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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, May 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2017 - The Senate Agriculture Committee approved the first two Agriculture Department nominees since Secretary Sonny Perdue took office in April, including President Trump’s pick for deputy secretary, Steve Censky.
WASHINGTON, Sep. 28, 2017 – Congressional Democrats held a news conference on Capitol Hill Thursday to highlight their $40 billion plan to bring high-speed internet service to all Americans.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2017 - Senate Democrats pushed Agriculture Department officials Thursday to support increased funding to boost rural economic development and fight the opioid crisis. USDA officials also were urged to work within the administration to expand rural broadband access.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2017 - President Trump’s nominees for deputy agriculture secretary and the new position of undersecretary for trade used their Senate confirmation hearing to promise to be forceful advocates within the administration for expanding domestic and international markets.
WASHINGTON, September 20, 2017 - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is urging U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to “directly engage” with the Brazilian government to end Brazil’s recently reinstated 20 percent tariff on ethanol imports in excess of 600 million liters annually.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2017 - The Justice Department is investigating a "significant number" of states for allegedly hiding mistakes in food-stamp payments to win millions in federal performance bonuses, senators were told Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2017 - Praise and criticism greeted a report delivered to the White House yesterday recommending changes to the boundaries of a “handful” of national monuments.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2017 – Two Democratic senators have called on President Donald Trump to withdraw the nomination of Sam Clovis to be a USDA undersecretary, saying he has expressed “extremist views” and is “wildly unqualified for the position.”
WASHINGTON, July 27, 2017 - A trio of nominees to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission pledged to protect the ability of farmers and ranchers to hedge against volatility in the commodity markets.
WASHINGTON, June 11, 2017 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue heads back to Capitol Hill this week, and he’s likely to face renewed challenges on the president’s budget and proposals to cut and reorganize rural development programs.
