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Ag groups tell Senate it is time to confirm Mindy Brashears as Under Secretary for Food Safety

By Dan Flynn on July 31, 2019

American Agriculture is letting the U.S. Senate know that 68 months is long enough to go without a USDA under secretary for food safety.

Ten of the nation’s largest and most influential agricultural organizations have…
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Letter From The Editor: Let’s be done with the U.S. Senate

By Dan Flynn on October 29, 2017

Okay, would any us know or care if the United States Senate ceased to exist? Nebraska, with its unicameral, is a well-run state. And the U.S. Senate original purpose was to represent the states in…
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Senate easily invokes cloture on GMO label bill; final vote next

By News Desk on July 6, 2016

After being showered with handful of paper money thrown over the gallery rail by a single protestor, the U.S. Senate invoked cloture on a GMO-labeling bill by a 65-32 vote Wednesday, meaning that the compromise…
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Senate votes to end USDA catfish inspections, which just got underway

By Dan Flynn on May 26, 2016

The U.S. Senate has voted to shut down the nation’s only catfish inspection program, a move that would put more Americans at risk of exposure to carcinogens and antibiotics from Asian white fish, such…
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Cardiologist now heads Food and Drug Administration

By Coral Beach on February 24, 2016

With a vote of 89-4 today, the Senate confirmed Dr. Robert Califf as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Duke University professor has little experience in the food safety arena, but extensive…
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FDA Tells Senate Subcommittee Full Funding is ‘Absolutely Critical’ for FSMA Success

By Lydia Zuraw on September 17, 2015

Sept16FDA-hearingIt’s an oft-heard statement from officials at the Food and Drug Administration: The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requires sufficient funding allocated by Congress in order to be a success. The testimony that Acting FDA…
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Senate Vote on Agriculture Funding Bill Delayed Twice by Partisan Wrangling

By Cathy Siegner on June 20, 2014
The $180-billion “minibus” package of appropriations bills to fund agriculture and other government programs for fiscal 2015 was pulled from the Senate floor Thursday afternoon by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) after his attempt

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