Ranchers impacted by natural disasters would receive strengthened livestock disaster assistance under bipartisan legislation sponsored on June 22 by U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND). “Our legislation makes common-sense improvements to the Livestock Forage and Emergency Assistance for Livestock Programs to Read more…
A bipartisan bill introduced on June 22 by U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) would formally establish the Rural Export Center, which works to expand exports from rural America and position rural U.S. companies as competitors in the global marketplace. “Rural Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on June 21 gave voice vote approval to a bipartisan bill proposed by U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) that would streamline and improve the employer reporting process related to health insurance coverage and protect dependent Read more…
A bipartisan, bicameral bill proposed by U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) would reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). “Reforming the NFIP means making it affordable again,” said Sen. Cassidy, the lead original cosponsor of the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) on June 21 sponsored a bipartisan bill that would establish a federal test-bed pilot program designed to expand access to the newest and most effective wildfire technologies. “First responders should be able to access effective Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Andy Barr (R-KY) on June 15 introduced legislation that would amend securities law to require that when issuers disclose information to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that such information only be material to Read more…
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) on June 20 signed on as an original cosponsor of a bipartisan bill that would make permanent the ReConnect Program, which offers loans, grants, and loan-grant combinations to facilitate broadband deployment in underserved areas of Read more…
U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) requested a detailed update on the planned next steps of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in implementing a new definition of Read more…
U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) recently formed the bipartisan Agricultural Labor Working Group, which will focus on the workforce issues facing America’s agricultural producers. Rep. Thompson, chairman of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, joined U.S. Rep. David Scott (D-GA), Read more…
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee on June 14 approved an amendment offered by U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) to a larger appropriations bill that would prohibit the purchase of U.S. agricultural land by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Russia, North Read more…