Both chambers of Congress are returning to Washington to solidify and hopefully pass a Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government when the current fiscal year ends at midnight a week from today, until after the General Election in November.
Several iterations of the legislation have been discussed but Members have not yet been able to come to a bipartisan agreement that would be signed by the president. Following the passage of the CR, members are expected to return to their home districts for October recess ahead of the general election on November 8.
Monday the House will hold a business meeting at 5 p.m. on its Water Resources Development Act of 2016, H.R. 5303. The Senate recently passed its version is there is hope that the two chambers can reconcile differences and pass WRDA funding during the lame duck session. For more information, click here.
On Monday Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.) will join Food Policy Action co-founder, chef, and good food advocate Tom Colicchio, the National Young Farmers Coalition, and the National Conference of Mayors to announce new legislation. Stabenow’s bill, the most comprehensive urban agriculture legislation to be introduced in Congress, will create new economic opportunities in cities and towns across Michigan and the country and increase access to healthy food for families, her office said in a statement.
Secretary of Agriculture has several scheduled remarks in Washington D.C. this week. Monday, he will participate in an armchair discussion with Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro at the White House Tribal Nations Conference in Washington, D.C.
On Tuesday he will provide remarks at the Feeding America National Food Rescue Summit in Washington, D.C. and at the National Academy of Science’s Roundtable on Obesity Solutions in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday he will be featured at the New York Times Food for Tomorrow Conference at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, N.Y.
On Thursday he will be back in Washington, D.C. delivering remarks on opioid misuse at The Atlantic’s Ideas Festival.
