Items Tagged with 'House Education and Labor Committee'

House Democrats advanced bills that would expand child nutrition assistance and require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue rules for protecting workers from excessive heat.

Key lawmakers continue to look at ways that farm programs could help producers cover the soaring cost of fertilizer and other inputs.

Today marks a milestone in a long-running battle over the livestock industry and efforts to weaken the power of large processors.

House Democrats are proposing a $35 billion expansion of child feeding assistance as part of their massive tax and spending package, and a lawmaker announced Wednesday that the measure also would include $1 billion in biofuel aid.

Testing of workers at meatpacking plants may receive more attention in the next version of guidance meant to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection at those facilities, the head of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health said Thursday.

The Farm Bill is done. Now it’s on to Child Nutrition Reauthorization, hopefully.