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This Week in Washington
The Senate will begin the week focusing on a handful of President Trump's judicial nominations. The House is scheduled to begin consideration of
H.R. 2
, the farm bill, later in the week. The farm bill authorizes the nation's federal agriculture policy over the next five years. The bill covers a large breadth of key programs including most conservation, commodity, trade, rural development, agricultural research, and nutrition programs and has run into some opposition from democrats and some moderate republicans over large cuts and added work requirements to the nutrition title of the bill. Additionally, the head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, R.D. James, is set to testify Thursday before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on a proposed water infrastructure bill. The following hearings and markups are scheduled for this upcoming week.
NEMWI to Host a Briefing on
Asian Carp and the Great Lakes
The Northeast-Midwest Institute will hold a briefing on
Monday, May 21, from 1 to 2 pm, on the current efforts to prevent the spread of Asian carp into the Great Lakes. The briefing will focus on strategic initiatives being developed and deployed by the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee (ACRCC) to prevent the introduction and establishment of Asian carp. The ACRCC is a partnership among 27 U.S. and Canadian federal, state, provincial, and local agencies and organizations focused on collaborating with one another in order to best share resources, research, and information to thwart the movement of Asian carp toward the Great Lakes.
When: Monday, May 21, from 1 - 2 pm
Where: 2168 Rayburn (Gold Room)
Participants at the briefing will include:
· U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (ACRCC Co-Chair)
· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (ACRCC Co-Chair)
· U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
· U.S. Geological Survey
· Illinois Department of Natural Resources
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