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Washington Report for 8-4-14

By Steve Kopperud

Read this week's headlines below. 

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  • Congress must take 5 ½-Week Summer Recess – It’s the Law

  • Highway Trust Fund Patch Sent to President 

  • Border Supplemental Punted to September 

  • Pesticide Permitting Bill Passes House on Second Try 

  • House Moves to Sue President

  • White House Rolls Out Climate Change “Food Resilience” Initiative

  • USDA Releases Report on Greenhouse Gas “Quantification” 

  • Stabenow Leads Senate Dems in Calling for EPA Action on WOTUS, Wants Farmer “Certainty”

  • EPA to Try and “Clarify” No USDA Reg Role in WOTUS

  • Senators Want More Information on FDA/Industry Feed Antibiotics Cooperative Effort

  • House Members Send Letter to Obama on TPP; No “Fast Track” Vote until Lame Duck                  

  • OSHA, with Ag Approval, Clarifies “Small Farm,” “Grain Dealer” Enforcement Powers

  • Port of Vancouver FGIS Review Underway, says USDA

  • USDA Doling out Double Payments on Losses: GAO

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