded the House Oceans Caucus.

As he announced his retirement, Farr recounted his most important acts in Congress, listing his vote against the Iraq War; the creation of California State University, Monterey Bay; and the establishment of Pinnacles National Park, as well as his work on behalf of the state's agriculture industry and its farmworkers.

"I think one of my proudest achievements was creating the first national park in the Central Coast," Farr said. He also touted his work to preserve the state's coastline from development via the California Coastal National Monument.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California praised Farr's tenure in a statement, referring to him as a "tenacious, far-sighted champion for California's Central Coast."

"Congressman Farr's determined leadership on behalf of veterans, farmers, the environment and working families has left an indelible mark on California and our country," Pelosi said.

Farr had already drawn a Republican challenger in next year's election, Pacific Grove City Councilwoman Casey Lucius, but the district is expected to remain under Democratic control.

The Los Angeles Times reported that Monterey County Deputy District Attorney Jimmy Panetta, the former lawmaker's son, has expressed interest in seeking the seat.

Also mentioned is Carmel Mayor Jason Burnett, who was an associate deputy administrator at U.S. EPA in 2007 and 2008.

California uses a jungle primary system in which all candidates compete regardless of party, and the top two vote-getters advance to the general election.

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Courtenay Lewis
Responsible Trade Program
Sierra Club
202-495-3026 (office)
202-817-0358 (cell)

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