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Washington Week Ahead: Ag Committee leaders eye disaster relief, income aid

11/17/24 9:54 AM By Philip Brasher and Rebekah Alvey
KEYWORDS agricultural disaster aid AIM for Climate farm relief Glenn "GT" Thompson House Agriculture Committee John Boozman Joint Economic Committee Senate Agriculture Committee Senate Appropriations Committee Sustainable Ag Summit tax policy Tom Vilsack United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29)

Lawmakers are stepping up their work this week on a package of disaster aid and relief for commodity price declines as they head toward having to pass another extension of the 2018 farm bill. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Xochitl Torres Small is scheduled to testify at a Senate hearing on disaster aid needs. 

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