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NPPC Urges Congress To Quickly Pass TPP
2015-11-09 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The National Pork Producers Council, after reviewing the text of the recently concluded Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, expressed unequivocal support for the TPP deal and called on the US Congress to expeditiously pass the agreement.
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NPPC urges Congress to quickly pass Pacific Rim Trade Agreement
2015-11-05 16:07:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: National Pork Producers Council The National Pork Producers Council expressed unequivocal support for the TPP deal and called on the U.S. Congress to expeditiously pass the agreement. read more
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AASHTO Urges Congress to work on multi-year highway bill.
2015-08-04 14:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) was grateful that Congress approved 3-month extension of funding for Highway Trust Fund and urged House to follow Senate’s lead in approving multi-year authorization. Due to expire October 29, short-term patch provides $8 billion from general fund to prevent immediate shutdown of Highway Trust Fund. This marks third time in 10 months Congress kept Highway Trust Fund solvent via passage of short-term extension.
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New Study: Consumers Prefer Meat Labeled From the U.S.; NFU Urges Congress to Respect Consumers Right to Know
2015-07-16 19:42:55| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (July 16, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson lauded todays release of a University of Arkansas study that found U.S. consumers prefer meat from the U.S. when provided with a country-of-origin label, and urged Congress to respect consumers right to know where
NFU Urges EPA to Adhere to RFS Volume Targets Set Forth by Congress; Says Congress Should Resist Revisiting Popular Law
2015-06-01 15:56:29| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (June 1, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to adhere to Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume targets as set forth in federal law and asked Congress to resist changing the popular fuel