Articles by Daniel Enoch

The Sweetener Users Association (SUA), a trade group representing U.S. candy and food makers, says the deal announced late last week that suspends the U.S. government?s antidumping and countervailing investigations into Mexican sugar imports undermines free trade and will result in higher sugar pri

The White House today announced plans to resume diplomatic relations with Cuba and ease a half-century old embargo on travel and commerce with the Communist nation, including trade in agricultural commodities and equipment

Agricultural stakeholders looking for signs of progress in the government’s effort to set rules for the commercial use of drones – or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) -- in their operations were disappointed last week at a House hearing on the technology.

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) today released a menu of 40 policy options for reforming the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The package has been in development since last fall, informed by discussions held with members of an advisory group and other stakeholders throughout the year.

Republicans on the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee have released a report that they say raises questions about the peer review process in recent Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing decisions issued by the Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS).

The House of Representatives today passed a bill that its Republican backers say would bring relief to drought-plagued California while Democratic opponents say it would weaken environmental laws and possibly ignite a water war between the northern and southern parts of the state.

Sam Kass, the personal chef to the first family and the executive director of Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” initiative, is leaving the White House at the end of the month to live full-time in New York.

The Republican-controlled House on Thursday approved legislation aimed at undoing President Obama’s executive action on immigration, despite little hope that it would pass in the lame-duck Senate, and in the face of a veto threat from the White House.

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Lawmakers returns from their Thanksgiving break with lots of unfinished business before the 113th Congress goes out of business with the close of the current lame-duck session.