April 20, 2020
JBS USA announced the indefinite closure of the Worthington, Minn., pork production facility. The facility employs more than 2,000 Nobles County team members and processes 20,000 hogs per day.
“We don’t make this decision lightly,” said Bob Krebs,...
APRIL 21, 2020
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement in recognition of Holocaust Remembrance Day:
“Holocaust Remembrance Day is an opportunity to pause and honor the six million Jews murdered and countless other men, women and children silenced...
Today marks 10 years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. USDA, through its Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and U.S. Forest Service, worked alongside other federal agencies to respond to this disaster and supported the Gulf of Mexico region in its prevention,...
Saturday, April 18, 2020
WASHINGTON, April 18 – Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Doug Jones (D-Ala.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) unveiled a proposal to establish the Paycheck Security Act, a program to cover the wages and benefits of employees of...
League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund Endorses Joe Biden
Today, ahead of Earth Day, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, the federal political action committee of LCV that works to elect leaders committed to solving the climate...
President Donald Trump gave governors a road map Thursday for recovering from the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic.
“We’re starting our life again,” Trump said during his daily press briefing. “We’re starting rejuvenation of our economy again. This is...
April 16, 2020
Midwest Governors Announce Partnership to Reopen Regional Economy
LANSING, Mich. -- Today, Governors Gretchen Whitmer (MI), Mike DeWine (OH), Tony Evers (WI), Tim Walz (MN), JB Pritzker (IL), Eric Holcomb (IN), and Andy Beshear (KY) announced that they will work in close coordination to reopen the...
Issued on: April 15, 2020
QUOTE
"I will never hesitate to take any necessary steps to protect the lives, health, and safety of the American people. I will always put the well-being of America first."
President Donald J. Trump
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR AMERICAN TAXPAYERS:...
(Washington, D.C., April 15, 2020) – The Department of Homeland Security, with the support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has announced a temporary final rule to change certain H-2A requirements to help U.S. agricultural employers avoid disruptions in...
San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released this statement on news reports the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) will exhaust its current funding levels today:
“Democrats know that in order for the Paycheck Protection Program to succeed, it...
