Virginia Podcasting Network

VaBIO has posted their latest Podcast. The guests are members of the state legislature. In addition to biotech issues, Senator Stosch talks about taxes and transportation.

This edition of the Virginia Bioscience Podcast features several elected officials from the Virginia General Assembly discussing the role of state government in the development of the biotechnology industry.

This panel discussion was recorded on December 14, 2006 at the Virginia Biotechnology Association’s policy conference on effective state economic development policies for the bioscience industry. The panelists include three members of the Senate of Virginia: Walter Stosch of Henrico County, Ryan McDougle of Hanover County and Benjamin Lambert of the City of Richmond. Also speaking on the panel is Dr. John O’Bannon, a member of the House of Delegates representing a suburban district in Henrico County and Patrick Gottschalk, Virginia’s Secretary of Commerce and Trade. The moderator of the session is Hugh Keogh, the president of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

The program starts with remarks by Delegate O’Bannon, followed by Senators Stosch and McDougle, then concludes with a question from the audience.

The focus of the program is what the state should specifically do to help expand Virginia’s biotechnology industry. The panelists also address major issues facing the legislature such as the transportation impasse and tax increases.

The program lasts approximately twenty minutes. The host of the program is Mark Herzog, executive director of the Virginia Biotechnology Association.

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Lowell Feld of the blog Raising Kaine is Coy Barefoot’s guest on the January 11th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. Topics include Feld’s appraisal of President Bush’s decision to raise troop levels in Iraq, Senator Jim Webb’s plumb assignments on the Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees, and an assessment of the Democrat’s first week in control of Congress.

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Shaun Kenney is one of the most prevalent political bloggers in Virginia. He comes on Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot to discuss the Democratic Congress, Mark Warner, and other local and national political issues. The focus of the conversation centered around how the newly-Democratic Congress will change foreign policy in reference to oversight committees and the future of the War on Terror. Whether the Democrats have a plan for post-war Iraq was heavily debated, and several callers shared their opinions on the matter. Virgil Goode’s recent comments about Representative-elect Keith Ellison of Minnesota and Ed Gillespie as the new chairman of the Republican National Committee were also touched upon.

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