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Rural groups ask Hill to protect USDA post

WASHINGTON, May 15, 2017 - The National Association of Counties, National Farmers Union and 13 other organizations are asking Congress to block the Trump administration’s plan to eliminate USDA’s undersecretary for rural development. 
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Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan.

Senate Ag committee poised to push PRIA bill

WASHINGTON, May 11, 2017 - The Senate Agriculture Committee plans to move a bill reauthorizing the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act “in a matter of weeks,” committee chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said following a hearing on the PRIA legislation today.
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