The House and Senate are returning to Washington, D.C. this week. In addition to electing new leadership, Congress still needs to pass the 12 appropriations bills, which will likely be folded into one massive omnibus bill. The Russell Group President Randy Russell said important nominations are also awaiting confirmation. “It’s been two years and we still don’t have an undersecretary of trade at USDA and we’ve got a great nominee, Alexis Taylor, who’s currently the ag director in Oregon and formally in the Obama administration at USDA from Iowa; she’s outstanding,” explains Russell. “Doug McKalip is the ag trade ambassador nominee. That’s two critically important positions that are both on the executive calendar. I am cautiously optimistic they’ll both get confirmed before we break at Christmas.”
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