Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
It would be easy to dismiss as political posturing that spiel that Jim Matheson gave to the Utah County Democratic Convention earlier this month.
GamePolitics.com (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Last week GamePolitics reported on HR5990, a new piece of video game legislation proposed in Congress by Reps. Lee Terry (R-NE) and Jim Matheson (D-UT). Also known as the Video Games Rating Enforcement Act, the bill would require retailers to check ID for buyers of M-rated games. The Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA) has issued an action alert on [...]
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
By Sheena McFarland Congressman Jim Matheson told fellow Democrats that 2008 is a "year of opportunity" at the state Democratic Convention today. "This is my fifth election, and it's different than the last four," he said. "Voters are taking their vote much more seriously, and when you're in the minority party, you need voters to take the time to consider their vote seriously." But he
Joystiq (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Filed under: Culture , Politics GamePolitics has an interview with Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb), one of the congressmen, along with Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah), attempting to pass a federal law forcing retailers to check IDs before selling M- and AO-rated games. One of the better moments in the interview is when GP asks Rep. Terry what game he was talking about when he stated there are titles players...
GamePolitics.com (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Michael Gallagher (left), CEO of the Entertainment Software Association, which represents a number of US video game publishers, has commented on a bill introduced in Congress earlier this week. The Video Games Rating Enforcement Act, proposed by Reps. Lee Terry (R-NE) and Jim Matheson (D-UT) would require retailers to conduct ID checks on buyers of games featuring [...]
Joystiq (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Filed under: Culture A bipartisan bill proposed in the House seeks to require video game retailers to check IDs before selling M- or AO-rated games to minors. Variety reports Reps. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) and Lee Terry (R-Neb) have proposed the Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act to protect children, as Terry puts it, from some games where "scores are often earned by players who commit 'virtual'...
QJ.NET (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Two House members have introduced a new bill that will make video game retailers perform identification checks in order to prohibit minors from purchasing games meant for adults. The people behind this bill are Lee Terry (R-Neb.) and Jim Matheson (D-Utah). Last Wednesday, the pair introduced the bill known as the Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act so that kids "can only access age appropriate...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, still hasn't made up his mind about which Democratic presidential candidate to support even though the party's state chairman sees the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama winding down.
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
from Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal, Is it just me or is Johan Franzen the closest thing to John LeClair you've seen in the last while? There wasn't a nasty bone in LeClair’s body and Franzen seems like Hoss on the old Bonanza TV show; a gentle giant riding the prairie. You needed a bazooka to move LeClair in his prime, same with Franzen now. Franzen is a load. He hit Wojtek Wolski in...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
Some of the nation's largest pharmaceutical companies are praising a bill by Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, designed to help combat counterfeit drugs.
RFID Journal (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
At a House Committee on Energy and Commerce meeting, Reps Steve Buyer and Jim Matheson questioned the FDA and sought to gain support for HR 5839, which would require the FDA to stipulate the technology to be used for a nationwide pedigree system.
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, helped push the Food and Drug Administration Thursday for better labeling on packages that include foreign-made dinnerware that may contain unsafe levels of lead.
Japers' Rink (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Word from The Edmonton Journal's Jim Matheson is that "[Ted] Leonsis and [George] McPhee would both like Sergei Fedorov back for another year, because he proved he could play and he was somebody Alex Ovechkin and Alex Semin looked up to, almost in hero worship for Fedorov's three Stanley Cup rings in Detroit." Interesting, but I doubt Fedorov is interested in being a third-liner, and the Caps...
One Utah (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Bruce Wilson argues that the new, improved Washington County Growth & Conservation Bill (PDF), co-sponsored by Rep. Jim Matheson and Senator Bob Bennett, is a triumph of grass roots activism. On the other hand, the executive director of Citizens for Dixie’s Future, Paul Van Dam, thinks the bill falls short of what the Vision [...]
Drug Channels (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
The movement to make the pharmacy supply chain safer just took a huge step forward with Friday’s introduction of H.R. 5839 Safeguarding America’s Pharmaceuticals Act of 2008 . The bill is co-sponsored by Representatives Steve Buyer (R-IN), Gene Green (D-TX), Jim Matheson (D-UT), and Mike Rogers (R-MI). I enthusiastically support this bill, which finally offers Federal preemption of the multiple...
