Items Tagged with 'Scott Hutchins'

The GOP-controlled Senate on Thursday confirmed three new undersecretaries for USDA, Richard Fordyce, Dudley Hoskins and Scott Hutchins.

The Agriculture Department is a step closer to getting three new undersecretaries after the GOP-controlled Senate voted Wednesday to advance the first package of nominees under a new fast-track process Republicans are employing to break a Democratic logjam.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says that most countries will pay the higher duties President Donald Trump has outlined in recent letters to global leaders, even as trade discussions continue.

Bird flu dollars in doubt * MAHA Day * USDA plan in the dock * UK backtracking on biotech?

President Donald Trump's nominees to lead USDA's regulatory and research programs, Dudley Hoskins and Scott Hutchins, faced questioning from the Senate Ag Committee as to how they would deal with brain drain resulting from the loss of staff through recent buyouts.

House Republican leaders are trying to resolve sharp differences over the giant budget reconciliation bill after it stalled in the Budget Committee amid a clash between hardline conservatives and some Northeast moderates. The Budget Committee advanced the bill during a rare Sunday night session, but the Freedom Caucus said it would keep pushing for more spending cuts.

President Donald Trump has nominated several individuals to high-ranking posts at the Agriculture Department, including Scott Hutchins to be the new undersecretary of agriculture for research, education, and economics and Tyler Clarkson to be the department’s top lawyer.