Chairman Roberts Announces Committee Votes on H.R. 1029, CFTC Chairman Nominee

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Chairman Roberts Announces Committee Votes on H.R. 1029, CFTC Chairman Nominee

The following press release was published by the U.S. Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry on June 28, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a business meeting to consider H.R. 1029 , the Pesticide Registration Enhancement Act of 2017, as well as the nomination of J. Christopher Giancarlo to be Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Date: Thursday, June 29, 2017

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

In May, the Committee held a hearing in preparation for legislative action to gather input on pesticide registrations.

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Source: U.S. Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry