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Monday, June 05, 2023
House Republicans are targeting SNAP work requirements as they prepare legislation to raise the debt ceiling, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said in a speech Monday at the New York Stock Exchange.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan faces the House Agriculture Committee this week, and the GOP-controlled House takes a largely symbolic vote to overturn President Joe Biden’s veto of a measure that would scrap the administration’s “waters of the U.S.” rule.
The administrator of USDA’s Farm Service Agency, Zach Ducheneaux, says USDA is rethinking the way it structures farm loans to lower the risk of default.
History is repeating itself in the legal battle over the “waters of the U.S.” rule. Just as in 2015, when courts issued repeated rulings blocking implementation of the Obama administration’s rule, courts have again acceded to requests from states and industry groups to enjoin the Biden administration’s rule.
Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea resumed Wednesday after a one-day halt amid tensions over Russian demands to improve its ability to export fertilizer, according to a United Nations spokesman.
The Biden administration’s proposal to drastically reduce tailpipe emissions earned a healthy response Wednesday, with many skeptics bashing the plan for its push toward electrification of the nation’s vehicle fleet. But supporters of the effort said the move is necessary to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Lawmakers, farm groups and the ag industry are all eager for the Biden administration to move to a dispute process over Mexico’s restrictions on genetically modified white corn, but there’s no sign yet from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative that it’s ready to do that.
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