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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who has championed biofuels as well as his state’s oil and coal industries, will serve as energy czar in the Trump administration in addition to running the Interior Department, President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is Donald Trump's choice to be the next Interior Secretary, the President-elect
announced at an America First Policy Institute event Thursday evening.
The Senate Appropriations Committee looks to advance the rest of its fiscal 2025 spending bills, including measures that fund federal water resource agencies and the Labor Department, ahead of the long August recess.
The House will debate funding for USDA and FDA as lawmakers return from their break for the Republican National Convention, while the House Agriculture Committee this week will hold a hearing on farmers’ current financial situation.
Lawmakers return to Washington to try to focus on fiscal 2025 spending bills even as Democrats face an ongoing debate about whether President Joe Biden should end his re-election bid.
The Supreme Court is due to release a ruling this week that could potentially restrict the power of federal regulatory agencies, and President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump square off in their only scheduled debate.
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson works to build the case this week for a farm bill that so far lacks any Democratic support ahead of the panel’s scheduled votes May 23.
Senate Agriculture Committee Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., is sounding upbeat about her farm bill proposal after releasing a detailed summary of what’s in it.
The fertilizer industry and a raft of farm groups are backing legislation that would add phosphate and potash to the list of minerals considered “critical” to the national security of the United States, arguing that too much of the world’s reserves of the vital crop inputs is located outside the country and vulnerable to supply shocks.
