Items Tagged with 'Senate Environment and Public Works Committee'

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has passed a bill reauthorizing the Water Resources Development Act.

Sheryl Wallace has been named CEO of Ardent Mills, the flour milling joint venture of ConAgra, Cargill and CHS, and the U.S. Grains Council has named Ankit Chandra as senior manager of global ethanol market development.

The Biden administration is taking a new step today in the development of the American Climate Corps, which is aimed at training a new generation of professionals to work in conservation and climate-related sectors.

In this week's Farm Hands, the U.S. Trade Representative's office is undergoing staff changes and may get a new nominee for deputy. Plus, we profile several other new jobs and promotions on Capitol Hill, within trade associations and businesses.

The Senate’s back in action this week as lawmakers prepare to clear a to-do list in time to get home to campaign ahead of the mid-term elections.

President Biden’s $500 million plan to boost agricultural production isn’t going down well with two key Senate Republicans on ag policy

The U.S. Agency for International Development and State Department are dispatching $54 million in food, water, hygiene supplies, blankets and other emergency goods to Ukrainians trying to survive the invasion of Russian troops.

House Democrats are moving ahead this week with debating key provisions of the $3.5 trillion tax and spending package. The House Ways and Means Committee has announced plans to take up the health care, paid leave and child care provisions Thursday and Friday. That would push its action on tax issues into next week.

Senate Republicans used the debate on a $3.5 trillion budget framework to force votes on energy and environmental issues that exposed potential fractures among Democrats.