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The Trade Subcommittee and Oversight Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee held a joint hearing on import safety, focusing on current measures to ensure the safety of food and c…

Secretary Johanns and others talked about U.S. farm subsidies and reform. It was noted that Congress is due to review and rewrite agriculture legislation in 2007. In regard to multilateral t…

The Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing on the potential impact of the Dominican Republic-Central America free trade agreement on the agriculture and food sectors. They talked about …

Senators Bob Graham (D-Florida), Cal Dooley (D-California), Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas), Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana) and Representatives Jim Moran (D-Virginia) and Adam Smith (D-Washington)…

Officials talked about trade agreements and expanding the free trade zone to the entire Western Hemisphere. Among the topics they addressed were labor concerns, inter-government cooperation,…

Democratic lawmakers spoke to reporters about their vote in favor of permanent normal trade relations with China. They said that they broke with party ranks in order to benefit both American…

Members spoke to business employees and reporters about their support for permanent normal trade relations with China and urged them to contact legislators and ask them to support the measur…

Representative Cal Dooley D-California, joined C-SPAN’s Washington Journal and talked about the U.S.-China trade agreement that would allow them into the World Trade Organization. He also re…

Witnesses testified about trade relations with China and China’s bid for membership in the World Trade Organization at a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Trade…

Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) announced that he had sent a letter to House Agriculture Committee chairman Smith pledging support for the sale of U.S. produce internationally. He deplored…

The House Small Business Subcommittee heard testimony from administration officials and representatives of environmental groups on the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on th…

The House passed H.R. 2508, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The Broomfield (R-MI) motion to recommit with instructions was rejected. THe Bereuter (R-NE) amendment to provide dis…

The House introduced 51 public bills, two private bills, and nine resolutions. By a vote of 387 yeas to 23 nays, the House passed H.R. 355, to amend the Reclamation States Drought Assistance…