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Vilsack: White House urging ports, dockworkers to reach deal

Lawmakers need to 'get practical" about farm bill, he says

09/28/24 11:34 AM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS agricultural trade Commodity Credit Corporation Congressional Budget Office deforestation dockworkers farm bill G7 agriculture ministers geographi indications House Agriculture Committee International Longshoremen’s Union potential port strike Tom Vilsack United States Maritime Alliance USDA

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Saturday that the Biden administration has no plans to intervene to stop a dockworker strike. He also told reporters lawmakers need to “get practical” in their farm bill negotiations.

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