NCC President Mike Brown delivered oral testimony this morning at a hearing held by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) as part of a congressionally mandated review of whether South Africa should be suspended from the recently renewed African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) because of agricultural market access barriers.
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One hundred and six members of Congress have signed a letter to Arthur A. Elkins, Inspector General, of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) requesting a formal investigation into EPA’s lobbying effort to promote the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rulemaking.
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With hot, humid temperatures across much of the country, outbreaks of avian influenza have finally stopped. But following a recent House Agriculture Committee hearing on this subject, lawmakers want more assistance for impacted poultry growers who are still suffering from the loss of more than 48 million birds.
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