Secretary of agriculture designee Tom Vilsack fields questions from Senate Agriculture Committee during hearing Tuesday.
Giving a nod to Groundhog’s Day, Obama administration Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack again appeared before the Senate Agriculture Committee Tuesday for his nomination hearing to assume the role of ag secretary in the Biden administration. He says he goes into the process recognizing it is a different time, he’s a different person and it is a different department.
During the over 2.5 hours of questioning from ag committee members, Vilsack started off his opening comments identifying the “why not” opportunities for the agricultural industry to embrace, including climate change, food security, expanding markets and addressing inequities.The Senate Agriculture Committee unanimously approved his nomination later in the day Tuesday, clearing the way for a full Senate vote on his nomination anticipated in the coming days.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering requests from the oil refining industry and its backers for a sweeping nationwide waiver to exempt them from their obligations to blend biofuels, a measure they argue would help them weather the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requesting comment on the potential general waiver for the 2019 and 2020 compliance years and also is proposing a new rule that would remove or alter the labeling for retail gasoline that contains higher ethanol blends, according to notices to be published to the Federal Register on Tuesday.
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As owner and operator of Trackside Bar and Grill in Peosta, Lundgren is particularly well versed in what bars and restaurants have gone through in the past year in trying to adapt and survive amid the pandemic. That gave Lundgren a key vantage point in helping shape what state assistance for small businesses in Iowa might look like. Thankfully, Gov. Kim Reynolds listened.
Last week’s announcement that the Iowa Restaurant and Bar Relief Grant Program would provide one-time grants of up to $25,000 to businesses whose gross sales decreased in the second and third quarters of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 was equivalent to a life preserver tossed to these establishments.
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