Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 1.16
January 16, 2024 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Over the weekend, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) came to an agreement on a third Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the government open through early March. The CR again sets two funding deadlines, March 1 for the Agriculture, Energy […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 1.9
January 9, 2024 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Update Congress returns in session this week as they face a January 19th deadline for the first tranche of appropriations bills, which includes the Agriculture-FDA; Energy and Water Development; Military Construction and Veterans Affairs; and Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development funding levels. Just days before Congress returned […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 12.12
December 12, 2023 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Farm Bill Last week, the House Agriculture Committee held a Member Day hearing where any Member of Congress could submit testimony on issues within the Agriculture Committee’s jurisdiction. Topics ranged across the entire scope of the agriculture and food system, with multiple Members commenting on Inflation Reduction […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 12.5
December 5, 2023 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Floor Updates This week, both chambers will be in session with limited legislative days until the end of the year. Last week, the House voted to expel Representative George Santos (R-NY), making this the sixth time in history that a lawmakers was removed from Congress. This brings […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 11.28
November 28, 2023 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Congress reconvenes this week after their recess period for the Thanksgiving holiday. To recap, a Continuing Resolution (CR) has been passed that extends funding through January 19 for appropriations pertaining to agriculture; energy and water; military construction and Veterans Affairs; and Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 11.14
November 14, 2023 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations Over the weekend, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) unveiled his proposal for a Continuing Resolution (CR) since current levels of funding are set to expire this Friday. This CR would take a two-tiered approach; the first tranche would extend funding through January 19th for appropriations bills pertaining […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 11.7
November 7, 2023 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Appropriations With just ten days left before the current continuing resolution expires, both chambers continued to make progress on the appropriations process last week . The Senate passed their minibus package with a vote of 82-15, which included MilCon-VA, Agriculture-FDA, and Transportation-HUD. Out of the 40 amendments […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 10.31
October 31, 2023 Contents What We’re Watching Congress Speaker Updates The House is back to legislative business after electing a new Speaker, Congressman Mike Johnson (R-LA), last week. The Congressman has been in office since 2017 and previously served as the vice chairman of the House Republican Conference and chairman of the Republican Study Committee. […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 10.24
October 24, 2023 Contents What We’re Watching Congress House Speaker Race This week marks the third week without a House Speaker. After losing three rounds of voting, Rep. Jim Jordan withdrew his name from the Speaker race. At this time, nearly 10 candidates have emerged including House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) and GOP Conference […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 10.17
October 17, 2023 Contents What We’re Watching IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Be sure to check out Torrey Advisory Group’s October Insight, where Vice President Katie Naessens discusses the future of this year’s Farm Bill and its current state of play. Read it here. Congress House Speaker Elections Late last week, Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) withdrew his […]
