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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, July 15, 2024
Oklahoma Attorney General Pruitt, who has led legal challenges to the Obama administrationPs Pwaters of the United States ruleP and greenhouse gas regulations, has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to run the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Kevin Cramer, Heidi Heitkamp, Donald Trump, Scott Pruitt, John Collison, Oklahoma Farm Bureau, RFS, Scott Segal, Gina McCarthy, General John Kelly, Linda McMahon, Kris Kobach, Frank Gasperini, Governor Terry Branstad, Tom Dorr, Xi Jinping
Congressional Republicans are trying this week to push a water resources authorization bill across the finish line along with a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running into next spring. GOP leaders want to wrap up the 114th Congress by this weekend
Roberts and Vice President-elect Mike Pence discussed possible options for agriculture secretary and undersecretary positions when Pence attended the GOP senators weekly luncheon on Tuesday.
The House Agriculture Committee says the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can be improved by nudging recipients into jobs or better-paying work and by ensuring that they have access to healthful foods.
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, who describes himself as a longtime friend of Chinese President Xi Jinping, is President-elect Donald Trump's selection to be ambassador to China, a critical market for U.S. agricultural exports that Trump has threatened with trade actions&
Terry Branstad, China ambassador, Donald Trump, Vice President-elect Mike Pence, Chairman Pat Roberts, Mike Conaway, Farm Service Agency, House Agriculture Committee, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, catfish inspection, FDA
President-elect Donald Trump is already running into resistance from the House Republican leadership over his threat to impose stiff tariffs on companies that outsource jobs.
Farmers in California's drought-stricken Central Valley could get additional irrigation water in coming years under bipartisan provisions included in a congressional agreement to reauthorize water projects.