Articles Tagged with ''Roger Marshall''

For now, congressional Republicans are focused on their struggle to pass President Donald Trump’s “one, big beautiful” budget bill. But House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith, R-Mo., already is eying legislation on trade and further tax provisions.

The Agriculture Department announced a slate of new political appointments, including many names familiar to the food and agriculture community: Trey Forsyth, Kelsey Barnes, Bill Beam and Tucker Stewart, among others. 

The National Corn Growers Association hired Gretchen Kuck as an economist. John Stewart was promoted to senior adviser of government affairs at Elanco. Mark Sanborn joined the Environmental Protection Agency as a regional administrator in Boston. 

Senate Agriculture Committee members on Tuesday wrestled with the question of whether whole and reduced fat milk should be offered in school cafeterias.

Enjoy the weekend because there’s a huge week ahead on the trade front. President Donald Trump will announce his reciprocal tariffs and also make a decision on the scope of existing tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

Sen. Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican and doctor by training, has long advocated the "food is medicine" concept, the idea that diet plays a role in preventing and curing disease. Now he has emerged as one of the leading congressional champions of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement launched by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The National Oilseed Processors Association hired Corey McCray as vice president of government affairs. Tucker Stewart, general counsel and a top agriculture aide to Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., departed from the office. Mary Galey joined the Department of Agriculture as scheduling director. 

The National Association of Wheat Growers hired Anthony Peña as policy manager. Former Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., hired Morgan Orem as a legislative assistant. 

House Republicans try to agree on a grand plan for enacting President Donald Trump’s tax and spending plans this week, while the Senate GOP is opting for a Plan B, a smaller budget plan that leaves more the costliest issues for later. The Senate is set to consider Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to be secretary of health and human services, and Brooke Rollins' nomination to be secretary of agriculture.

The Agriculture Department announced the addition of Kailee Tkacz Buller, Jennifer Tiller and Audra Weeks, among others, to the agency’s senior staff to “implement President Trump’s America First agenda," the department said in a release Tuesday. 

Treasury Secretary-designate Scott Bessent told lawmakers in his confirmation hearing that he would protect U.S. farmers from any tariff retaliation by pushing China to live up to its purchasing commitments under the phase one deal.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is scheduled to meet with more senators this week, including Republican and Democratic Senate Agriculture Committee members.