News from December 2022
By Press release submissions | Dec 19, 2022
USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Utah
By Press release submissions | Dec 19, 2022
USDA Takes Steps to Support Food Sovereignty with the Spirit Lake Tribe
By Press release submissions | Dec 19, 2022
USDA Announces Its Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement with Missouri
By Press release submissions | Dec 19, 2022
USDA Cites All Fresh Distributors LLC in Florida for PACA Violations
By Press release submissions | Dec 19, 2022
USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with New Jersey
By Press release submissions | Dec 19, 2022
USDA Takes Steps to Support Food Sovereignty with the Monacan Indian Nation
By Press release submissions | Dec 19, 2022
USDA Signs Cooperative Agreements with Washington, D.C., to Promote Economic Opportunities for Farmers and Producers, Expand Local Foods in School Meals
By Press release submissions | Dec 19, 2022
USDA Invests Additional $10M to Support Community Food Projects
By Press release submissions | Dec 19, 2022
Access to Farmland by Beginning and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers: Issues and Opportunities
By Press release submissions | Dec 19, 2022
America’s Farms and Ranches at a Glance: 2022 Edition
By Press release submissions | Dec 19, 2022
USDA and Social Security Administration Collaborate to Improve Nutrition Security through SNAP
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The House has passed bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, that would enhance our nation’s ability to combat human trafficking
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that the Senate has passed 16 of his key priorities included in the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that the House has passed their bipartisan Countering Human Trafficking Act to enhance our nation’s ability to combat human trafficking. The bill, would make permanent and strengthen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT).
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Angus King (I-ME), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Mitt Romney (R-UT), and Steve Daines (R-MT) have sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Debra Haaland urging to withdraw recent draft guidance proposed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8393, the Puerto Rico Status Act, with a vote of 233-191.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed three Republican bills under suspension of the rules.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced $228 million from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to support wildland fire management in fiscal year 2023.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on the failed 47-47 vote to include bipartisan, comprehensive energy permitting reform as an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen calling on Secretary Yellen to release guidance that ensures Section 45W Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicle Credits (45W) — included in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) — are intended only for commercial use.
